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Leave Travel Concession Rules
16 rules • 1988
Leave Travel Concession entitlements for central government employees — eligibility, block years, destinations, advance, reimbursement, special dispensation.
General
FAQ 1This entry lists the organizations and offices to which the LTC FAQ circular was officially sent for information and implementation. It includes constituti...FAQ 2This section covers several practical eligibility and family-related questions about LTC. Different family members can travel for different LTC types in th...FAQ 3The Leave Travel Concession is structured around 'Block Years' — fixed four-year periods (2022-2025, 2026-2029, etc.) within which employees can use their ...FAQ 4This section covers several important LTC provisions. First, it clarifies the sub-block structure for employees with different Home Town and Headquarters. ...FAQ 6This entry indicates that a Hindi version of the LTC FAQ circular will follow separately. In official government circulars issued by DoPT, a Hindi translat...FAQ 7This section addresses reimbursement for journeys using private vehicles, taxis, and mixed transport modes. When a government employee cannot use public tr...FAQ 9This section covers reimbursement for various types of rail and tour-related journeys under LTC. Tour packages arranged by ITDC, State Tourism Development ...FAQ 11This section covers procedures for booking air tickets for LTC and several key restrictions. Air tickets for LTC must be booked only through the three Auth...FAQ 13This section clarifies several specific questions about the Special Dispensation Scheme — the scheme that allows non-entitled government employees to fly t...FAQ 14This section covers LTC entitlements for fresh recruits — employees joining the central government for the first time. Fresh recruits have a special LTC pa...FAQ 15This section addresses what happens when a fresh recruit completes their eight LTCs and transitions to the regular block year system. The transition requir...FAQ 16This section provides a worked illustration of a fresh recruit's LTC entitlement schedule using a specific example. An employee who joins on 1 September 20...FAQ 17This section provides a second worked illustration of a fresh recruit's LTC schedule for someone who joins on 31 December 2015. Since eligibility begins fr...FAQ 18A third worked illustration shows a fresh recruit joining on 1 January 2025. This person becomes eligible for LTC from 1 January 2026. Their eight LTCs run...FAQ 19This section deals with relaxations and referrals to DoPT. It specifies who the competent authority is to grant relaxation when an LTC air ticket has been ...FAQ 21This entry is a page marker from the original circular document — it indicates the end of a section at page 21 and does not contain substantive rule conten...