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What is Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN(Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik)

Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN UDAN-RCS, UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) is a regional airport development and "Regional Connectivity Scheme" (RCS) of the Government of India, with the objective of "letting the common citizen of well-served airports out of 97 non-RCS airports and 12 operational airports out of 18 participating underserved regional operational airports (Nov 2016) with regular fixed-wing scheduled flights. UDAN scheme will add to this number by expediting the development and operation finalization of India's potential target of nearly 425 unserved, underserved, and most underdeveloped regional airports with regularly scheduled flights. However, there are several issues and criticisms such as poor infrastructure, dominance by larger airlines sand degradation of regional airlines, and slow implementation that plague this scheme.  the country fly", aimed at making air travel affordable and widespread, to boost inclusive national economic developmen