UDAN 2.0, the new version of India’s flagship programme to enhance regional air connectivity, Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN), is expected to be launched sometime in the latter half of the next fiscal year. The required budget for the modified UDAN scheme will also come up for approval during that period. Right now, the priority is to complete the ongoing work in the old scheme. Some rounds of bidding are still left. The proposal for the new scheme will be scrutinised by the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC), and then the final policy draft will be subject to the Union Cabinet’s approval. During the Budget speech, the Finance Minister had proposed to launch a modified UDAN scheme to connect 120 new destinations as well as ferry four crore passengers in the next 10 years, as per a report.
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