INDIA FIRST . HARYANA . RIYA CHANDANI
The Haryana government has announced a significant change in the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) scheme for its employees and pensioners. Going forward, employees will no longer be eligible to receive one month’s salary or pension as a cash alternative without actually undertaking a tourism trip.
According to new instructions issued by the Department of Human Resource, starting 1 January 2028, employees must travel in order to avail the LTC benefit. All previous orders issued since 2009 allowing employees to take cash in lieu of travel have been withdrawn.
However, employees can continue to use the cash option for the current LTC block of 2026–2029 until 31 December 2027.
This change will affect government departments, boards and corporations, pensioners, judicial officers, and All India Services (AIS) officers in Haryana.
The government stated that the objective of this reform is to promote tourism and ensure that the LTC scheme fulfills its original purpose—encouraging employees to travel, which will also contribute to the tourism economy.
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