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The Odisha authorities connected Saturday (October 25, 2025) approved the Building and Management of Aviation Assets and Network (B-MAAN) strategy to boost the State’s aviation assemblage done Viability Gap Funding (VGF) and different incentives.
Designed to bring each aspects of aviation nether a azygous broad framework, the ambitious strategy aims to presumption Odisha arsenic a starring aviation hub successful eastbound India nether the inclusive imaginativeness Samastanka Pain Biman Seba (Aviation for All), the authorities said successful a statement.
A Cabinet gathering chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Majhi cleared the umbrella initiative, which entails an concern of ₹4,182 crore implicit 5 years (2025–2030).
According to the statement, B-MAAN integrates cardinal components specified arsenic infrastructure development, modernization, and the upgradation and attraction of airports and heliports crossed the State. It volition screen some greenfield and brownfield airports successful underserved regions to heighten determination entree and operational efficiency.
A dedicated money nether the strategy volition widen VGF and different incentives to airlines to fortify determination aerial connectivity, linking tier-II and tier-III towns with large cities nether UDAN and akin programmes.
The strategy besides proposes to make a maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) ecosystem successful Odisha. “Establishment and operationalisation of world-class MRO facilities astatine Biju Patnaik International Airport and different strategical locations volition assistance physique a self-reliant aviation attraction ecosystem and pull backstage investment,” the authorities said.
In addition, promotion of futuristic technologies—including drones, seaplanes, e-VTOL aircraft, and aerospace manufacturing—will guarantee Odisha remains astatine the forefront of new-age aviation and greenish mobility.
B-MAAN besides aims to fortify aerial cargo infrastructure to enactment cultivation exports, concern logistics, and time-sensitive trade, integrating Odisha much profoundly into nationalist and planetary worth chains.
According to the Commerce and Transport Department, the nodal bureau for implementing the scheme, B-MAAN is expected to make large-scale employment done aviation-focused skilling, formation training, and specialised programmes for technicians, pilots — particularly women — and ground-handling professionals, successful collaboration with reputed manufacture partners.
