LTC travel made easy for government employees across India
LTC travel made easy for government employees across India
Government employees can now enjoy world-class travel in 385 premium trains under Leave Travel Concession (LTC), including 136 Vande Bharat, 8Tejas and 97 Humsafar Expresses
Posted On: 17 JAN 2025 6:56PM by PIB Delhi
Government employees across all strata can now avail a world class travel experience in state-of-the-art Vande Bharat, Tejas & Humsafar expresses, while availing their Leave Travel Concession, LTC. The Department of Personnel & 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 LTC purpose.
Luxurious travel for all government employees
With this decision, all the central government employees can now access the services of 241 additional trains while utilizing their Leave Travel Concession (LTC).. They can now travel in 136 Vande Bharat, 97 Humsafar and 8 Tejas Express trains. Government Employees were already availing luxurious AC travel in 144 existing high-end trains in the category of Rajdhani, Shatabdi & Duronto series. With this decision, there will be a total 385 trains across all the regions of the country where they are operating in which tickets can be booked for LTC travel by the government employees.
In the short & medium distance Rail travel in Vande Bharat, Tejas and Shatabdi express trains, employees can avail chair car travel up to the level 11. Employees at level 12 & above are entitled to executive chair car travel in these trains. For long distance travel, where coaches have berths i.e. Rajdhani type luxurious trains, employees at level 12 & above can avail AC 2st class travel. From level 6 to 11, employees can avail AC 2nd class travel while all others i.e. level 5 & below can avail AC 3rd Class travel during their LTC.
LTC: Concessional travel for government employees to explore India
LTC (Leave Travel Concession) is a concessional travel facility provided to government employees, allowing them to visit their hometown or any place in India during a block of four years. Employees can avail 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.
