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Modi government's flagship scheme on regional aviation got a massive boost in Union Budget 2018-19 as the government allocation increased by almost five times. For 2018-19, the Centre allocated Rs 10.14 billion (Rs 1,014 crore) against Rs 2 billion (Rs 200 crore) last year.
The boost in fund allocation is likely to solve the problem of scarcity of funds faced by the programme due to the increased number of participating airlines. "Even those who wear 'hawaii chappal' can now travel by 'hawaii jahaj'," said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech. In order to attract airlines to fly to remote
