The Full Form of UBAAN is Ude Desh ka Aam Naagarik.
- UDAN was launched as a Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) under the Ministry of Civil Aviation in 2016.
- The objective of scheme is to create affordable and economically viable and profitable flights on regional routes so that flying becomes affordable to the common man even in small towns.
- The scheme envisages providing connectivity to un-served and underserved airports of the country through the revival of existing air-strips and airports.
- Under-served airports are those which do not have more than one flight a day, while unserved airports are those where there are no operations.
- The scheme is operational for a period of 10 years.
- The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is the Implementing Agency under this Scheme.
- UDAN 4.0 is the latest version of the scheme.
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