(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-rules (2) and (3), every non-official member of the Corporation, Standing Committee or the Medical Benefit Council shall be allowed travelling and daily allowance for attending the meetings of the Corporation or the Standing Committee or the Medical Benefit Council, as the case may be, at the following rates :-
(i) Travelling Allowance :
(A) A non-official member residing at the place where a meeting is held shall be allowed the actual expenditure incurred by him on conveyance subject to the maximum of rupees one hundred and fifty for each day for travel within the city ;
(B) a non-official member, not residing at the place where a meeting is held, shall be allowed to draw :
(a) actual expenditure incurred by him on air journey by economy class ; or
(b) actual expenditure incurred by him on journey by rail by 2nd class A.C., two tier sleeper or First Class, as the case may be ;
(c) actual fare or expenditure incurred on road journey by taxi or own car or autorickshaw or bus (other than an air conditioned bus) but not exceeding the rates notified by the concerned Director of Transport for journey by taxi or autorickshaw. When the journey is performed between places connected by railway, mileage would be limited to what would have been admissible to the member under clause (b) of this item.
(ii) Daily allowance :
(A) A non-official member residing at a place where a meeting is held shall not be entitled to any daily allowance ;
(B) A non-official member, not residing at the place where a meeting is held shall be paid, Rs.
1500 per day if member stays in a hotel and, not exceeding Rs. 200 per day as expenses towards food :
Provided that the daily allowances shall be calculated for the entire absence from the normal place of residence of the non-official member on calendar day basis, i.e., midnight to midnight as under :
For absence not exceeding 6 hours Nil For absence exceeding 6 hours but not exceeding 12 hours 70% For absence exceeding 12 hours 100%.
(2) A non-official member of the Corporation or Standing Committee or the Medical Benefit Council who is a Member of Parliament or a Member of State Legislature shall be paid travelling allowance and daily allowance in accordance with the provisions of the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954) or the respective provision of the law pertaining to the members of the concerned State Legislature.
(2A) Travelling and daily allowance shall be allowed if a member certifies that he has not drawn any travelling or daily allowance from any other source in respect of the journey and halt for which the claim is made.
(2B) The daily and travelling allowance shall also be payable in respect of the meetings of any subcommittee set up by the Corporation, the Standing Committee or the Medical Benefit Council.
(3) For attending a meeting of the Corporation, the Standing Committee, Medical Benefit Council or meetings of a sub-Committee set up by the Corporation, Standing Committee or the Medical Benefit Council, an official member of the Central Government shall draw his travelling allowance from his department on a scale admissible to him under the Central Government rules and the amounts so drawn shall, on a demand being made therefor by the Central Government, be reimbursed by the Corporation to that Government.
(4) Payments shall not be made to a non-official member earlier than the last date upto which the allowance is claimed. The travelling allowance for both the onward and return journeys will be included in the travelling allowance bill and the payment made thereof treated as final, irrespective of the date of completion of the journey. The Director General, Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, will, however, obtain a formal intimation from the non-official member to the effect that the return journey has, in fact, been completed.