File photo of PM Narendra Modi flagging off the first Vande Bharat Express, at New Delhi Railway Station on February 15, 2019.
New Delhi: Government employees can now travel in 385 premium trains under the Leave Travel Concession (LTC), including 136 Vande Bharat, 8 Tejas and 97 Humsafar Expresses.
The Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India after going through various requests from different departments allowed rail travel in these ‘world-class’ trains both for hometown as well as anywhere in India for LTC purposes.
With this decision, all the central government employees can now access the services of 241 additional trains while utilizing their Leave Travel Concession (LTC).
Government employees were already availing luxurious air-conditioned travel in 144 existing high-end trains in the category of Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto series.
In the short and 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 and above are entitled to executive chair car travel in these trains.
For long-distance travel, where coaches have berths such as Rajdhani-type luxurious trains, employees at level 12 and above can avail of AC 1st class travel. From level 6 to 11, employees can avail of AC 2nd class travel while all others who are level 5 and below can avail of AC 3rd class travel during their Leave Travel Concession.
LTC (Leave Travel Concession) is a concessional travel facility provided to government employees, allowing them to visit their hometown or any place in India for a block of four years. Employees can avail of hometown LTC twice in a block of two years each, or they can use it once to visit their hometown and once to visit any place in India during the four-year block.
– global bihari bureau
