TRAVELLING AND DAILY ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS

The Salaries, Allowances, Pensions and Other Benefits of the Ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Leader of Opposition, Government Chief Whip and Members of the Legislative Assembly (Tripura) Act, 2008

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(1) There shall be paid as travelling allowance to each member other than a Minister, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Leader of the Opposition and Government Chief Whip in respect of every journey performed by him for the purpose of attending a session of the Assembly or a sitting of a committee on the purpose of attending to any other business connected with his duties as a member, from his usual place of residence to the place where the session or the sitting is to be held or the other business is to be transacted and for the return journey form such place to his usual place of residence such amount as would be admissible in respect of journey on tour to a first grade officer serving in connection with the State of Tripura. Provided that a member shall be entitled to road mileage at the rate of Rs.6/- per kilometer as admissible to first grade officer serving in connection with the State of Tripura.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a member other than a Minister, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Leader of the Opposition and Government Chief Whip who performs a journey by road between places connected by rail or steamer, either wholly or in part, may draw the road mileage at the rates referred to in sub-section (1) in place of the travelling allowance which would have been admissible to him, if he had traveled by rail or steamer, as the case may be: Provided that the total amount of travelling allowance drawn by such member for the entire journey shall not exceed the amount which would have been admissible to him had he performed the journey by rail or steamer, as the case may be;
(3) There shall be paid a daily allowance at the rates specified below for each day during any period of residence on duty to each Member other then a Minister, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Leader of opposition and Govt. Chief Whip—
- (i) Rs.250/- inside the State of Tripura.
- (ii) Rs.300/- out side the State of Tripura. Explanation — Daily allowance shall be admissible to a Member for each day during any period of residence on duty irrespective of the time of arrival or departure.
(4) Where a member other than a Minister, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Leader of the Opposition and Government Chief Whip absents himself for less than seven days during a session of the Assembly or a sitting of a committee for visiting any place in the State of Tripura, he shall be entitled to receive travelling allowance in respect of such journey to such place and for the return journey under Sub section (1). Provided that such travelling allowance shall not exceed the total amount of daily allowance which would have been admissible to such member under Sub section (3) for the days of absence if he had not remained so absent.
(5) Where the interval between the adjournment of the Assembly or, as the case may be, one sitting of a committee and the re-assembly of that Assembly or the next sitting of the committee at the same place does not exceed three days and the member concerned elects to remain at such place during the interval he shall be entitled to draw for each day of residence at such place a daily allowance at the rate specified in Sub section (3).

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