Current Affairs - Miscellaneous - Discussion

According to the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha, four places (Ambikapur, Bilaspur, Jagdalpur & Raigarh) in Chhattisgarh will get airports as part of the UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme. UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) is a regional airport development and "Regional Connectivity Scheme" (RCS) of Government of India. At the beginning of the scheme, out of total 486 airports, 406 were participating unserved airports,27 well served airports out of 62 non-RCS airports and 12 operational out of 18 participating underserved regional operational airports with regular fixed-wing scheduled flights.