(1) Tours outside India to be undertaken by the Chairperson and whole-time members shall require prior approval of the Ministeij-in-charge of the Ministry of Finance and of the Screening Committee;
of the Secretaries and clearance from the Ministry of Eternal Affairs from political angle and from the Ministry of Home Affairs for acceptance of foreign hospitality, if any, under the provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (42 of 2010) or any other law for the time being in force.
(2) The Chairperson and every whole-time member shall undertake tours outside India only in accordance with orders issued by the Central Government and they shall be entitled to draw such allowances in respect of such visits as applicable to the officers of the Central Government in the Apex Grade [eighty thousand rupees (fixed) per month] in the case of Chairperson and in the pay scale of sixty-seven thousand rupees and seventy-nine thousand rupees per month with an annuai increment at the rate of three per cent., in the case of the whoie-lime member.