Travelling and other allowances on tours

(1) Every Minister, Minister of State and Deputy Minister shall be entitled, while touring on duty connected with his office, to travelling and daily or other allowances at the rates and upon the conditions specified in this section. (2) While touring on official business every Minister, Minister of State and Deputy Minister shall be entitled,— (a) for journeys by train to two times the single fare of the highest class available in the train: Provided that if a Minister, a Minister of State or a Deputy Minister reserves a compartment for the journey, the charges for such compartment shall be borne by the State Government: Provided further that if any person in addition to the Minister, the Minister of State or the Deputy Minister travels in the reserved compartment, the charges in respect of such person shall be recovered and credited to Government; (b) for journeys by road, to road mileage at forty rupees per kilometre; (c) for journeys by air, to one and one-fifth times the single fare paid for such journeys and to the prescribed insurance premium for insurance against accidents during such journeys; (d) to daily allowance at two thousand five hundred rupees per day for the days of journey and for the days of halt at any place: Provided that in the case of tours outside the State, the daily allowance shall be at three thousand rupees per day for the days of journey and for the days of halt at any place: Provided further that if a Minister, a Minister of State or a Deputy Minister is treated as a State Guest, he shall be entitled only to one-fourth of the daily allowance for the period for which he is treated as a State Guest. Provided also that in case of tour outside the state where he has stayed in a hotel or registered establishment providing boarding and loadging at scheduled rates, he shall be entitled for daily allowance of rupees seven thousand per day subject to production of bills. (2A) Every Minister, Minister of State and Deputy Minister touring outside India on duty or travelling outside India for medical treatment shall be entitled to the same terms and conditions in regard to travelling and other expenses as a Minister of the Government of India. (2B). When a Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister while making a journey by road in a motor car provided by the State Government, has to undertake in the public interest further journey by train or by air, he shall be entitled to the petrol charges incurred by him for the return of the motor car to the city of Bangalore from the place at which he ceases to use the motor car. (2C). Every Minister, Minister of State and Deputy Minister shall in addition to the allowances payable under sub-section (2), be entitled to use without payment of charges, the motor cars maintained by the State Government at the Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi. In section 12 of the Principal Act, in sub-section (2),- (i) in clause (b), for the words "thirty rupees", the words "forty rupees" shall be substituted; (ii) in clause (d), for the words "two thousand rupees", the words "two thousand five hundred rupees" shall be substituted; (iii) in first proviso, for the words "two thousand five hundred rupees", the words "three thousand rupees" shall be substituted; (iv) in the third proviso for the words ―rupees five thousand ‖ the words ―rupees seven thousand ‖ shall be substituted.