Delhi government is giving cash payment and special advance festival packages to employees in lieu of Leave Travel Allowance (LTC). The allowance will be different for different vehicles, while under a special festival package, all employees will be given Rs 10,000 as advance.
According to a senior official, Finance Minister Manish Sisodia has taken this decision in view of the problems faced by the employees during the Corona period. The government believes that a large number of employees are not in a position to avail of leave travel allowance to visit any place in India or go home due to the Corona epidemic and nationwide lockdown.
In such a situation, the government will give cash equivalent to LTC to compensate the employees and encourage consumption expenditure. Under this, employees who are entitled to air travel fare from business class will be given Rs 36,000. At the same time, an employee entitled to air travel fare from economy class will get Rs 20 thousand. An employee entitled to rail travel fare will get 6 thousand rupees under LTC.
The Delhi government, on the other hand, has announced a special advance package. Under this announcement, any Delhi government employee can take Rs 10,000 in advance before any festival till 31 March 2021 and this amount will be interest-free. Earlier this provision was only for non-gazetted employees, but now it will also apply to gazetted employees.