Conveyance Allowance

Salaries and Allowances of Deputy Ministers (Himachal Pradesh) Act, 1971

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(1) Each Deputy Minister shall be entitled to the use of a car the expenses on the maintenance and propulsion of which shall be borne by the State Government, or in lieu thereof to a conveyance allowance of three hundred rupees per mensem: Provided that the maintenance and propulsion expenses of the State car in use by the Deputy Minister shall not be subject to the limit of three hundred rupees.
(2) A Deputy Minister may opt for the services of a chauffeur on Government expense in lieu of conveyance allowance provided in sub-section
(1) if he uses his own motor-car. 6-A. Free transit by railway Each Deputy Minister shall be provided with two free non-transferable first class passes, valid during the term of his office, which shall entitle him and his spouse or any other person, accompanying him to look after and assist him, to travel at any time by any railway in India; provided the aggregate distance so travelled in any financial year on these passes does not exceed eighty thousand kilometres: Provided that if the journey is performed by an air-conditioned railway coach or by air he shall be paid an amount equivalent to one first class fare for such journey and if he is accompanied by his spouse or any other person to look after and assist him, he shall be paid an amount equivalent to two first-class fares for such journey. Provided further that journey may also be performed within India by air by the Deputy Minister and his spouse or any other person accompanying him to look after and assist him, in that event an amount equivalent to the expenses incurred on such journey shall be reimbursed to the Deputy Minister and the amount so reimbursed shall be adjusted against his entitlement to travel by rail. Explanation.—For determining the aggregate distance under this section, the distance travelled in any financial year by railway or air under section 5-A of the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Himachal Pradesh) Act, 1971 (3 of 1971), or under section 10-A of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker's and Deputy Speaker's Salaries Act, 1971 (4 of 1971), or under section 6 of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Allowances and Pension of Members) Act, 1971 (8 of 1971), shall be taken into account.

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