Modi government makes big announcement of air travel for armed forces to Srinagar and Jammu

This facility is in addition to the existing air courier services for CAPFs that have been steadily extended in all sectors by the MHA to help the jawans cut down on travel time during their journey to and fro from home.

In Jammu and Kashmir Sector, Air Courier Service for CAPF jawans was approved for the Jammu-Srinagar-Jammu sector.

The Centre has today made a big announcement by allowing air travel for armed forces to and from Srinagar and Jammu. In a significant decision, the Ministry of Home Affairs has approved the entitlement of air travel on Delhi-Srinagar, Srinagar-Delhi, Jammu-Srinagar and Srinagar-Jammu sectors to all the personnel of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces. The forces can now take commercial flights either going on duty or returning on leave. The move will ease the travel woes of the forces. The jawans will have to first book the air tickets themselves and later it will be reimbursed to them.

"The decision will immediately benefit approximately 7,80,000 personnel of the CAPFs in the ranks of Constable, Head Constable and ASI who were otherwise not eligible earlier. This includes journey on duty and journey on leave, i.e; while going on leave from Jammu and Kashmir to home and return," said the ministry in a release.

This facility is in addition to the existing air courier services for CAPFs that have been steadily extended in all sectors by the MHA to help the jawans cut down on travel time during their journey to and fro from home on leave.

In Jammu and Kashmir Sector, Air Courier Service for CAPF jawans was approved for the Jammu-Srinagar-Jammu sector. Subsequently, the Service was extended to cover 1) Delhi-Jammu, 2) Jammu-Srinagar, 3) Srinagar-Jammu and 4) Jammu-Delhi sector in Dec 2017. The number of flights was further extended in December 2018.

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