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58 Airports Covered Under the Krishi Udan Scheme

25 airports focus on North Eastern, Hilly and Tribal region, 33 in other regions/areas Krishi Udan Scheme was launched in August 2020 on international and national routes to assist farmers in transporting agricultural products to help

25 airports focus on North Eastern, Hilly and Tribal region, 33 in other regions/areas

Krishi Udan Scheme was launched in August 2020 on international and national routes to assist farmers in transporting agricultural products to help improve their value realization. Krishi Udan Scheme 2.0 was announced on 27 October 2021 mainly focusing on transporting perishable food products from the hilly areas, North Eastern States and tribal areas. The scheme primarily covers 25 airports focusing on North Eastern, Hilly and Tribal region besides 33 airports in other regions/areas.

Krishi Udan Scheme is a convergence scheme where eight Ministries/Departments namely Ministry of Civil Aviation, Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region would leverage their existing schemes to strengthen the logistics for transportation of Agri-produce.

In order to facilitate and incentivise movement of agri-produce by air transportation, waiver of Landing charges, Parking charges, etc. are provided under the scheme for Indian freighters by Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Ministry of Defence at selected airports under the Scheme.

The State-wise list of 58 Airports covered under the Krishi Udan Scheme is at Annexure.

Annexure

State-wise List of Airports Covered Under KrishiUdan Scheme

State/Union TerritoryAirport
Andaman & NicobarPort Blair
Andhra PradeshVisakhapatnam
Arunachal PradeshTezu
Assam    Dibrugarh
Jorhat
Lilabari
Rupsi
Silchar
Tezpur
BiharPatna
Darbhanga
ChandigarhChandigarh
ChhattisgarhRaipur
GoaGoa
GujaratBhuj
Jamnagar
Rajkot
Himachal Pradesh  Bhuntar
Gaggal
Shimla
Jammu & Kashmir Jammu
Srinagar
JharkhandRanchi
KarnatakaBelagavi
KeralaThiruvananthapuram
LadakhLeh
LakshadweepAgatti
Madhya PradeshIndore
Bhopal
Jabalpur
MaharashtraNashik
Pune
ManipurImphal
MeghalayaShillong
MizoramLengpui
NagalandDimapur
OdishaJharsuguda
PunjabAdampur
Amritsar
Pathankot
RajasthanJaisalmer
 Jodhpur
SikkimPakyong
Tamil NaduCoimbatore
 Tiruchirappalli
TripuraAgartala
Uttar PradeshAgra
 Bareli
 Gorakhpur
 Hindon
 Kanpur
 Prayagraj
 Varanasi
Uttarakhand  Dehradun
Pantnagar
Pithoragarh
West BengalBagdogra
 Kolkata

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Gen. (Dr) V. K. Singh (Retd) in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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