‘Facilitation Fee’ levied by authorised travel agents on air tickets booked on Government account — Withdrawal regarding.

No. 19024/1/2012-E-IV

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi.

Dated the 5th September, 2014.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- ‘Facilitation Fee’ levied by authorised travel agents on air tickets booked on Government account — Withdrawal regarding.

Attention is invited to this Department’s O.M. of even number dated 10th October, 2013 wherein the authorised travel agents namely M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLCL), M/s Ashok Travels & Tours (ATT) and Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC), were allowed to levy ‘Facilitation Fee’ @ 100/- per ticket for domestic sector and .7300/- per ticket for international sector for air travel, wherein Government of India bears the cost of air passage.

2. The issue has been re-examined in consultation with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Department of Legal Affairs, in the light of provisions of the Aircrafts Rules, 1937, as amended from time to time, and it has been decided to withdraw this Department’s O.M. of even number dated 10th October. 2013 with immediate effect. Consequently, no fee/service charges (by whatever nomenclature), which are not included in the ‘tariff’ charged by Air India/Airlines, are required to be paid to the authorised travel agents.

3. Payment to the authorised travel agents for the Bills raised by them for air tickets procured/purchased till date, in respect of air travel already undertaken or due to be undertaken, would be regulated as per O.M. of even number dated 10.10.2013. It is reiterated that, as far as possible, air tickets on Government account may be obtained directly from Air India/Airlines (booking counters/offices/website) and if obtaining tickets directly from Air India/Airlines is not possible, should the services of authorised travel agents be availed of.

4. All Ministries/Departments are advised to bring these instructions to the notice of all concerned for compliance.

Sd/-

(Subhash Chand)

Director

http://finmin.nic.in/the_ministry/dept_expenditure/notification/air_travel/facilitaionFee_AirTicket_withdrawal05092014.pdf

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‘Facilitation Fee’ to be levied by authorised travel agents on air tickets booked on Government account- Regarding.

No.19024/1/2012-E-IV
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 10th October, 2013

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- ‘Facilitation Fee’ to be levied by authorised travel agents on air tickets booked on Government account- Regarding.

   Attention is invited to this Department’s O.M. of even number dated 28th May, 2013 wherein all Ministries/Departments were advised not to pay Agency Commission/Charges etc. charged by M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLCL) in their Bills, raised for air tickets booked on Government account, till a final decision is taken in the matter.

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Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours / Leave Travel Concession (LTC) – reg.

No.19024/1/2012-E.IV
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

North Block. New Delhi
Dated the 9th July, 2013

Office Memorandum

Subject: Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours / Leave Travel Concession (LTC) – reg.

   Reference is invited to instructions issued by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance from time-to-time regarding the procedure for booking of air tickets on Government account. As per existing procedure Government officials/offices can book the air tickets directly from Airlines (at Booking counters / Website of Airlines) and if needed, by utilizing the services of authorized agents. viz. M/s Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLCL) and M/s Ashok Travels & Tours (ATT) [Department of Expenditure OM No.19024/1/2009-E.IV dated 16/09/2010 refers]. Air tickets for travel on LTC, to a limited extent, can also be get booked through Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation(IRCTC) [Department of Personnel & Training 0M No. 31011/6/2002-Estt.(A) dated 02/12/2009 refers].

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Air India LTC-80 Fares updated as on 04th March, 2013.

TABLE V – LTC FARES

Remarks & Notings:- 
  
   1 a) EAP30/ERT30/E30PP, SAP14/SRT14/S14PP & SAP 7/ SAPRT/S7PP Fares Levels are Advance Purchase Fares which are  available for sale upto 30 days/ 14 days, & 7 days respectively in advance before schedule date of departure of the flight.

2 Taxes, Fee & Charges

   In addition to the above fares, Passenger Service fee, Airport Development Fee (wherever applicable) and Service Tax would apply.

   a)  Passenger Service fee is Rs. 233 except  (a) Ex Jammu,Srinagar  Leh where it is 207 (b) ex Bengaluru, Hyderabad  & Kochi it is 225/-& ( c ) ex Delhi & Mumbai Rs.147/-

   b) (a)  User Development Fee (IN)  ex  Hyderabad Rs. 484, Bengaluru Rs. 260, Jaipur Rs. 150, Amritsar Rs. 150, Trichy Rs. 150, Vishakapatnam Rs. 150, Udaipur Rs. 150, Ahmedabad Rs. 124, Mangalore Rs. 150, Varanasi Rs. 150.

     
   (b) UDF  from Delhi( from 15th May12-31 Mar13) : Distance upto 500 Km- Rs 260/- more than 500 Km- Rs 520/-

   (c) UDF  to Delhi( from 15th May12-31 Mar13) : Distance upto 500 Km- Rs 220/- more than 500 Km- Rs 440/-

   (d) UDF  from Delhi( from 1st Apr 13- 31Mar14) : Distance upto 500 Km- Rs 275/- more than 500 Km- Rs 551/-

   (e) UDF  to Delhi( from 1st Apr 13- 31Mar 14) : Distance upto 500 Km- Rs 233/- more than 500 Km- Rs 466/-

   (f) UDF from Mumbai (Travel from 1st Feb 13 - 31st Mar 13) Rs 389/-.

   (g) UDF from Mumbai (Travel from 1st Apr 13 to 31st Mar 14) Rs 308/-

   (h) Airport Development Fee ( YM ) ex Delhi Rs. 113/- & ex Mumbai Rs. 113

   c)  Service Tax  as applicable would be additional.

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Regularisation of TA / DA / LTC Claims on account of journey performed by booking of tickets from an agency other than the authorized travel agents.

Controller General of Defence Accounts
Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt-110010

IMPORTANT CIRCULAR

No. AN/X1V/14162/TA/DA/LTC/Deviation/Vol-II

Dated: 8/01/2013

To
All PCs DA/Cs DA/PCsof Fys/Cs FA/IFAs

(Through CGDA Mail server)

Subject :- Regularisation of TA / DA / LTC Claims on account of journey performed by booking of tickets from an agency other than the authorized travel agents.

   Of late, cases for seeking relaxation to the guidelines laid down under GoI, MoF, OM No. 19024/1/2009-E.IV dated 16.9.2010 for regularization of air journey performed by staff / officers on account of TD / LTC / SPC are being received in this HQrs.

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Air India LTC-80 Fares updated as on 01-12-2012

Air India Domestic Fares (Apex & Instant Purchase Fares)

TABLE IV‐ LTC Fares updated as on 01-12-2012

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Air India LTC-80 Fares updated as on 25-10-2012

   Air India has released Air India LTC-80 Fares with effect from 25.10.2012.  LTC-80 fare rates gain significance among central government employees as they are eligible to travel by air only using LTC 80 while they avail LTC.

TABLE IV‐ LTC Fares updated as on 25-10-2012

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Air India offers low fare tickets on selected sectors

New Delhi, Feb 18 (PTI) In a bid to attract more passengers, Air India today launched a number of low basic fare tickets on selected domestic sectors.

The lowest basic fare would be Rs 100 on selected sectors, excluding the fuel surcharge, passenger service fee, user development fee - wherever applicable- and the service tax.

"The tickets would be available in the 14-day advance booking category under the Budget Season Promotion Scheme between February and March 31," an airline spokesperson said.

The 14-day advance one way purchase fare of Rs 100 is available on Delhi-Chennai, Delhi-Bangalore and Delhi- Hyderabad sectors.

A passenger will have to pay Rs 3,429, inclusive of all surcharge and taxes on Delhi-Chennai sector, while Rs 3,229 on Chennai-Delhi flight. Similarly, a Delhi-Bangalore ticket would cost Rs 3,429 and on return leg it would be Rs 3,481.

Source; PTI

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