CHAPTER 1 - Border Roads Organisation

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2. Recipients of the award can move the entitled guest(s) at Government expense
from any place in India irrespective of place of duty of the awardee
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(b) Entitlement for expenditure during journey by Rail :-
(i) Allowance : Serving as well as retired personnel irrespective of rank or the
next of kin in case of posthumous awardees traveling by Rail and their entitled
guests will be entitled Rs. 150/- as incidental expenditure for each day of
journey. If the journey does not cover a full day, 12 hours or more spent on the
journey on any day will qualify for full allowance and less than U on any day,
will qualify for an allowance of Rs. 75/-.an allowance of Rs. 30/-
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(ii) Out of Pocket Allowance : Each recipient whether coming from outside or
residing in Delhi will be allowed a total amount of Rs. 900/- or out of Pocket
expenses for his/her entire period of stay. Guests will not be allowed out of
Pocket expenses or road Mileage.
Guests of recipients/Next of Kin
Each Awardee/next of kin will be entitled to bring at Govt. expenses:-
(i) Two personnel guests for the award of Param Vir Chakra and Ashok
Chakra.
(ii) One personal guest for awards other than Param Vir Chakra and Ashok
Chakra.
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(d) Boarding and lodging in Delhi : Arrangements for Boarding and lodging of the
recipients and their entitled guests who are coming from outside Delhi to attend the
investiture ceremony will be made by the HQ DGBR for four days for the investiture at
Rashtrapati Bhawan and six days in case of special investiture held at Rajpath on 26 th
January. The arrangements may be made at any ITDC hotel subject to the condition that
the tariff of a double bed room does not exceed by more than 20% of the normal tariff of
Hotel Janpath. The period of board and lodging will cover the day of rehearsal and the
day of the investiture ceremony and the day preceding the day of rehearsal and the day
following the day of investiture
(e) Military/BRO escort for recipients of posthumous awards
In case of posthumous awards for gallantry for Gazetted Officers, one Officer
from the unit/Project concerned and in the case of other ranks of BRO, Senior
Supervisor be invited/detailed for Investiture Ceremony to escort the next-of-kin of the
recipients. However, this escort would be provided only if the award was won for an act
of gallantry performed in the course of Govt. duty. The Officer/Supervisor, as the case
may be, would be treated as on temporary duty. No escort will be provided for next-of-
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