CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -2022, after four rounds of bidding under UDAN, 453 routes have commenced, operationalizing 70 Airports including 2 Water Aerodrome & 9 Heliports.

Detailed explanation-2: -The airports that would be connected under UDAN include Bhatinda, Shimla, Bilaspur, Neyveli, Cooch Behar, Nanded and Kadapa.

Detailed explanation-3: -Features of Udan Yojana Under the Udan Yojana scheme, airfare between Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities will be capped at Rs. 2500. Flying distance covered by flights operating under the Udan Yojana scheme will be around 500 kilometres.

Detailed explanation-4: -The scheme aims to connect small and medium cities with big cities through air service. In the five years, scheme has benefited more than 1 crore passengers till August 4, 2022. In 2014, there were just 74 operational airports in India. The number has now increased to 141 by now.