Number of air-passengers benefitting from the government’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) has come down in 2022-23.
A Parliamentary standing Committee took note of the dwindling numbers and has sought an explanation from the Ministry.
In its latest report, the Committee noted that there has been a fluctuation in the number of RCS passengers who have benefitted from the UDAN Scheme. While the number of RCS passengers rose from 3 lakh (2017-18), to 12 lakh (2018-19), to 31 lakh (2019-20) after the initiation of the Scheme in 2016, it dipped to 15 lakh in 2020-21.
