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150
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200
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100
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80
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Detailed explanation-1: -The government has planned to develop 100 airports by 2024 under the Regional Connectivity scheme (RCS)-Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) infrastructure scheme.
Detailed explanation-2: -Speaking in Lok Sabha, India’s Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia announced that the government has set a target of increasing the number of airports from 140 to 220 by 2025.
Detailed explanation-3: -India had 74 operational airports in 2014 and now in 2022 there are 140 operational airports. The government plans to take this number to 220 in next five years. That will be a target of opening 80 airports in a time period of five years boosting the connectivity in the country.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Government has accorded ‘In-principle approval’ for setting up of 21 Greenfield Airports across the country. So far nine (9) Greenfield airports have already been operationalized and tenth Greenfield airport at MoPA, Goa has been inaugurated on 11.12. 2022.