Chuba Ao said that to mark the occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated airports and laid foundation stones for new ones in Varanasi. The UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme, launched on October 21, 2016, aims to make air travel affordable and accessible to common citizens.
"If you look at the journey of UDAN, as of now, about 1.44 crore people have already flown under the RCS which is a huge number by any measure. 601 routes have been operated under the scheme so far," the Joint Secretary said.
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