Nearly 1.15 crore Indians experienced air travel through UDAN scheme since 2016: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Nearly 1.15 crore Indians who had never before taken a flight were able to experience air travel via the government’s ambitious UDAN scheme, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia informed Parliament on Monday. Replying to queries during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Scindia said UDAN is an ambitious scheme of the government of India, under which during the last six years — since its inception in 2016 — nearly 1.15 crore people who had never travelled in an aeroplane were able to undertake that journey.