Travel Concession

The Railways has earned an additional revenue of around Rs 2,242 crore from senior citizen travellers in 2022-23 by revoking concession offered to them, an RTI response has found.

The Centre on Tuesday extended by two more years, till September 25, 2024, the facility that allows its employees to visit Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and northeast while availing leave travel concession (LTC).

A parliamentary committee has recommended that senior citizen concessions be reviewed and restored "urgently" at least for sleeper class and AC 3-tier train travel.

The company is seeking to further boost demand with its offer after the recent leave travel concession (LTC) cash voucher scheme announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh announced a 50 per cent concession on bus fares for women travelling in government and PRTC buses, as well as 5000 new mini bus route permits in the next two years to benefit the state's unemployed youth. Another 2000 route permits would be provided for regular 52-seater stage carriage buses during the ...

The Indian Railways administration reserves seats, berths and compartments in accordance with the rules and conditions published in the coaching tariff. A passenger seeking reservation of berth or seats can purchase tickets either from the Railways reservation offices, authorised travel agencies or online via its e-ticketing arm - Indian Railway Ca...

As of now they were not getting many of the benefits like LTC (leave travel concession), house rent allowance, health insurance and education allowance for their children, he said.

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation or IRCTC offers the option of 'auto class upgradation' on online ticket booking. Under this offering, Indian Railways upgrades full fare paying 'waiting list passengers' to the next higher class against the available vacant accommodation, according to IRCTC's official website- irctc.co.in. However, co...

Two men were arrested for allegedly cheating several government employees on the pretext of providing them Leave Travel Concession (LTC) tours, the police said on Sunday. The accused were identified as Ashwani Singh (32), a resident of Uttam Nagar and Harpat Singh (26), a resident of Hanumangarh district in Rajasthan, they said.

Indian Railways ticket booking: Availing two different types of concessions by the same person for the same journey is not permissible.

A deaf and dumb person travelling alone or with an escort - for any purpose is offered 50 per cent concession in 2nd class, sleeper and 1st class.

Central government employees may soon be able to go abroad on leave travel concession or LTC, top officials said today. A proposal has been finalised by the Personnel Ministry, which has asked for comments from departments such as Home, Tourism, Civil Aviation and Expenditure "at the earliest possible" time, they said.

Central government employees will not get a daily allowance on leave travel concession or LTC, according to an official order. The LTC allows the grant of leave and ticket reimbursement to employees who are entitled under the rules to travel to their hometowns and other places

Dynamic or flexi-fare in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains will be admissible under the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) allowance.

The government is trying to put a strict system in place to check misuse of LTC.

The Railways has earned an additional revenue of around Rs 2,242 crore from senior citizen travellers in 2022-23 by revoking concession offered to them, an RTI response has found.

The Centre on Tuesday extended by two more years, till September 25, 2024, the facility that allows its employees to visit Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and northeast while availing leave travel concession (LTC).

A parliamentary committee has recommended that senior citizen concessions be reviewed and restored "urgently" at least for sleeper class and AC 3-tier train travel.

The company is seeking to further boost demand with its offer after the recent leave travel concession (LTC) cash voucher scheme announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh announced a 50 per cent concession on bus fares for women travelling in government and PRTC buses, as well as 5000 new mini bus route permits in the next two years to benefit the state's unemployed youth. Another 2000 route permits would be provided for regular 52-seater stage carriage buses during the ...

The Indian Railways administration reserves seats, berths and compartments in accordance with the rules and conditions published in the coaching tariff. A passenger seeking reservation of berth or seats can purchase tickets either from the Railways reservation offices, authorised travel agencies or online via its e-ticketing arm - Indian Railway Ca...

As of now they were not getting many of the benefits like LTC (leave travel concession), house rent allowance, health insurance and education allowance for their children, he said.

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation or IRCTC offers the option of 'auto class upgradation' on online ticket booking. Under this offering, Indian Railways upgrades full fare paying 'waiting list passengers' to the next higher class against the available vacant accommodation, according to IRCTC's official website- irctc.co.in. However, co...

Two men were arrested for allegedly cheating several government employees on the pretext of providing them Leave Travel Concession (LTC) tours, the police said on Sunday. The accused were identified as Ashwani Singh (32), a resident of Uttam Nagar and Harpat Singh (26), a resident of Hanumangarh district in Rajasthan, they said.

Indian Railways ticket booking: Availing two different types of concessions by the same person for the same journey is not permissible.

A deaf and dumb person travelling alone or with an escort - for any purpose is offered 50 per cent concession in 2nd class, sleeper and 1st class.

Central government employees may soon be able to go abroad on leave travel concession or LTC, top officials said today. A proposal has been finalised by the Personnel Ministry, which has asked for comments from departments such as Home, Tourism, Civil Aviation and Expenditure "at the earliest possible" time, they said.

Central government employees will not get a daily allowance on leave travel concession or LTC, according to an official order. The LTC allows the grant of leave and ticket reimbursement to employees who are entitled under the rules to travel to their hometowns and other places

Dynamic or flexi-fare in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains will be admissible under the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) allowance.

The government is trying to put a strict system in place to check misuse of LTC.