Explanation:

Jammu and Kashmir administration recently announced a series of economy and austerity measures for all Government departments and autonomous bodies.

As per the directive, all government officers of Jammu and Kashmir administration would travel by economy class.

 Administration has also ordered complete ban on holding of official dinners and lunches, meetings and conferences at private hotels, purchase of new vehicles and new furniture except certain conditions.

The directives have been issued for last quarter of the current financial year of 2021-22.

The Finance Department has directed that the officers should travel only be economy class regardless of their entitlement.

In all cases of travel, the Government officers should avail lowest air fare tickets available for entitled class.

Facility of video conferencing may be used effectively and travel for the purpose of attending meetings should be avoided to the extent possible.

It added that travel expenditure should be regulated so as to ensure that each Department remains within the allocated budget.