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 OM. 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.
2. The matter has been considered and it has now been decided that, in
heu of withdrawal of ‘Transaction Fee’ by Air India/Airlines, 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), are allowed to levy ‘Facilitation
Fee’ of 100/- per ticket for domestic sector and 300/- per ticket for
international sector for air travel, wherein Government of India bears
the cost of air passage. Further, these rates are to be applied
prospectively i.e. Bills raised by the authorised travel agents for
journeys undertaken should not include this fee.
3. All Ministries/Departments are again advised that, as far as
possible, air tickets on Government account may be obtained directly
from Air India/Airlines (bookingcounters/offices/
sd/-
(Subhash Chand)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
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