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New LTC rules: Central Government Employees can take private airline to travel to Jammu and Kashmir till September 2018

Central Government Employees Can Claim LTC If They Travel To Jammu & Kashmir By Any Airline For Two More Years Till September 25, 2018.

PTI | Updated on: 08 Sep 2016, 04:16:55 PM

New Delhi :

Central government employees can claim LTC if they travel to Jammu & Kashmir by any airline for two more years till September 25, 2018.

“To boost tourism in Jammu & Kashmir, the government has decided to extend the facility to travel by any airline to visit Jammu & Kashmir on LTC under the Special Dispensation Scheme for central government employees for a period of two years beyond September 25, 2016,” an official statement said.

Earlier in June, the government had permitted its employees to travel to Jammu & Kashmir by private airlines till September 2016.

Rules till then allowed government employees to travel by Air India only.

A government employee gets to and fro journey cost reimbursed when he avails of LTC.

 

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First Published : 08 Sep 2016, 04:09:00 PM

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