Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurates 4th Heli-India Summit 2022

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Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the 4th Heli-India Summit 2022 in Srinagar on 10 October.

Important facts

• The theme of 4th Heli-India Summit 2022 is ‘Helicopters for last Mile Connectivity’.

• He said that a civil enclave will be built in Jammu at a cost of Rs 861 crores and the Srinagar’s present terminal will be expanded three times from 20,000 square meters to 60,000 square meters at a cost of Rs 1500 crores. 

• He said that the decrease in VAT on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) from 26.5 percent to one percent by the J&K government.

• The HeliSewa portal is completely online and is being used by all operators to obtain landing permissions for helipads, and is also creating a database of helipads in the country.

• Helidisha, guidance material on helicopter operations for the state administration has been distributed in 780 districts.

• Helicopter Accelerator cell is fully proactive in resolving helicopter issues and an advisory group of industry representatives is helping to identify the problem areas.

• Three helicopter corridors have been built from Mumbai-Pune, Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar and Shamshabad-Begumpet and new IFR corridors are being planned.

• In terms of railway connectivity, Jammu and Kashmir will be connected with Kanyakumari by next year.