West Bengal Tightens Foreign Travel Norms for Government Employees: Prior Approval Now Mandatory
In a decisive move to reinforce administrative discipline, the West Bengal government has issued strict guidelines regulating foreign travel by state government employees, making prior approval from competent authorities mandatory for all overseas trips—whether official, personal, or under Leave Travel Concession (LTC). The directive, issued by Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on October 12, 2025, comes…