Govt relaxes LTC rules for employees to fly to J&K, Northeast

September 26, 2014 20:51

All central government employees, who were not entitled to air travel, can now fly to Jammu and Kashmir, Northeastern states, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands as per new Leave Travel Concession (LTC) rules.

"Government servants not entitled to travel by air may be permitted to travel by air (to select destinations) in economy class," the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said in an order issued today.

Such employees can travel from Kolkata and Guwahati to any place in the Northeastern region. They have been allowed to travel from Kolkata, Chennai and Bhubaneswar to Port Blair and from Delhi and Amritsar to any place in Jammu and Kashmir, it said.

"Journey for these non-entitled employees from their headquarters up to Kolkata, Guwahati, Chennai, Bhubaneswar, Delhi, Amritsar will have to be undertaken as per their entitlement," the DoPT said.

The government servants entitled to travel by air can avail this Leave Travel Concession (LTC) from their headquarters, the order said.

All eligible government servants may avail LTC to visit any place in Northeastern region and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Fresh recruits are also eligible for this benefit, said the directive which is valid for two years.

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