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S e n i o r E x e c u t i v e s of t h e l e v e l o f J o i n t Secretaries clas:?:. above be p e r m i t t e d t o t r a v e l bv a i r o r AC F i r s t a't t h e i r o p t i o n -on LTC. and a l l o t h e r employees be p e r m i t t e d t o t r a v e l b y t r a i n by the c l a s s o f accommodatiurt t o which t h e y a r e e n t i t i l e d f a r j o u r n e y on t o u r . (para 108.6)

( i i ) Such a o v t . employees a s a r e p o s t e d o u t s i d e t h e i r Home Town can be g i v e n arl opri01.1 t o a v a i l o f t h e c o n c e s s i o r ~ f o r travel t o t h e Home Town on t h r e e occasions i n a b l o c k of four y e a r s by s u r r e n d e l - i ~ l gt h e i r c l a i m t o A l l I n d i a I-TC w h i c h would o t h e r w i s e be a d m i s s i b l e ( p a r a 108.8)
( i i i ) Government s h o u l d u n d e r t a k e a r e v i e w o f remote a r e a s N o r t h - E a s t e r n r e q i o n . Ondaman 8 N i c o b a r I s l a n d s ? t c . and e x t e n d concessiorr f o r LTC j o u r n e y by a i r t o t h e a r e a s i n r e s p e c t o f t r a v e l d u r i n g LTC. ( p a r a 108.10)
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( i v ) T h e income l i m i t f o r d e f i n i n g dependent f,amily wen~bel-:::. for LTC be increasetd from Rs.500/- per month t o Rs..L5oO/.p e r n ~ o r ~ t(h a r a 108.111 p

!V ) No chanqe i n t h e e x i s t i n q scheme of f r e e Railway passes f o r R a i l w a y employees. ( R a i l w a y employees a r e not: e l i g i b l e f o r LTC a v a i l a b l e t o t h e o t h e r c i v i l i a n employees of t h e C e n t r a l Gover-ument as t h e y a r e i n r e c e i p t of trw? passes f o r t r a v e l any where i n l n d i a ) ( p a r a 108.13)
(vi) Facility of LTC may be restricted c h i l d r e n o t an employee ( p a r a 103.13) to only
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(13) A t p r e s e n t the LTC f a c i l i t y i s a v a i l a b l e f o r the c h i l d r e n o f a Government s e r v a n t i r r e s p e c t i v e of t h e i r number. W i t h 3 view t o encourage t h e s m a l l f a m i l y it has been d e c i d e d t h a t t h e f a c i l i t y of L1.C norm. s h a l l be r e s t r i c t e d t o two s u r v i v i n g c h i l d r e n o n l y . The r e s t r i c t o n o f two s u r v i v i r i g c h i l d r e n s h a l l n o t apply i n resDeck u f the e x i s t i n g c h i l d r e n of 3 Government s e r v a n t and a c h i i d b o r n w i t h i n one y e a r f roni t h e d a t e o f i s s u e o f t h i s O.M. and a l s o i n case o f m u l t i p l e b i r t h s a f t e r one c h i l d .

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A l l o t h e r O f f i c e r s and emplovees below t h e r a n k o f J o i n t S e c r e t a r y and e q u i v a l e n t s h a l l be e n t i t l e d t o t r a v e l by t r a i n b y t t i e e n t i t l e d c l a s s o f accommodatiol~ as on t o u r .

( <:i 1 Though LTC j o u r n e y by a i r is a d m i s s i b l e in certain remote a r e a s y e t t h e r e a r e s e c t o r s w h i c h a r e n o t covered b y t h e e x i s t i n g o r d e r s on t h e s u b j e c t . A Committee i s b e i n g c o r ~ s t i t u t e d e p a r a t e l y t o s identity t h e remote a r e a s t o which t h e f a c i l i t y o f j o u r n e y by air on LTC c o u l d be extended t o t h e employees p o s t e d t o such remote areas.

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