‘Visit Kashmir Under Ltc Allowance’, J&K Administration Tells Central Govt Employees businesstoday.in

A week after Jammu & Kashmir reopened for tourism, post the revoking of Article 370, the state is hoping to woo government employees looking to claim to leave travel concession (LTC). “Central government employees can fly to Jammu and Kashmir under LTC allowance scheme till September 2020. Paradise awaits you,” read an advertisement released by the Department of Tourism of the J&K government, The Hindu reported.

LTC is granted to central government employees – barring employees with spouses working with Indian Railways’s – to facilitate home travel as well as travel to different parts of the country. Presently two hometown visits are allowed in a block of four years with one hometown visit substitutable with an all-India visit. However, for the first two 4-year blocks, three hometown visits and one all-India visit are permissible.