LTC: Central govt employees can take pvt airline to travel to J&K

The existing norms allowed them to travel by Air India only.The Centre had in 2014 eased LTC rules to allow the employees to travel by air (only by Air India) to J&K, North-Eastern states and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

For visiting J&K, the government later decided to allow travel by private airlines under a special dispensation scheme.The scheme was, however, valid for one year that expired on November 27, 2015. It has now been decided to extend the scheme till September 25, 2016, an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training said.

Air travel by private airlines is to be undertaken in Economy Class only, it said. A government employee gets to and fro journey cost reimbursement when he avails LTC.