Permission to travel by private airlines on the sector where Air India does not operate its flight: FinMin & MoCA Order
F.No.A-27017/37/2017-Ad.VI(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
(Central Board of Direct Taxes)
North Block, New Delhi, Date 11.07.2017
To
All Pr.CClTs / Pr. DGIT,
All CGlTs /DGIT
Subject: Permission to travel by private airlines on the sector where Air India does not operate its flight.
Sir,
I am directed to circulate herewith the following documents relating to blanket relaxation to travel by private airlines between the sectors where Air India does not operate its flight:
i. D/o Revenue’s O.M No. 1.4/09/2017-IFU(B&A) DT dated 22.06.2017.
ii. D/o Expenditure’s Id Note No. 300331030/2017-E.IV dated 26.05.2017.
iii. Ministry of Civil Aviation’s O.M No.Av-18050/1/2017 dated 05.06.2017.
2. All the officers are requested to follow these guidelines/instructions while travelling through air.
Yours faithfully,
Encl: as above
(Yogesh Shanna)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
D/o Revenue’s O.M No. 1.4/09/2017-IFU(B&A) DT dated 22.06.2017
F. No. 14/09/2017-IFU (B&A) DT
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
IFU (B&A) DT
New Delhi; Date: 22.06.2017
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Permission to travel by private airlines on the sectors where Air India does not operate its flight.
Integrated Finance Unit (IFU), Department of Revenue had taken up the matter with Department of Expenditure regarding grant of permission to travel by Air lines other than Air India in the four sectors i.e. Jaipur-Jodhpur-Jaipur, Iaipur-Udaipur-Jaipur, Jaipur-Bikaner-Jaipur, Mangalore-Bengaluru-Mangalore, which have not been mentioned in the list of sectors on which general/ blanket relaxation has been accorded by Ministry of Civil Aviation.
2. The request for general / blanket relaxation for the above sectors has been examined in Ministry of Civil Aviation. MoCA has decided that in any sector, where Air India is not operating, the officers are permitted to travel by Airlines other than Air India and no approval for relaxation/ exemption is required for this purpose. A reference dated 20.06.2017 received from DOE and MoCA’s OM dated 05.06.2017, on the subject, are enclosed herewith for ready reference.
3. CBDT is requested to give wide circulation to the MoCA’s O.M. dated 05.06.2017 among its officials.
Encl: As above.
(Lokesh Kumar Sharma)
Director (Finance) DT
M/o Finance, D/o Exp. ID No. 482166/2017-E.IV dated 20.06.2017:-
Ministry of Finance
Department/of Expenditure
(E.IV Branch)
Ref. DoR’s File No. 14/09/2017-IFQ(B&A) DT.
DoE’s Id Note No. 300331030/2017-E.IV dated 26.05.2017
Department of Revenue (DoR) may refer to this Department’s ID Note dated 26.05.2017 in reference to their proposal for inclusion of the following 4 sectors (on which Air India does not operate its flights) under the sectors on which general/blanket relaxation has been accorded by M/o (MoCA) for travel by airlines other than Air India :-
(i) Jaipur-Jodhpur-Jaipur
(ii) Jaipur-Udaipur-Jaipur
(iii) Jaipur-Bikaner-Jaipur
(iv) Mangalore-Bengaluru-Mangalore
2 In this regard, it is mentioned here that the matter was taken up with MoCA. MoCA has informed that in any sector, where Air India is not operating, the officers are permitted to travel by airlines other than Air India and no approval for relaxation/exemption is required for this purpose.
3. This is issued with the approval of Joint Secretary (Personnel).
(A. Bandyopadhyay)
Under Secretary
JS&FA Fin D/o Revenue North Block New Delhi. – II
M/o Finance, D/o Exp. ID No. 482166/2017-E.IV dated 20.06.2017
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Ministry of Civil Aviation’s O.M No.Av-18050/1/2017 dated 05.06.2017:-
No. AV-18050/1/2017-AI
Government of India
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan,
Safdarjung Airport
New Delhi-110003,
Dated: 05.06.2017
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Permission to travel by private airlines on the sectors where Air India does not operate its flight.
The undersigned is directed to refer to Department of Expenditures D.O. letter No.19024/1/2016-E.IV, dated 23rd May, 2017 regarding grant of general/blanket relaxation to travel by private airlines other than Air India in the Four sectors i.e. Jaipur-Jodhpur-Jaipur, Jaipur-Udaipur-Jaipur, Jaipur-Bikaner-Jaipur, Mangalore-Bengaluru-Mangalore, which have not been mentioned in the list of sectors on which general/blanket relaxation has been accorded by Ministry of Civil Aviation
2. The request for general/blanket relaxation for above sectors has been examined in this Ministry. It has been decided that in any sector, where Air India is not operating, the officers are permitted to travel by Airlines other than Air India and no approval for relaxation/ exemption is required for this purpose-
3. This issues with the approval of Secretary (Civil Aviation)-
sd/-
(Chandra Kishore Shukla)
Under Secretary to Government of India
Ms Annie G.Mathew,
Joint Secretary (Pers.)
Department of Expenditure
Ministry of Finance,
North Block,
NEW DELHI
Copy to: All Secretaries, Govt. of India
All Financial Advisors, Govt. of India
Source: http://www.itgoawbunit.org/pdf/394221570Air%20Travel.pdf
COMMENTS
Does it mean I can travel by private airlines on sector Patna to Mumbai on official duty? There is no direct air india flight between patna to mumbai.