Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours - Purchase of air ticket from authorized agent

DoE: Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours - Purchase of air ticket from authorized agent

No.N-20011/29/2016-E.II(pt.IV)
Government Of India
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
(Establishment Section-II)

Transport Bhawan, 1, parliament Street, New Delhi-110001
New Delhi, Dated February, 2019

CIRCULAR

Sub:- Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours-purchase of air ticket from authorized agent - reg.
The undersigned is directed to refer to Department Of Expenditure, ( Ministry of Finance) O.M No. 19024/22/2017.E.IV dated 19.07.2017 and 27.02.2018 (Copy Enclosed) on the subject mentioned above and to request all officers for strict compliance of extant air travel guidelines, as henceforth, relaxation on account Of ignorance,’ unawareness about these guidelines would not be considered in future.
Accordingly, all CES (Roads) officers are hereby requested for strict compliance of the same.

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(Kamal Kishore)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours - Purchase of air ticket from authorized agent

No.19024/22/2017-EIV
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 27th February, 2018

Office Memorandum

Subject: Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours - Purchase of air ticket from authorized agent.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Departments’ O.M No, 19024/22/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017 regarding guidelines on Air travel where the Govt. of India bears the cost of passage. As per this O.M., Ministries/Departments were asked to ensure that these instructions are given adequate coverage and were to be circulated to all so that ‘lack of knowledge’ of the rules is not cited as an excuse. In spite of these instructions, a large number of cases for relaxation of air travel guidelines due to purchase of air ticket from unauthorized travel agents, are still being received in this Department.

The matter has been re-considered and it has been decided that all such cases of air travel where tickets have been purchased after issue of this Department’s O.M. dated 19.07.2017, seeking relaxation of air travel guidelines pertaining to purchase of air ticket from authorized agent, should have the approval of Secretary of the Administrative Ministry before referring the same to Department of Expenditure.

This is issued with the approval of Secretary Expenditure.

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(Nirmala Dev)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

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Procedure for availing optional scheme of All India Leave Travel Concession (AILTC) facility for officers/staff working in Board's Office

Procedure for availing optional scheme of All India Leave Travel Concession (AILTC) facility for officers/staff working in Board's Office.

भारत सरकार Government of India
रेल मंत्रालय Ministry of Railways
(रेलवे बोर्ड) Railway Board

Office Order No. 104 of 2018 

Sub : Procedure for availing optional scheme of All India Leave Travel Concession (AILTC) facility for officers/staff working in Board's Office. 

Subsequent to IR employees being given AILTC facility on optional basis in accordance with the CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988 as per Boards Order No. E(W) 2017/PS5-l/3 dated 10.09.2018, all officers/staff working in Boards office are also eligible to avail AILTC.

2. For availing the facility of AILTC, Officer/Staff working in Board's Office should have rendered four or more years of continuous service on the date of the commencement of the journey. The following guidelines may be adhered to by the applicant for availing AILTC:-

i) Privilege Pass Surrender Certificate (PPSC) may be obtained from 'G Branch by following the prescribed procedure as contained in Boards letter dated 10.09.2018. However, in the first instance before applying for PPSC, the concerned staff should check his/her eligibility for availing AILTC.
ii) Leave of any type may be applied for and a declaration/advance intimation letter as per proforma enclosed at Annexure-I intending to avail AILTC may be submitted to the concerned Establishment Branch (ERB-I, ERB-II & ERB-V) along with original copy of PPSC issued by 'G' Branch.
iii) In case, AILTC advance is required, a separate request may be submitted as per prescri bed proforma enclosed at Annexure-II to the concerned ERB section ( ERB-I, II & V) in addition to submission of self-declaration/advance intimation letter. AILTC advance is to be applied 65 days (in case of Air travel) or 125 days ( in case of train travel) before the proposed date of outward journey and within ten days of the drawal of advance, the concerned employee is to produce tickets, irrespective of the date of commencement of the journey.
iv) LTC advance upto 90% of the estimated fare would be sanctioned.
v) In case, an employee performs journey without intimation and submission of original PPSC to the concerned ERB section, claim for reimbursement under AILTC would not be entertained.
vi) Subsequent to performing the journey related to AILTC, necessary claims for reimbursement /difference of expenditure ( in case of advance) may be submitted directly to respective Cash-I/II/III Sections as per enclosed proforma at Annexure-III for final settlement with all necessary required document.
vii) LTC claim as per Annexure-III is to be submitted within three months of completion of return journey, if no advance has been drawn; else, within one month of completion of return journey, if advance has been drawn.
viii) After undertaking journey, unspent amount of AILTC advance, if any, should be remitted within one month and in one lumpsum.
ix) Travel by Premium trains/Premium Tatkal trains/Suvidha trains are allowed on LTC however, travel in such train is to be by shortest route. Reimbursement of tatkal charges or premium tatkal charges shall also be admissible for the purpose of LTC. Flexi Fare (dynamic fare) applicable in Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duronto trains is also admissible for the journey(s) performed by these trains on LTC.
x) Those officials entitled for Air travel are required to travel by Air India only at LTC-80 fare or less. Fare indicated at LTC-80 is the maximum permissible ceiling limit for reimbursement; however, efforts should be made to book Air tickets at the cheapest fare possible.
xi) Those employees ( i.e, Pay Level 1 to 8 of Pay Matrix as per 7th CPC) who are not entitled to travel by Air may travel by any airline; however, reimbursement in such cases shall be restricted to the fare of their entitled class of train /transport or actual expense, whichever is less. Further, dynamic fare component in respect of Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duronto trains shall not be admissible in such cases i.e., where a non­ entitled Government servant travels by air and claims reimbursement for the entitled class of Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duronto trains.
xii) In all cases, Air ticket is required to be booked either directly through the airlines ( Booking Counters, website of airlines) or by utilizing the service of Authorized Travel Agents viz 'MIS Balmer Lawrie & Company', M/s Ashok Travels & Tours', and IRCTC ( to the extent IRCTC is authorized as per DOP&Ts OM No. 31011/6/2002-Estt(A) dated 2.12.2009) while undertaking LTC journey. Booking of tickets through other agencies is not permitted and no request for relaxation of rules for booking the tickets through any other agencies shall be considered by Boards office.
xiii) ) It may also be noted that Travel on Tour packages is not allowed, except in case of tours conducted by Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), State Tourism Development Corporation (STDC) and IRCTC. In such cases, only the fare component shall be reimbursable provided ITDC/STDC/IRCTC separately indicate the fare component and certify that the journey was actually performed by the Government servant and his family members for which he/she is claiming the All India Leave Travel Concession.
xiv) All tickets purchased should be submitted in original along with boarding passes duly stamped by Airport authorities (in case of Air travel) at the time of submitting claims after performing journey.
xv) In respect of special relaxation relating to travel by Air ( for those who are not entitled for Air travel under AILTC) on LTC to North East Region, Jammu & Kashmir and Andaman & Nicobar, DOP&Ts OM No. 31011/3/2018-Estt(A-IV) dated 20.09.2018 may be referred to.

3. Role of 'G-Branch', ERB-I, II, V, Cash-I, II & III sections and PAO/Office/RB would be as under:-

a) General Branch will issue the Privilege Pass Surrender Certificate (PPSC) for AILTC purpose within 10 days of receiving the request from Applicant as per the instructions contained in E(W)'s above mentioned letter.
b) After receiving the request for optional AILTC as per Annexure-I & II, respective Establishment Branches (ERB-I, ERB-II & ERB-V) would verify/certify the necessary columns in it along with checking the admissibility as to whether the concerned employee is eligible for AILTC as per extant policy instruction and forward it to concerned Cash Section in case LTC advance has been sought.
c) An acknowledgement to the concerned employee may also be made and a copy of guidelines for perusal of employee may be given so as to ensure that the concerned employee is fully aware of the extant rules to be followed while availing optional AILTC and that there is no issue with regard to clearing of AILTC claim. In case AILTC is not admissible for the concerned employee, the same be advised in writing to the employee within three working days of the receipt of the intimation. A copy be also endorsed to the concerned Cash Section for information and record.
d) Concerned Cash section would process the case for LTC advance and reimbursement/claim as per extant rule for AILTC issued by Board's Office like normal reimbursement of TA/DA, Children Education Allowance (CEA) claim without referring it to Associate Finance. However, if any clarification is required on the extant rules, the nodal branch may be consulted. In respect of AILTC advance/clearing of claim, concerned Cash section are to sanction the amount based on concerned employee's eligibility for travel in AILTC, fares of shortest route by train and as per fare available under LTC-80 in respect of Air ticket.
e) After clearing of LTC claim, the concerned Cash Section would maintain the details of such claim separately as per CCS(LTC) Rule for maintaining register of LTC claim. Proforma is at Annexure-IV.
f) ERB-II, V and PAO Sections would also be required to make an entry in the service book of concerned employee claiming LTC along with an undertaking of completion of four or more years of service in this regard.
g) ERB-I, II, V, Cash-I, II, Ill & PAO sections may also go through the instructions issued on AI LTC/LTC by E(W) branch & DOP&T before processing the request related to AILTC.

4. All concerned may note that any misuse of AILTC will be viewed seriously and the concerned official would be liable for appropriate action under the relevant rules. Cash section may also randomly get some of the air tickets verified from the airlines concerned with regard to the actual cost of air travel vis-a-vis the cost indicated on the air tickets submitted by the officials.

5. The above issues with the approval of competent authority.

Encl: Annexure- I to IV

No. 2018/0&M/2/15
Dated: 26/09/2018

(H. Moharana)
Joint Secretary/Railway Board

Source: Indian Railways

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Scheme of optional 'All India Leave Travel Concession' (AILTC) facility, once in a block of four years (i.e. 2018-2021 onwards) on surrender of Privilege Passes (PP)

Scheme of optional 'All India Leave Travel Concession' (AILTC) facility, once in a block of four years (i.e. 2018-2021 onwards) on surrender of Privilege Passes (PP).

RBE No. 130/2018

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No.E(W)2017/PS5-1/3

New Delhi, dated 10.09.2018

The General Managers (P)
All Zonal Railways &
Production Units.

Sub: Scheme of optional 'All India Leave Travel Concession' (AILTC) facility, once in a block of four years (i.e. 2018-2021 onwards) on surrender of Privilege Passes (PP).
Ref: Department of Personnel & Training (DoP&T)'s OM No.31011/15/2017- Estt.A-IV dated 27.03.2018.

Pursuant to recommendations of Seventh CPC, DoP&T have communicated Government's decision, vide their OM referred above, to allow the Railway employees to avail AILTC facility in accordance with the 'Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988' i.e. CCS (LTC) Rules.

2. Accordingly, in exercise of powers conferred vide Rule 1(3)(iii) of Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986 (Second Edition-1993), the Competent Authority in the Ministry of Railways has accorded approval to exclude such railway servants and other eligible persons (i.e. eligible for PP) from the facility of Privilege Passes in that particular calendar year in which they opt for AILTC facility. Applicants may avail AILTC facility subject to conditions stipulated in para 2 of the referred OM dated 27.03.2018 (copy enclosed as Annexure-I). This facility is further subject to procedural guidelines/conditions stipulated hereunder.

3. These orders shall be applicable to (i) Railway Servants entitled to PPs; (ii) Other government department's officials serving in railways on deputation and entitled to PPs; (iii) Other officials serving in railways and entitled to PPs; and (iv) Officials of Audit Department (Railway) entitled to PPs. The Competent Authorities concerned shall modify terms and condition of such officials as required and necessary. These orders would not be applicable to those who are undergoing minor penalty of stoppage of even a single PP at the time of application for availing AILTC.

4. Those officials, who opt for AILTC facility, would be issued a "Privilege Pass Surrender Certificate" (PPSC) i.e. a pre-requisite for availing AILTC facility. The "Pass Issuing Authority" (PIA) shall issue the PPSC as per format at Annexure-II, duly following the procedure stipulated as under:-

(i) Applicant employee will submit an application (format at Annexure-III) to the concerned PIA for issue of a PPSC.
(ii) Thereafter, the PIA will first check the "Privilege Pass Account" (PPA) of the ' applicant to verify whether the applicant has already availed any PP or not in that particular calendar year.
(iii) If applicant has already availed a PP in that particular calendar year, then the application for issue of PPSC would be rejected and the applicant should be intimated accordingly, as per format at Annexure-IV.
(iv) If applicant has not availed any PP in that particular calendar year, the PIA concerned will disallow operation of PPA by blocking it with an entry (PPSC issued on date …./…/…… /) in PPA so that the applicant is barred from drawing any PP, even inadvertently, during that particular calendar year in which AILTC facility has been opted.
(v) If both husband and wife are entitled to PPs, both have to surrender their respective entitled PPs that are admissible to them in the calendar year in which either of them opt for AILTC facility. In this scenario, PIA will issue a single composite PPSC duly completing Part-II of the PPSC. The following procedure will be followed, additionally, in such cases:-

(a) If PPAs of both the spouses are maintained by same PIA at the time of applying for AILTC facility, then the composite PPSC will be issued by the PIA after receipt of a joint application from both of them.
(b) If PIAs of both the spouses are different (due to any reason or on account of their working in separate Railways/Divisions/Units, etc.), the PPSC shall be issued by the PIA concerned of the applicant only after receipt of a "Confirmation Note in lieu of PPSC"(CN) to be issued (by other PIA as per format in Annexure-V) in favour of spouse of the main applicant. The spouse will apply for CN as per format at Annexure-VI.

(vi) In case of a deputationist (i.e. Railway servant serving on deputation etc in any other organization) and eligible for PPs as per statutory rules, the PIA concerned will issue PPSC as per aforementioned procedure.
(vii) The PIA will issue PPSC/CN or intimate about rejection/non-acceptance of the request, as the case may be, within ten working days of receipt of application.
(viii) After issue of PPSC/CN, request for its cancellation and re-opening of PPA will not be entertained on any ground, even if AILTC facility could not be availed due to whatsoever reason i.e. whether administrative or personal reasons.
(ix) The role of PIAs will cease once "PPSC" is issued to the applicant. Matters such as advance/reimbursement/travel entitlements during availing of AILTC shall be dealt by other respective Sections of Personnel/Accounts Department handling Travelling Allowance claims, taking into account PPSC as a basic document alongwith other documents stipulated in the CCS (LTC) Rules.
(x) A duplicate PPSC/CN can only be issued under special circumstances by the PIA concerned after taking approval of the Principal CPO.

5. The Railways should administer the AILTC facility strictly in accordance with the CCS (LTC) Rules-1988, as modified from time to time, without any deviation. It may be noted that 'Home Town LTC/Home Town converted LTC" shall not be admissible to railway servants and the definitions of beneficiaries for LTC (e.g. members of family, dependents), dependency criteria, etc are different from that of Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986. A copy of DoP&T's letter No.31011/7/2013-Estt.(A)-IV dated 26.09.2014, containing clarifications and illustrations on administering LTC entitlements of "Fresh Recruits" is enclosed as Annexure-VII. Accordingly, the AILTC facility shall be regulated fully by the conditions and definitions as laid down in the CCS (LTC) Rules.

6. Regarding travel entitlements for availing of AILTC facility, copies of following OMs, as applicable on date, are enclosed:-

Issued by	Details	Annexure No.
Ministry Of Finance	OM No.19030/1/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017	Annexure – VIII
DoP&T	OM No.31011/8/2017-Estt.A-IV dt.19.09.2017	Annexure-IX
DoP&T	OM No.31011/8/2017-Estt.A-IV dt.18.01.2018	Annexure-X

It may be noted that DoP&T have stipulated vide their OM dated 19.09.2017 that (i) the travel entitlements for the purpose of LTC shall be the same as TA entitlements as notified vide MoF's OM dated 13.07.2017, excepting the air travel entitlement for the employees in Level 6 to 8 of the Pay Matrix (para 3) and (ii) the other conditions that would govern the LTC facility (para 4). Hence, the same entitlement prevailing in civil side (i.e. not as per railway entitlement) will be applicable for availing  AILTC facility.

7. To summarize, the position, as contained in above OMs, with certain modifications, is briefly brought out in the table below:-

Pay Level in Pay Matrix	Travel/LTC entitlement for AILTC
Level 1 to 5	Travel entitlement/Class of travel, etc in various modes of transports shall be as per Ministry of Finance's OM No. 19030/1/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 subject to other conditions stipulated in DoP&T's OM No. 31011/8/2017-Estt- A-IV dated 19.09.2017.
Level 6 to 8	Air travel entitlement stipulated in Ministry of Finance's OM No. 19030/1/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 is not admissible for LTC. However, all other entitlements shall be as per aforementioned MoF' OM dated 13.07.2017 and subject to other conditions stipulated in aforementioned DoP&T's OM dated 19.09.2017.
Level 9 to 13 and NFSAG officers	Travel entitlement/Class of travel, etc in various modes of transports shall be as per Ministry of Finance's OM No. officers 19030/1/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 subject to other conditions stipulated in DoP&T's OM No. 31011/8/2017-Estt- A-TV dated 19.09.2017.
Level 14 & above (excluding NFSAG Officers)	Travel entitlement/Class of travel, etc in various modes of transports shall be as per Ministry of Finance's OM No.19030/1/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 subject to other conditions stipulated in DoP&T's OM No. 31011/8/2017-Estt.A-IV dated 19.09.2017 and also as clarified vide DoP&T's OM No.31011/8/2017-Estt.A-IV dated 18.01.2018.

8. The Zonal Railways and PUs are advised to get themselves familiarized with the extant CCS (LTC) Rules as well as clarifications available in the official website of DoP&T (i.e. presently (i) https://dopt.gov.in/ccs-ltc-rules and (i) https://dopt.gov.in/ notifications/oms-and-orders/ © Establishment o LTC Rules). It may also be noted that OMs/Notifications related to CCS (LTC) Rules issued and uploaded from time to time by DoP&T in their official website will come into force with immediate effect for regulation of AILTC facility as being extended by this order. Hence, these orders/instructions will not be circulated separately by the Ministry of Railways. Accordingly, the Railways and PUs should regularly visit the official website of DoP&T and download the latest instructions from time to time for settling claims of LTC etc and for compliance.

9. However, if any clarification in respect of TA Rules notified by Ministry of Finance is required, the same may be addressed to the Nodal Dte. in Board's office viz. Finance Establishment Dte. for further examination and issue of appropriate clarification/reply.

10.This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.

11. Hindi version will follow.

(V. Muralidharan)

Dy. Director Estt. (Welfare)-I

Railway Board

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7th CPC LTC: Employees Serving in NER and J&K

7th CPC LTC: Employees Serving in NER and J&K

7th Pay Commission - LTC facilities to the Civilian employees of the Central Government serving in States of the North- Eastern Region, Ladakh region of State of Jammu & Kashmir and in Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Island and Lakshadweep Group of Islands

Ministry of Defence issued orders on 23.5.2018 regarding the above subject and the reference order attached below…

F.No.31011/12/2015-Estt.A-IV
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
Establishment A-IV Desk

North Block New Delhi.
Dated April 24, 2018

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: LTC facilities to the Civilian employees of the Central Government serving in States of the North-Eastern Region, Ladakh region of State of Jammu & Kashmir and in Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Island and Lakshadweep Group of Islands - Implementation of recommendations of 7th CPC.

The undersigned is directed to refer to Department of Expenditure's O.M. No. 11 (2)/97-E.II(B) dated 22nd July, 1998, regarding Allowance & Special Facilities for civilian employees of the Central Government serving in States and Union Territories of the North-Eastern Region and in the Andaman & Nicobar Island and Lakshadweep Group of Islands.

2. The aforesaid O.M. provided the option of availing every year Home Town LTC (for self and family) to a Government servant serving in North- Eastern Region, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep groups of Islands who leaves his family behind at the old headquarters or another selected place of residence, and who has not availed of transfer travelling allowance for family. In addition, two additional passages under "Emergency Passage Concession" is also provided to the employees posted in these regions to enable them and/or their families [spouse and two dependent children] to travel either to the Home Town or the station of posting in an emergency.

3. The Seventh Pay Commission has recommended that splitting of hometown LTC should bellowed in case of employees posted in North East, Ladakh and Island territories of Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep. This will enable these employees and their families to meet more often.

4. Consequent upon acceptance of recommendations of Seventh Pay Commission, it has been decided that a civilian Central Government servant serving in North-Eastern Region, Ladakh region of State of Jammu & Kashmir, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep groups of Islands, who leaves his family behind at the old headquarters or another selected place of residence and has not availed of transfer travelling allowance for family, shall be provided with the following options for the purpose of LTC:

(i) The Government servant may avail LTC for journey to the Home Town once in a block period of two years and/or one 'Anywhere in India' LTC in a block of four years under the normal LTC rules.
Or
(ii) In lieu thereof, the Government servant may avail the facility for himself/herself to travel once a year from the station of posting to the Home Town or the place where the family is residing and for the family [restricted only to the spouse and dependent children as per the 'family' definition of CCS(LTC), Rules, 1988] to travel once a year to visit the Government servant at the station of posting.

5. In addition, Central Government employees and their families posted in these territories shall be entitled to avail of the Leave Travel Concession, in emergencies, on two additional occasions during their entire service career. This shall be termed as "Emergency Passage Concession" and is intended to enable the Central Government employees and/or their families [restricted only to spouse and dependent children] to travel either to the Home Town or the station of posting in an emergency. The two additional passages under the Emergency Passage Concession shall be availed by the entitled mode and class of travel as admissible under the normal Leave Travel Concession Rules.

6. This O.M. will take effect from July 1, 2017.

7. Hindi version will follow.

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(Sanjiv Kumar)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

Source: www.mod.gov.in

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Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 : Relaxation to travel by private airlines to visit Jammu & Kashmir.

Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 : Relaxation to travel by private airlines to visit Jammu & Kashmir.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS (FYS)

Attention is invited to the DoPT O.M. No.31011/7/2014-Estt.(A-IV) dated 13th January 2017 wherein it is stated that Facility to travel on LTC by private airlines to Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) under the special dispensation scheme was allowed for a period of one year. This facility ended w.e.f.28.11.2015 and was re-introduced on 01.06.2016. It has been decided to allow the claims of those Government employees who had travelled by private airlines to Jammu & Kashmir on LTC during the gap period of 28.11.2015 - 31.05.2016. This shall be subject to the condition that tickets have been booked through the authorized modes and at LTC-80 fare or less and other conditions perscribed in DoPT’s O.M. No.31011/7/2014-Estt.(A-IV) dated 28.11.2014.

Kindly ensure maximum/wide publicity of the above points within your jurisdiction for effecting compliance.

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Asstt.Controller of Accounts (Fys.)

Authority: http://pcafys.nic.in/

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Avail LTC for the block 2014-2015 before it finally expires by December 2016

Avail LTC for the block 2014-2015 before it finally expires by December 2016

Home Town Leave Travel Concession applicable for the year 2014-2015 can be either utilised as Home Town LTC or as All India LTC on or before 31st December 2016.

Have you planned for any Home Town Trip or Leave Travel by availing LTC and Encashment of Leave on LTC before this year expires ? Then Carry over provision available under Rule 10 of LTC Rules would be very handy to you.

Rule 10 of LTC provides that A Government servant who is unable to avail of the leave travel concession within a particular block of two years or four years may avail of the same within the first year of the next block of two years or four years.

The Current 4 year LTC Block is 2014-2017 and Two Year Block Year is 2016-2017. However, the home town LTC applicable for the Two year block year of 2014-2015, can be carried over and utilised by Central Government Employees either as home town LTC or as All India before it finally expires on 31st December 2016.

By Carrying Over of LTC for the block year 2014-2015, employees who intend to travel on LTC before 31st December 2016, can avail one more Home Town LTC or All India LTC (if they have converted the home town LTC to All India LTC in the previous 2 year block) before December 2017.

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LTC 80 Air Fare of Air India – Updated Domestic LTC Fares

LTC 80 Air Fare of Air India – Updated Domestic LTC Fares

Air India Domestic Fares (Apex & Instant Purchase Fares) Fares for the month of April ‐ 2016

Domestic : LTC Fares – Table IV and Domestic : Remarks & Notings – Table VIII

Authority: http://www.airindia.in/

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Air India LTC-80 Fare with effective from December 2015

Air India LTC-80 Fare with effective from December 2015

Central Government Employees will be eligible for LTC only if travel by Air India Flights after purchasing LTC-80 Tickets. Only on exceptional circumstances such as non-availability of Air India Flights etc travel by Private Airlines would be allowed for reimbursement under LTC


Leave  Travel Concession  availed by Central Government State Government, and PSU Employees – Air-India Fare with effective from December 2015

Air India has announced Air India LTC-80 Fares with effect from 1st December 2015 which are applicable to Leave  Travel Concession  availed by Central Government State Government, PSU Employees. Employees of Educational institutions recognized by Central / State Governments or affiliated to any University or educational board are also eligible to travel by Air India LTC-80 tickets.

As far as Central Government Employees are concerned Reimbursement of Travel by Air  under  Leave  Travel Concession will be made only if Employee / Employee family seeking LTC travelled by Air India Flights using LTC-80 Tickets. However, under exceptional circumstances such as non-availability of Air India Flights in the route chosen to be travelled by the employee under LTC etc, relaxation of LTC-80 condition are made on case to case basis or for a particular LTC block.

Eligibility for Air India LTC-80 Tickets:

Government employees and their family members travelling on leave are eligible to purchase Air India LTC-80 Tickets. Family includes Spouse, dependent children 12 yrs and above and dependent Parents.

Documents Required for purchasing LTC-80 Tickets:

Copy of Official ID card has to be produced for purchasing LTC-80 Tickets.

Ticket Validity:

1 Year from date of issue Discount applicable Children:

Normal discount on the class of travel. No additional discount applies.

Change of Flights / Change of Date of Travel / Cancellation of Tickets etc:

Employees who have purchased Air India LTC-80 Tickets can opt for change of flights, change of Date of Travel, and Cancellation of Tickets. However, a fee applicable for these changes will have to be paid


TABLE – V : LTC Fares

SECTOR & V.V		HLTC (Economy Class)	DLTC (Executive  Class)
		Base Fare	Base Fare
Agartala	Guwahati	4831	10140	1850
Agartala	Kolkata	3891	8506	1850
Agartala	Silchar	4401		1850
Agatti	Bengaluru	10691		1850
Agatti	Chennai	10646		2150
Agatti	Kochi	8571		1850
Agatti	Kozhikode	7471		1850
Agra	Delhi	5681	15327	1850
Agra	Khajuraho	3891	8506	1850
Agra	Varanasi	4946	12951	1850
Agra	Mumbai	8571		2950
Ahmedabad	Chennai	7426	26186	2950
Ahmedabad	Delhi	6000	15502	2150
Ahmedabad	Hyderabad	7076	19532	2150
Ahmedabad	Mumbai	4351	14155	1850
Aizawl	Guwahati	5351		1850
Aizawl	Imphal	4466	7337	1850
Aizawl	Kolkata	4626	11108	1850
Allahabad	Delhi	6541		1850
Allahabad	Kanpur	4751		1850
Allahabad	Mumbai	9401		2950
Amritsar	Delhi	4366	13166	1850
Aurangabad	Delhi	8801	21747	2150
Aurangabad	Mumbai	4451	10498	1850
Bagdogra	Delhi	9716	21024	2950
Bagdogra	Guwahati	4536	8398	1850
Bagdogra	Kolkata	5436	13188	1850
Bengaluru	Chennai	4701	10691	1850
Bengaluru	Delhi	9901	28985	3650
Bengaluru	Goa	5151	13297	1850
Bengaluru	Hyderabad	5451	14823	1850
Bengaluru	Kochi	4501	11272	1850
Bengaluru	Kolkata	9701	30799	3650
Bengaluru	Mangalore	4936		1850
Bengaluru	Mumbai	6851	16356	2150
Bengaluru	Mysore	4501		1850
Bengaluru	Pune	6184	16506	1850
Bengaluru	Tirupati	5221		1850
Bengaluru	Trivandrum	5451	12473	1850
Bhopal	Delhi	4801	14856	1850
Bhopal	Indore	4281	8625	1850
Bhopal	Mumbai	5356	15560	1850
Bhubaneshwar	Chennai	8291	17520	2950
Bhubaneshwar	Delhi	9001	27424	2950
Bhubaneshwar	Kolkata	5406	11764	1850
Bhubaneshwar	Mumbai	9401	29518	2950
Bhubaneshwar	Port Blair	11216		2950
Bhuj	Mumbai	6541		1850
Chandigarh	Delhi	4301	11264	1850
Chandigarh	Mumbai	8836	26295	2950
Chennai	Coimbatore	4251	12166	1850
Chennai	Delhi	8456	28474	3650
Chennai	Goa	6311	16217	1850
Chennai	Hyderabad	4451	13732	1850
Chennai	Kochi	5251	14630	1850
Chennai	Kolkata	8566	27543	2950
Chennai	Madurai	4251	12531	1850
Chennai	Mumbai	8571	18623	2950
Chennai	Pune	7851	21017	2150
Chennai	Portblair	9411	24229	2950
Chennai	Trivandrum	5601	14637	1850
Chennai	Vishakhapatnam	4801	14673	1850
Coimbatore	Delhi	9751	32763	3650
Coimbatore	Kozhikode	4451	6739	1850
Coimbatore	Mumbai	8001	18331	2950
Dehradun	Delhi	5221	13980	1850
Dehli	Dharamsala	4821		1850
Delhi	Gaya	6851	19532	2150
Delhi	Goa	8821	25860	3650
Delhi	Guwahati	9811	24988	3650
Delhi	Gwalior	5051	9977	1850
Delhi	Hyderabad	8401	25748	2950
Delhi	Imphal	9081	27248	3650
Delhi	Indore	4851	15867	1850
Delhi	Jabalpur	6401		1850
Delhi	Jaipur	3551	9691	1850
Delhi	Jammu	4401	13181	1850
Delhi	Jodhpur	5706	14290	1850
Delhi	Kanpur	5701		1850
Delhi	Khajuraho	5651	15108	1850
Delhi	Kochi	12351	37731	3650
Delhi	Kolkata	9061	24251	2950
Delhi	Kozhikode	10051	32763	3650
Delhi	Kullu	6301		1850
Delhi	Leh	5501	15141	1850
Delhi	Lucknow	4821	12505	1850
Delhi	Ludhiana	4351		1850
Delhi	Mangalore	9901	29248	3650
Delhi	Mumbai	8951	22740	2950
Delhi	Pantnagar	4301		1850
Delhi	Nagpur	7171	17336	2150
Delhi	Pathankot	5101		1850
Delhi	Patna	7151	17265	2150
Delhi	Port Blair	21516		3650
Delhi	Pune	9401	28208	2950
Delhi	Raipur	7851	22112	2150
Delhi	Rajkot	9101		2150
Delhi	Ranchi	8811	20732	2950
Delhi	Srinagar	6201	13370	1850
Delhi	Surat	9101	20819	2150
Delhi	Tirupati	9016	23756	3650
Delhi	Trivandrum	12156	37731	3650
Delhi	Udaipur	5786	15382	1850
Delhi	Vadodra	7051	19853	2150
Delhi	Varanasi	5681	15327	1850
Delhi	Vijayawada	8566	26202	2950
Delhi	Vishakhapatnam	10401	30218	2950
Dibrugarh	Dimapur	3251	5106	1850
Dibrugarh	Guwahati	4801		1850
Dibrugarh	Kolkata	7401	14776	2150
Dibrugarh	Lilabari	4051		1850
Dimapur	Guwahati	4701		1850
Dimapur	Imphal	4401		1850
Dimapur	Kolkata	6101	13822	1850
Dimapur	Shillong	4101		1850
Durgapur	Kolkata	2650		1850
Gaya	Kolkata	4501	11744	1850
Gaya	Varanasi	4851	9518	1850
Goa	Kochi	5001	15159	1850
Goa	Hyderabad	5251	13657	1850
Goa	Mumbai	5321	12326	1850
Goa	Pune	4536	8874	1850
Goa	Srinagar	12351	38431	3650
Guwahati	Imphal	4901	9498	1850
Guwahati	Jorhat	3736		1850
Guwahati	Kolkata	5076	11465	1850
Guwahati	Lilabari	5151		1850
Guwahati	Silchar	5251		1850
Guwahati	Tezpur	4436		1850
Gwalior	Mumbai	8401	19551	2150
Hyderabad	Kolkata	9696	24985	2950
Hyderabad	Mumbai	5251	14980	1850
Hyderabad	Pune	5231	14265	1850
Hyderabad	Tirupati	4656	12571	1850
Hyderabad	Varanasi	8811	21806	2950
Hyderabad	Vijayawada	5051	10655	1850
Hyderabad	Vishakhapatnam	4946	12951	1850
Imphal	Kolkata	4281	11680	1850
Imphal	Silchar	4601		1850
Indore	Mumbai	4481	12637	1850
Jaipur	Mumbai	7851	18794	2150
Jammu	Leh	4886	9069	1850
Jammu	Srinagar	4403	6998	1850
Jamnagar	Mumbai	5181	12400	1850
Jodhpur	Mumbai	7686	18670	2150
Jodhpur	Udaipur	4231	8724	1850
Jorhat	Kolkata	4976		1850
Jorhat	Tezpur	4136		1850
Kanpur	Kolkata	7401		2150
Khajuraho	Varanasi	4936	12681	1850
Kochi	Kozhikode	3501	7283	1850
Kochi	Madurai	4301		1850
Kochi	Mumbai	8401	21634	2950
Kochi	Trivandrum	4301	8326	1850
Kolkata	Kochi	10051		3650
Kolkata	Lilabari	7800		2150
Kolkata	Mumbai	8486	23558	3650
Kolkata	Patna	5706		1850
Kolkata	Port Blair	11071	26781	2950
Kolkata	Ranchi	4536		1850
Kolkata	Shillong	5481		1850
Kolkata	Silchar	5001	11085	1850
Kolkata	Tezpur	5151		1850
Kozhikode	Chennai	5151		1850
Kozhikode	Kolkata	8456		3650
Kozhikode	Mumbai	9100	17608	2150
Kozhikode	Trivandrum	4391		1850
Kullu	Pathankot	4001		1850
Leh	Srinagar	4603	8283	1850
Lilabari	Tezpur	3881		1850
Lucknow	Mumbai	8051	24985	2950
Lucknow	Varanasi	4626	9607	1850
Ludhiana	Pathankot	4201		1850
Madurai	Mumbai	7851	23657	2950
Mangalore	Mumbai	6086	15761	1850
Mumbai	Diu	5051		1850
Mumbai	Nagpur	5001	15159	1850
Mumbai	Raipur	9500	20692	2150
Mumbai	Rajkot	5281	12473	1850
Mumbai	Ranchi	9751	22813	2950
Mumbai	Srinagar	9016	23756	3650
Mumbai	Trivandrum	10201	23901	2950
Mumbai	Udaipur	4786	15407	1850
Mumbai	Varanasi	9696	24511	2950
Mumbai	Vishakhapatnam	9101	24872	2950
Patna	Ranchi	4603		1850
Port Blair	Vishakhapatnam	9696	24511	2950
Raipur	Bhubaneshwar	4281	9977	1850
Raipur	Nagpur	5181	12660	1850
Raipur	Vishakhapatnam	4251	11606	1850
Shillong	Jorhat	4551		1850
Silchar	Tezpur	4101		1850
Tirupati	Vijayawada	5406		1850
Vishakhapatnam	Bhubaneshwar	5321	10518	1850
Vishakhapatnam	Vijayawada	5051		1850

TABLE – VI

Islanders Fares – 1
Sector & v.v		One Way	Return	Airline Fuel
		Fare Basis	Fare Basis	Charge
		UEIXZ	URTIXZ
Port Blair	Kolkata	5016	8632	2950
Port Blair	Chennai	4816	8272	2950
Note : Above fares are valid for sale in Port Blair only against Identity Card.

Islanders Fares – 2
Sector		One Way		Airline Fuel Charge
		Fare Basis
		UEIXZ
Port Blair	Vishakapatnam	1592		2950
Vishakapatnam	Port Blair	1449		2950
Note : Above fares are valid for sale in Port Blair and Vishakapatnam only against Identity Card.

TABLE – VII

Remarks  & Notings

1 a) RBD ‘Z’ is Advance Purchase  fare in Business Class. Fare Basis is ‘ZAP’ with minimum  7 days advance purchase  restriction.

SAP90, SAP60, SRT60, SAP30 , S30PP, SRT30, TAP14, TRT14, T14PP, TAP7, TRT7, T7PP & T2PP Fares Levels are Advance  Purchase  Fares which are  available  for sale upto 90 days, 60 days, 30 days, 14 days & 7 days respectively in advance before schedule  date of departure  of the flight.

b) *Some flights/sectors may not have the Advance Purchase  restrictions and
*Some Sectors are currently  non-operating

2 Flight Routing D- Direct flight to destination.
V- Via Flight to Destination with stop/stops  without change of aircraft Link – Connecting Flight to Destination with a change of aircraft at a transit point

3 Taxes, Fee & Charges
a) In addition to the above fares, Passenger  Service fee, Airport Development Fee (wherever  applicable)  and Service Tax would apply. Passenger  Service fee is Rs. 238 except  (a) Ex Jammu,Srinagar  Leh where it is 207 (b) ex  Kochi it is 229/- &
(c) ex Delhi, Mumbai,  Chennai, Guwahati,  Hyderabad, Bengaluru,  Lucknow  & Kolkata Rs.149/-
b)
(a)  User Development Fee (IN)  ex  Jaipur Rs. 150,  Guwahati   Rs 381 ( 01 Jun 15 – 31 Mar 16)
Amritsar  Rs. 150, Trichy Rs. 150, Vishakapatnam Rs. 150, Udaipur Rs. 150, Ahmedabad Rs. 126, Mangalore  Rs. 156, Varanasi Rs. 150, Kolkata Rs 515 , Chennai Rs. 191, Lucknow  Rs 449
(b) UDF  from Delhi : Distance  upto 500 Km- Rs 281/- more than 500 Km- Rs 562/- (c) UDF  to Delhi : Distance  upto 500 Km- Rs 238/- more than 500 Km- Rs 475/-
(d) UDF from Mumbai   Rs 314/-
Ex Bengaluru  :  Rs.351 (1st Apr 15- 31st Mar 16)
(e) Airport Development Fee ( YM ) ex Delhi & ex Mumbai Rs. 115/-
c) Service Tax  as applicable  would be additional.

Fare Rules :

Fee for Refund/revalidation/re-issuance  is levied as detailed  under:effective 27th Apr’13
	RBD	Re-Issuance / Refund Fee	No-Show  /Refund Fee( within 1 hour of flight departure  )
First Class	F	NIL (Till 1 hour before departure)	Rs.1087
Business class	C, D &  J	NIL (Till 1 hour before departure)	Rs.1087
		Re-Issuance /Re-validation/Refund Fee	No-Show  Fee/Refund Fee
	Z	Rs.1087( Till 1 hour before departure)	Rs.1631
		Re-Issuance /Re-validation/ Refund Fee	No-Show/Refund Fee( within 1 hour flight departure  )
Economy  Class
Instant Purchase  fares	Y,B & M	NIL (Till 1 hour before departure)	Rs.1058
Instant Purchase  fares	H,K,Q,V,W,G,L & U	Rs.1058( Till 1 hour before departure)	*Non-Refundable
Instant & Apex Fares	E, S &  T	Rs.1587( Till 1 hour before departure)	*Non-Refundable
(Penalty  amount inclusive  of service tax & Swatchh Bharat Cess (SBC) of 0.20% for Economy  and 0.30% for Business  Class will be applicable  on Base Fare and Airline Fule Charge.)
*Now-Show charges for domestic  sector to be waived off to charge INR 2000 as no-show  penalty only when the passenger  has reported  at the Airport , is no-show  for a Domestic  sector, and only when passenger  is being rolled over / travelling  on the next available  flight of Air India. The waiver of no-show  to INR 2000 , in such cases, to be authorised  by the Duty Manager. Further, fare difference  if any as per the RBD/ Fare Basis available/  applicable  on the next available  flight will have to be charged from the passenger in addition to the no-show  penalty of INR 2000.

Note:
a). Above Charges are applicable  per coupon.
In case of ‘non-refundable, Basic Fare and Airline Fuel Charge will be forfeited.
b). In case of Re-issuance : Aplicable  Charges and difference  of fare if any are applicable.
c).LTC Tickets: Change/Refund Fee will be as applicable  for highest Business or Economy  Class fare
d).Armed  Forces and related discounts  : Change/ Refund Fee applicable  for highest economy  class fare. All categories  of (Armed Forces, Paramilitary Forces, General Reserve Engineering Forces, War Disables Officers, War Widows and Gallantry  Award Tickets under RBD Y to H)

(B) :- The refund rules applicable  to Link Fares on all RBDs are as under:

(A) Originating  point:
1. Tickets issued on fares under: RBDs U to K
a) Refund – Permitted  up to 1 hr before scheduled  departure  of the flight against a Refund Fee of – Rs. 1000 /- coupon. b) Refund of No-show  ticket: Non Refundable(Basic fare + Airline Fuel Charge)
2. Tickets issued on fares under: RBDs S & T
a) Refund – Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Refund Fee of – Rs.1500/- per coupon.
b) Refund of No-show  ticket: Non Refundable(Basic fare + Airline Fuel Charge)

(B) Intermediate Point :
In case of completion of part itinerary,  a passenger  desirous of claiming refund will be allowed to do so after deducting  the applicable  fare on booked RBD, for the sector travelled  along with the applicable  Refund Fee. Not permitted  for RBDs S & T.

(C) :- In cases of Flight Disruptions:

(a) Alternate  arrangements are made by the Airline- No Refund
(b)Passenger is taken back to the point of origin by the first available  service- Full amount to be refunded.
(c)Own arrangement for the cancelled  sector is made by the passenger(s): Refund of Basic fare of the cancelled  sector in respective  RBD (Airline Fuel Charge  to be retained)  along with unutilized  non-airline  taxes, if any.
(d) No Re-validation or Cancellation Fee applicable  on Infant Tickets.

5 Applicable  Fares as on 02nd Dec’15

6 These  fares are subject to Change without prior  notice.

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