Travel Policy Applicability: This policy is applicable to all the employees of the company who are required to undertake business travel within India. Type of Travel: Defining type of travel depending on the duration of travel Tablel: Classification of Travel Travel Duration A. Tour 1-15 days B. Deputation 15 days to 1 Year C. Transfer >1 year A. Tour -- Any official travel which is for a duration of 1 to 15 days Lodging & Boarding allowances: Lodging & Boarding allowances will be payable to the employees for tour within India on official work as per the limits mentioned in given Table 4. Table 2: Classification of Designation Grade Designation M1 Directors, CEO, COO, President M2 VP, AVP, GM, DGM, RM M3 AGM, Sr. Manager, Sr. BM., RSM Manager, Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager, Sr. Executive, Sr. Engineer, ASM. M4 BM M5 Executive, Officer, Engineer, Coordinator M6 Jr.Executive,Jr.Officer,jr.engineer,Sr.Technician,Technician,Trainee ,GET ,DET, Operator, Supervisor, Asst. Engineer Table 3: Classification of Cities Category. Name of the city NCR, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Ahmedabad, A Chandigarh, Capitals of all States/Union Territories Table 4: Classification of Mode of Travel Mode of Travel Entitlements Grade Mode of Travel (Local) Mode of Travel (inter-city) Air (Economy) /Train (AC I, II) /Taxi M1-M2 Taxi (AC)* (AC)* M3 Taxi (AC)** Train (III AC) /Bus/Taxi(AC)** M4 Auto, Taxi (Non-AC)*** Train (III AC)/Bus(AC) /Shared Taxi/Auto <10 KM (auto) M5/M6 >10 KM (Public Transport/Shared Train & Bus (Sleeper)/Shared Taxi/ Auto Transport) *Taxi(AC) (for M2 and M3 grades) includes hatchback/sedan cars. In case, they are traveling with client Sedan/ SUV cars can be booked. ***Auto/Taxi Non-AC: 8 Rs./KM **Taxi AC: 10 Rs./KM Table 5: Tour Entitlements Boarding Lodging Allow. Allow. Category Personal Grade A B Category Incidental M1 Actual Actual Actual Actual M2 4000 3000 1000 150 M3 3000 2000 800 125 M4 2000 1500 600 100 M5 1500 1200 500 75 M6 1000 700 350 50 Note: The amount limits mentioned in Table 4 are maximum permissible rates on submission of actual bill. These mentioned rates are exclusive of taxes. An employee who is staying at relative's or friend's place during the official tour will be given Rs. 250 per day as lodging reimbursement. Use of personal vehicle for official purpose: All employees shall be entitled to claim the given amounts towards usage of their personal vehicle for official work: >Rs 7.0 per KM for Four Wheeler >Rs 2.5 per KM for Two Wheeler The Entitlement shall be calculated on a 24-hour clock basis. The start time would be the start time of departure and end on return time of tour. Where part days are involved, the calculation shall be as indicated as under: Table:6 Duration Entitlement 3 to 12 hrs 50% of daily allowance 12 to 24 hrs 100 % of daily allowance All expense claims (except Boarding and Personal incidental category) must be supported by bills/invoices. B. Deputation Policy: A travel for a duration greater than 15 days but less than 1 year at one location or site will be treated as deputation. The employee will be eligible to get the following entitlements during deputation: 1. 1 -7 Days of benefit as per the tour policy (Mentioned in Point A) 2. After 7 days: Allowances to be provided as per given table: Table 7: Deputation Entitlements Lodging Allow. Boarding Allow. (Per Month) (per Day) Category Category Travel Grade A B A B (Per Day) M4 4500 4000 250 200 150 M5 &M6 4000 3500 250 200 150 Note: 1. If company is already providing guest house and food facilities at the site, then Employee will not be entitled for the any of the above allowances. 2. Employee does not require to submit the bills for deputation entitlements. C. New Joinee Relocation/ Transfer Policy: An employee is shifted to a location for a duration projection of more than 1 year will be treated as transfer. The employee will be (Note: Distance between two places should be greater than 100 KM for relocation and transfer) Duration: Initial 7 days Table 8: Classification of Designation Grade Designation M1 Directors, CEO, COO, President M2 VP,AVP M2B DGM, GM, Head, RM M3 AGM, Sr. Manager, Sr.BM, RSM Manager, Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager, Sr. Executive, Sr. Engineer, M4 ASM,BM M5 Executive, Officer, Engineer, Coordinator Jr.Executive,Jr.Officer,jr.engineer,Sr.Technician,Technician,Trainee ,GET ,DET, M6 Operator, Supervisor, Asst. Engineer Table 9: Classification of Cities Category Name of the city NCR, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, A Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Capitals of all States/Union Territories All other cities B Table 10: Mode of Travel Mode of Travel Entitlements Grade Mode of Travel M1/M2 Air (Economy) M2B Train (AC II) /Taxi (AC)* M3 Train (III AC) /Bus/Taxi(AC)* M4 Train (III AC)/Bus(AC) /Shared Taxi/Auto M5/M6 Train & Bus (Sleeper)/Shared Taxi/ Auto/ Public Conveyance *Taxi (AC) :10 Rs/KM Note: In case of non-availability of one particular class of ticket, 1 class down ticket will be Table 11: Tour Entitlements Lodging Allow. Boarding Allow. Category Grade A B Category Travel Allowance M1 Actual Actual Actual Actual M2 4000 3000 350 150 M2B 3000 2500 250 125 M3 to M6 2000 1200 150 100 Note: The amount limits mentioned in Table 4 are maximum permissible rates on submission of actual bill. These mentioned rates are exclusive of taxes. All expense claims must be supported by bills/invoices. Relocation Expenses towards shifting of household goods Employee has to provide 3 quotations and HR to verify and approve one of the quotations. Max Limit 20,000 The guidelines to be followed for booking a ticket: The employee needs to send a request mail for booking a ticket to travel desk at reservation@ujaas.com > The request must be made 1 day prior to date of travel > The travel desk will ask travel approval on email from the supervisor/HOD before the ticket is actually booked. The employee is not allowed to book ticket directly until unless an emergency. Whenever an employee is booking ticket directly from Vendor, he needs to take permission from his HOD to consider that the payment will be done by the company. In direct ticket booking, he needs to show the ticket as well the debit or credit card statement. The following information needs to be mentioned in the request mail for booking a ticket Booki Approved By (In ng Retur Employee Design Contac Project |Purp Tour Mode Approved Jabsence of HOD Name Age requeDOT I n Duration HOD Code ationt No. Nameose Place info By br above st DOT eligibility) date >If an employee is asking to book one specific flight/Train or Bus, he needs to mention the reason for choosing it in the request mail. > The employee needs to send his ticket booking request at least one day before the date of journey In case of urgent booking i.e. Request to book a ticket within one day, he needs to mention the reason for urgent booking > It is not allowed to ask for booking a special Hotel/ Flight/ Seat/ Web Check-in. The process to be followed for submission of a bill by an employee: > The employee needs to submit his/her bills within 15 days of completing his tour. In case, he is not able to submit his bills within the given time-limit, he needs to attach a note to it by stating a reason for the same. Any tour bills not submitted against tour advances for more than 30 days shall be deducted from coming month's salary. >The employee needs to provide the information on mail in the following format: Employee Tour Tour Bill Date of Name Designation Dept. Code Place Date Amount Submission > The bill needs to have signature of the employee and his/her HOD. > In case, there is any deviation in the amounts in the bill, HOD's approval with clarification note will be required. > If employee pays bills himself, he needs to submit bill as well his credit/debit card statement in case of card payment. It is responsibility of employee to get authentic bills. > When an employee submits a bill of auto or taxi, he needs to mention name of the places