Agricultural Sector and Marketing Reforms – eNAM, Model APMC Act, Eco Survey Reco, etc.

Krishi UDAN 2.0 Scheme

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From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level: E-KAUSHAL, Krishi UDAAN

Mains level: Agricultural promotion

The Union Minister of Civil Aviation has launched Krishi UDAN 2.0.

Krishi UDAN 2.0

  • The scheme proposes to facilitating and incentivizing movement of Agri-produce by air transportation.
  • It lays out the vision of improving value realization through better integration and optimization of Agri-harvesting and air transportation.
  • It works by contributing to Agri-value chain sustainability and resilience under different and dynamic conditions.
  • It will be implemented at 53 airports across the country mainly focusing on Northeast and tribal regions and is likely to benefit farmer, freight forwarders and Airlines.

Key highlights of the scheme

  • Facilitating and incentivizing movement of Agri-produce by air transportation: Full waiver of Landing, Parking, TNLC and RNFC charges for Indian freighters and P2C at selected Airports. Primarily, focusing on NER, Hilly, and tribal regions.
  • Strengthening cargo-related infrastructure at airports and off airports: Facilitating the development of a hub and spoke model and a freight grid.
  • Concessions sought from other bodies: Seek support and encourage States to reduce Sales Tax to 1% on aviation fuels for freighters / P2C aircraft as extended in UDAN flights.
  • Resources-Pooling through establishing Convergence mechanism: Collaboration with other government departments and regulatory bodies.
  • Technological convergence: Development of E-KUSHAL (Krishi UDAN for Sustainable Holistic Agri-Logistics).

What is E-KAUSHAL?

  • It is a platform to be developed to facilitate information dissemination to all the stakeholders.
  • This will be a single platform that will provide relevant information at the same time will also assist in coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the scheme.
  • Furthermore, integration of E-KUSHAL with the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) is proposed.

Airports under the scheme

Proposed timeline Locations
2021 – 2022 Agartala, Srinagar, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Hubballi, Imphal, Jorhat, Lilabari, Lucknow, Silchar, Tezpur, Tirupati, Tuticorin
2022 – 2023 Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Jharsuguda, Kozhikode, Mysuru, Puducherry, Rajkot, Vijayawada
2023 – 2024 Agra, Darbhanga, Gaya, Gwalior, Pakyong, Pantnagar, Shillong, Shimla, Udaipur, Vadodara
2024 – 2025 Holangi, Salem

7 focus routes & products

Routes Products
Amritsar – Dubai Babycorn
Darbhanga – Rest of India Lichis
Sikkim – Rest of India Organic produce
Chennai, Vizag, Kolkata – Far East Seafood
Agartala – Delhi & Dubai Pineapple
Dibrugarh – Delhi & Dubai Mandarin & Oranges
Guwahati  – Hong Kong Pulses, fruits & vegetables

 

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