PDF, 26th August 2016
Maharashtra’s move, this week, in becoming the first State to embrace (शा मल करना /
अ त न हत करना) the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) ticks a few boxes for the Centre’s
ambitious (मह वाकां ी) plan to use civil aviation to boost tourism, jobs and balanced regional
growth across the country. It also lends a fillip ( ो साहन) to India’s aim of emerging as the third
largest aviation market by 2020. The concept itself, though, is not new. Under the UPA
government, a Ministry of Civil Aviation report noted that States were becoming more receptive
to the idea of promoting regional air connectivity. It also observed that the only way to get
airlines to fly these “thin routes” would be by reducing operational costs. The report highlighted
two points: the immense (अ य धक) potential ( मता) that lay in activating the nearly 450
dormant ( नि
य) airports and airfields, and the need for a subsidy fund, which is a global
norm, in keeping such routes going. A key point in that document was its optimism about India
having 300-odd operational airports by 2030, from about 80 now, by tapping into the potential of
regional routes. When linked to a concept such as a ‘hub and spoke’ — of route flexibility
(लचीलापन) and also feeding into larger airline operators and major aviation hubs — the sky was
indeed the limit.
Some of this is mirrored in the latest policy. At its heart lies the importance of Centre-State
cooperation, in the form of viability (
मत / हो सकने यो य) gap funding, subsidized aviation
fuel and a ‘controversial’ fare cap, pivotal to enabling the scheme’s success. But there could be
some air pockets ahead. Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju’s remark that States
would have to be prepared to “take some haircuts” by providing free land and operational
infrastructure, and that the Centre would have to agree to forego ( यागना / छोड़ना) excise on
aviation fuel and service tax on tickets signals that the scheme may end up testing the actual
commitment of governments both at the Union and State levels. With private airlines having
evinced (जताना / कट करना ) interest but not having expressly committed themselves so far to
the RCS, there is also the issue, going by experience, of whether the burden of operating such
routes could end up ultimately falling on Air India. The episodes of the ‘now-on, now-off’ air
services to Mysuru and Puducherry, for instance, are illustrative and instructive. These
operations had the backing of the respective governments but never reached ‘cruise altitude’.
Given the scale of the scheme, there is also the issue of providing air traffic control services.
With mounting worries over air safety and the alarming rise in ‘near-miss’ incidents, there can be
no room for compromise on this vital(मह वपू ण) component of the aviation industry.
1. Embrace (शा मल करना / अ त न हत करना)
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Synonyms :Grasp, Include , Cradle
Antonyms :Exclude , Reject Push away, Unfasten
2. Ambitious (मह वाकां ी)
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Synonyms :Appetent, Desirous, Agog, Fervent
Antonyms :Lethargic, Satisfied, Contented
3. Fillip ( ो साहन)
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Synonyms :Encouragement, Boost, Excite
Antonyms :Discouragement, Despair
4. Immense (अ य धक)
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Synonyms :Huge, Vast, Very Much, Boundless, Giant
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Antonyms :Minute, Short, Little, Less
5. Dormant ( नि
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य)
Synonyms :Passive, Sluggish, Inert, Comatose
Antonyms :Active, Alert, Awake, Conscious
6. Potential ( मता)
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Synonyms :Capability, Capacity, Strength
Antonyms : Lacking, Weak
7. Flexibility (लचीलापन)
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Synonyms :Resilience , Springiness , Elasticity, Adjustability
Antonyms :Rigid , Constraint, Inelasticity
8. Viability (
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मत / हो सकने यो य)
Synonyms: Vitality , Vivacity, Vigor
Antonyms: Dullness, Idleness
9. Forego ( यागना / छोड़ना)
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Synonyms: Relinquish, Quit, Leave , Renounce
Antonyms: Impose
10. Evinced (जताना / कट करना )
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Synonyms: Disclose, Reveal, Declare, Show
Antonyms: Conceal, Hide, Cover
11. Vital (मह वपू ण)
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Synonyms: Important, Necessary, Required, Needed , Significant
Antonyms: Minor, Trivial, Insignificant
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