State government employees have received major relief as the government has changed the rules related to Leave Travel Concession (LTC).
Employees will no longer need to have a minimum of 15 days of earned leave to avail of the LTC facility.
The government has also approved the encashment of up to 10 days of earned leave while using LTC. Around 16.35 lakh state government employees are expected to benefit from these changes.
15-Day Earned Leave Rule Removed
Under the earlier rules, employees were required to have at least 15 days of earned or paid leave to avail of LTC. This condition has now been removed.
This means employees can use the LTC facility without meeting the earlier minimum earned leave requirement.
Employees Can Encash Up to 10 Days of Leave
Another important change is related to leave encashment. Earlier, employees were not given the benefit of earned leave encashment under LTC.
Under the new rules, employees can now encash a maximum of 10 days of earned leave while availing of LTC.
Finance Department Issues Order
The Finance Department has issued an official order regarding these changes.
The decision was taken based on the recommendations of a committee headed by the Chief Secretary, which was formed to consider the recommendations of the Pay Commission-2016.
The order was issued by Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, Deepak Kumar.
With the removal of the 15-day leave requirement and the introduction of leave encashment, the revised LTC rules are expected to make the benefit easier and more useful for government employees.
