With UDAN scheme, 130,000 passengers have travelled by air: Scindia

As many as 1.30 lakh passengers, including those who could never dream of travelling by air, have travelled due to the UDAN scheme and the aviation sector is set to be the ‘backbone’ of transportation in the country, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia informed Rajya Sabha on Monday.

Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, the minister said as of today 2.75 lakh flights have operated in India due to the viability gap funding that has been proposed and given by the central government under UDAN.

The minister also told the House that the aviation sector has taken steps to ensure the safety and security of passengers, especially the elderly in case of any complain of ill-treatment.