DoE: Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours – Purchase of air ticket from authorized agent No.N-20011/29/2016-E.II(pt.IV) Government Of India Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (Establishment Section-II) Transport Bhawan, 1, parliament Street, New Delhi-110001 New Delhi, Dated February, 2019 CIRCULAR Sub:-   Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours-purchase of air ticket from authorized agent – reg. The undersigned is directed to refer to Department Of Expenditure, ( Ministry of Finance) O.M No. 19024/22/2017.E.IV dated 19.07.2017 and 27.02.2018 (Copy Enclosed) on the subject mentioned above and to request all officers for strict compliance of extant air travel guidelines, as henceforth, relaxation on account Of ignorance,’ unawareness about these guidelines would not be considered in future. Accordingly, all CES (Roads) officers are hereby requested for strict compliance of the same. sd/- (Kamal Kishore) Under Secretary to the Government of India Guid...

Clarification on Purchase of Air ticket - DoE Orders dt.27.2.2018 No.19024/22/2017-EIV Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure North Block, New Delhi Dated the 27th February, 2018 Office Memorandum Subject: Guidelines on Air Travel on Official Tours - Purchase of air ticket from authorized agent. The undersigned is directed to refer to this Departments' O.M No, 19024/22/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017 regarding guidelines on Air travel where the Govt. of India bears the cost of passage. As per this 0.M., Ministries/Departments were asked to ensure that these instructions are given adequate coverage and were to be circulated to all so that ‘lack of knowledge’ of the rules is not cited as an excuse. In spite of these instructions, a large number of cases for relaxation of air travel guidelines due to purchase of air ticket from unauthorized travel agents, are still being received in this Department. 2. The matter has been re-considered and it has been decided tha...