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New LTC rule: The Centre has allowed its employees to travel through Tejas, Vande Bharat and Humsafar trains under Leave Travel Concession (LTC).
Government employees can travel on 385 premium trains, including 136 Vande Bharat, 97 Humsafar, and 8 Tejas Express trains, alongside 144 existing high-end trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi, and Duronto, according to a release by the Railway Ministry on Friday.
“In the short & medium-distance Rail travel in Vande Bharat, Tejas and Shatabdi express trains, employees can avail of chair car travel up to level 11. Employees at level 12 & above are entitled to executive chair car travel in these trains,” the release said.
"For long distance travel, where coaches have berths i.e., Rajdhani-type luxurious trains, employees at level 12 & above can avail AC 2st class travel. From level 6 to 11, employees can avail AC 2nd class travel while all others i.e. level 5 & below can avail AC 3rd Class travel during their LTC," it added.
The new development reportedly comes after the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) received several requests from different offices and individuals regarding the admissibility of various premium trains under the LTC.
The LTC is a concessional travel facility for Government employees that allows them to travel to any place in India for up to four years. Under LTC, eligible Central government employees get reimbursement of tickets for to and fro journeys besides paid leave.
According to the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, employees have the option to avail of Home town LTC twice within two years each, visit their home town once in a period of two years, and see any place in India in another two years.
The government has listed the employees that can avail LTC.
Reimbursement under the LTC does not cover incidental expenses and expenditures on local journeys. Reimbursement for journey expenses will be permitted only based on a point-to-point journey on a through ticket over the shortest direct route.
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