SR 34. Mileage Allowance for Journey by Railways

In supersession of Department of Expenditure's O.M. No. 19030/3/2008-E.IV dated 23.09.2008, in respect of Travelling Allowance the following provisions will be applicable with effect from 01.07.2017 :

2.Entitlements for Journeys by Railways on Tour or Training

A.(i) Travel Entitlements within the Country

Pay Level in Pay Matrix	Travel entitlement
14 and above	Business/Club class by air or AC-1 by train
12 and 13	Economy class by air or AC-I by train
6 to 11	Economy class by air or AC-II by train
5 and below	First Class/AC-III/AC Chair car by train

A(ii). It has also been decided to allow the Government officials to travel by Premium Trains/Premium Tatkal Trains/Suvidha Trains, the reimbursement to Premium Tatkal Charges for booking of tickets and the reimbursement of Dynamic/Flexi-fare in Shatabdi/Rajdhani/Duronto Trains while on official tour/ training. Reimbursement of Tatkal Seva Charges which has fixed fare, will remain continue to be allowed. Travel entitlement for the journey in Premium/Premium Tatkal/Suvidha/ Shatabdi/Rajdhani/ Duronto Trains will be as under:

Pay Level in Pay matrix	Travel Entitlements in Premium/Premium Tatkal/Suvidha/ Shatabdi/Rajdhani/ Duronto Trains
12 and above	Executive/AC 1 Class (In case of Premium/Premium Tatkal/Suvidha/Shatabdi/Rajdhani Trains as per available highest class)
6 to 11	AC 2 Class/Chair Car (In Shatabdi Trains)
5 and below	AC 3rd Class/Chair Car

A(iii).The revised Travel entitlements are subject to following:-

(a). In case of places not connected by rail, travel by AC bus for all those entitled to travel by AC II Tier and above by train and by Deluxe/ordinary bus for others is allowed.

(b).In case of road travel between places connected by rail, travel by any means of public transport is allowed provided the total fare does not exceed the train fare by the entitled class.

(c).All mileage points earned by Government employees on tickets purchased for official travel shall be utilized by the concerned department for other official travel by their officers. Any usage of these mileage points for purposes of private travel by an officer will attract departmental action. This is to ensure that the benefits out of official travel, which is funded by the Government, should accrue to the Government

(d).In case of non-availability of seats in entitled class, Govt. servants may travel in the class below their entitled class.

B. International Travel Entitlement:

Pay Level in Pay matrix	Travel Entitlement
17 and above	First class
14 to 16	Business/Club class
13 and below	Economy class