LTC Facility to Visit SAARC Countr-LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS 
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 4333 

ANSWERED ON: 21.03.2018 

LTC Facility to Visit SAARC Countries

RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK 

Will the Minister of PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS be pleased to state:- 

(a) whether the Government had announced in the year 2015 to allow the Central Government employees to visit SAARC countries on Leave Travel Concession (LTC) in order to promote mutual tourism among the SAARC countries;

b) if so, the details and the present status thereof; 

(c) the reasons for not providing such LTC facility even after the lapse of three years; and 

(d) the time by which the orders are likely to be issued in this regard? 

ANSWER 

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

a)  to  (d):      A  proposal  of  Leave  Travel  Concession  (LTC)  facility  to  Government  employees to  SAARC  countries  with  a  purpose  to  enhance  people  to  people  contact  and  boost  relations in  the  SAARC  region  was  examined  by  the  Government  and  after  thorough  examination  of all aspects involved, the  proposal was found not feasible  and decided not to take  it  forward. 

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