Krishi Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN)
- The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has introduced the 'Krishi-Udan Scheme' to enable the selling of agricultural and farm commodities from the northeastern states beyond the area.
- The system has been deployed exceedingly well throughout the region.
- In October 2021, the government declared Krishi UDAN 2.0.
Vision
- The objective of Krishi UDAN 2.0 is to improve value realisation via enhanced collaboration, streamline agri-harvesting and air shipping, and contribute to the Agri-value chain's resilience and sustainability under evolving and dynamic conditions.
Objectives of the Scheme
- The Krishi Udan scheme's goal was to offer growers and cultivators aid in agricultural product transportation so that they could realise the total worth of their crops.
- The Krishi UDAN 2.0 emphasises delivering delicate food products from northern, mountainous, and tribal areas.
- The initiative will focus on tackling the long-standing issue of agricultural product waste.
- The other goal is to go further into the countryside and give value, particularly perishable commodities.
Provisions
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Promoting and rewarding agricultural commodity transportation by air transportation
- Local carriers will receive a total exemption of landing, storage, landing costs, and route navigation facility expenses under the plan.
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Improving freight capacity at airports and off-airports
- To make it easier to create a hub-and-spoke network and a logistic grid.
- As part of an emphasis on NER, Hilly Districts, Tribal, airside transit, and trans-shipment facilities would be built at Bagdogra and Guwahati airports, as well as Leh, Nagpur, Ranchi, Nashik, Srinagar, and Raipur airports.
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Resource management
- Coordination with other government agencies and regulatory organisations to provide incentives and discounts to shipping services, airline companies, and other stakeholders to improve agricultural air transportation.
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Fusion of technologies
- E-KUSHAL development (Krishi UDAN for Sustainable Holistic Agri-Logistics). The platform that will be created will aid in disseminating data to all stakeholders.
- Furthermore, E-KUSHAL connectivity with the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) is envisaged.
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E-KUSHAL Portal
- It is a suggested framework for disseminating information to all parties.
- This centralised platform will provide vital information while assisting in the scheme's planning, supervision, and assessment.
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Hub and Spoke Model
- The concept will permit the establishment of a hub and spoke network as well as a logistic network.
- The hub and spoke method is a transmission model shaped like a bicycle wheel. The hub is located in the centre of a wire-spoked wheel.
- This hub permits the spokes, spread across all dimensions around the wheel, to meet at a concentrated place in the centre of the wheel.
- This approach is applied in various sectors, including supermarkets, where consumer and food items are frequently placed into a single vehicle at a distribution centre and then delivered to individual satellite locations.
