{"id":110467,"date":"2017-04-27T11:35:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T11:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=110467"},"modified":"2017-04-27T11:35:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T11:35:26","slug":"udan-to-improve-regional-connectivity-boost-development-munde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/udan-to-improve-regional-connectivity-boost-development-munde\/","title":{"rendered":"UDAN to improve regional connectivity, boost development: Munde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Pankaja Munde on Thursday said the Nanded-Hyderabad flight services will give a boost to tourism and development in the Marathawada region.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated the maiden Shimla-New Delhi flight under a government scheme to boost regional air connectivity.  <\/p>\n<p>He also simultaneously flagged off the regional connectivity scheme (RCS) flights on Kadapa-Hyderabad and Nanded-Hyderabad sectors through video-conferencing.<\/p>\n<p>With the RCS scheme, also called UDAN or &#8220;Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik&#8221;, the government aims at connecting 45 unserved and under-served airports and make flying affordable by capping fares at Rs 2,500 per seat\/ hour.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister has fulfilled the aspirations of the common man to use air services, Munde said at the Guru Govind Singhji airport in Nanded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due to cheap air tickets, the common man will be able to use the UDAN services. To give a boost to development of the region, good connectivity is important,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The flight services will not only boost development of the region but also encourage tourism,&#8221; Munde said.<\/p>\n<p>She also said that the prime minister has provided adequate funds for the railway infrastructure related work in Beed district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Pankaja Munde on Thursday said the Nanded-Hyderabad flight services will give a boost to tourism and development in the Marathawada region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated the maiden Shimla-New Delhi flight under a government scheme to boost regional air connectivity. He also simultaneously flagged off the regional connectivity scheme (RCS) flights on Kadapa-Hyderabad and Nanded-Hyderabad sectors through video-conferencing. With the RCS scheme, also called UDAN or &#8220;Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik&#8221;, the government aims at connecting 45 unserved and under-served airports and make flying affordable by capping fares at Rs 2,500 per seat\/ hour. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-aviation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}