The Department on behalf of Government of Punjab coordinates with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India to successfully implement the RCS-UDAN.

The primary objectives of the Scheme are:

• to facilitate/ enhance regional air connectivity by making it affordable through fiscal support.
• infrastructure development
• to establish an interacted eco-system which will lead to significant growth of Civil Aviation Sector, promote tourism, increase employment, provide socio economic boost.
• therefore, lead to regional growth of the State.

Government of Punjab provides 20% of Viability Gap Funding (VGF) for the RCS Flights and the 80% is provided by GoI The Department has utilized the Scheme well to ensure connectivity to underserved areas and today has one of the highest density of airports in the country.