{"id":633395,"date":"2024-02-07T10:15:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T04:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=633395"},"modified":"2024-02-07T11:06:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T05:36:55","slug":"udan-scheme-no-routes-cancelled-509-routes-operational-under-regional-connectivity-initiative-says-v-k-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/udan-scheme-no-routes-cancelled-509-routes-operational-under-regional-connectivity-initiative-says-v-k-singh\/","title":{"rendered":"UDAN Scheme: No routes cancelled, 509 routes operational under regional connectivity initiative, says V K Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh on Monday (February 5) informed that the government has not cancelled any route under the regional air connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik). The statement came as a response to a query during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha. <\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2016, UDAN aims to bolster regional air connectivity and make air travel affordable for residents of tier-2 and tier-3 cities and towns. <\/p>\n<p>509 routes currently operational<\/p>\n<p>The minister clarified that approximately 509 routes are currently operational, and routes are allocated to airlines through a bidding process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh on Monday (February 5) informed that the government has not cancelled any route under the regional air connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik). The statement came as a response to a query during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha. Launched in 2016, UDAN aims to bolster regional air connectivity and make air travel affordable for residents of tier-2 and tier-3 cities and towns. 509 routes currently operational The minister clarified that approximately 509 routes are currently operational, and routes are allocated to airlines through a bidding process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,130,138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-633395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-aviation-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633395","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\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}