The government claims to have unearthed a scam, involving Rs 2 crore or more, in how its employees and those of state-owned companies use their leave travel compensation (LTC). This is a component of their income, which may be claimed after travelling and producing the tickets for the journey undertaken. The reality, sleuths tracking the case have found, is different. In some cases, the babus involved do not travel at all, but submit forged tickets to make their claim. In other cases, people choose bizarrely complex routes — Delhi to Jaipur via Brazil being not uncommon — to inflate bills and claims. In others, people travel cattle class, but are billed as flying business, with the excess funds used to travel overseas or more often.
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