11(8)

11(8)(a) Every non-official trustee or member of the Central Board or the Corporation or the National Social Security Board or any committee thereof, as the case may be, shall be allowed travelling and daily allowance for attending its meetings at the rates admissible to officers of the Central Government holding a post in Level11 in the pay matrix.

11(8)(b) Where such trustee or member, is a Member of Parliament or a Member of State Legislature, he 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 provisions of the law pertaining to the members of the concerned State Legislature, as the case may be: Provided that when a Minister is appointed as Chairperson or trustee or member of the Central Board or the Corporation or the National Social Security Board or any committee thereof and attends a meeting, his travelling and daily allowance shall be governed by the rules applicable to him for journeys performed on official duties and shall be paid by the authority paying his salary.

11(8)(c) No daily or travelling allowance, as the case may be, in respect of any day of journey shall be claimed by a trustee or member of the Central Board or the Corporation or the National Social Security Board or any committee thereof, if he has drawn or will draw allowance for the same from his employer or as a member of the committee or any legislature or of any committee or conference constituted or convened by Government and no travelling allowance shall be claimed, if he uses a means of transport provided at the expense of Government or his employer.

11(8)(d) The daily and travelling allowance shall also be payable to a member in respect of the meetings of any sub-committee set up by the Central Board or the Corporation or the National Social Security Board or by any Committee thereof, attended by him.

11(8)(e) For attending a meeting of the Central Board or the Corporation or the National Social Security Board or any committee thereof or meetings of a sub-committee set up by the Central Board or Corporation or National Social Security Board or any Committee thereof, an official trustee or 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 Central Board or Corporation or National Social Security Board or Committee thereof to that Government.

11(8)(f) Payments shall not be made to a non-official member earlier than the last date up to which the allowance is claimed and the travelling allowance for both the onward and return journeys will be included in the travelling allowance bill and the payment made therefor treated as final, irrespective of the date of completion of the journey.