National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP 2016) is

government policy Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to solve or address relevant and real-world problems, guided by a conception and often implemented by programs. Public p ...

approved by

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on 15 June, 2016. The NCAP 2016 covers the broad policy areas, such as Regional connectivity, Safety, Air Transport Operations, 5/20 Requirement for International Operations, Bilateral traffic rights, Fiscal Support, Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul, Air-cargo, Aeronautical 'Make in India'. The

UDAN ''Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik'' (Hindi for "Let the common citizens of the country fly"), known by its acronym ''UDAN'' (Hindi for "flight") is a regional airport development program of the Government of India and part of the Regional Connectivi ...

Scheme which was launched on April 27, 2017 by PM

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, is a key component of the National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP). The broad key features of the NCAP are: * VGF for operation under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS). * Revival of un-served or under-served routes under RCS. * Introduction of a new Category 'Schedule Commuter Operator' under Commercial Air Transport Operations. * Rationalization of Category-I routes under Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDGs) on the basis of criteria given in NCAP 2016. * The requirement of 5 years and 20 aircraft for international operation has been modified to 0 years and 20 aircraft or 20% of the total capacity (in terms of average number of seats on all departure put together) whichever is higher for domestic operations. * Liberalization of domestic code share points in India within the framework of ASA.

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