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Rajya Sabha
Under the Travelling Allowance (TA) rules, reimbursement of taxi/scooter charges for journey for attending office on holidays or for proceeding on official tour is normally admissible only from the headquarter of the employees or their residence in cities with the Urban Agglomeration (UA), from the place of residence in the U.A. to Railway Station/Bus station/Airport and vice-versa. The question of allowing such reimbursement to officials residing in peripheral towns, which are not within the UA limits of the city of their headquarters, does not arise. The Staff Car Rules provide that Staff Cars should not be used for official journey outside the headquarters for which TA is admissible. There is no proposal for amending the TA Rules or Staff Car Rules.
This information was given by Shri S.S. Palanimanickam, Minister of State for Finance in reply to a question raised by Shri Dharam Pal Sabharwal in Rajya Sabha today.
BSC/BY/DN-311/05
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