Updated 14-06-2025
If you wish to skip reading the rules below, you can directly use the calculator.
https://help.veeral.com/travel-calculator
For overnight trips, we will use the following rules to reimburse travel expenses. For day trips, we will reimburse actual expenses as cash vouchers.
All touring staff will be entitled to a daily base allowance based on their employee level.
| Level | Names | BA |
|---|---|---|
| Executive | All employees who have been issued name@veeral.com email ids | 950 |
| Technician | All other employees | 750 |
Apart from base allowance, employees will get a daily site allowance (SA) based on location / site.
This allowance will compensate for travel to sites that are located at a distance from the hotel. If the client is paying for the travel, this will be zero. Otherwise it be proportional to the distance between hotel and site. For metro cities ( Delhi / Mumbai / Bangalore ), the SA will be higher than non metro cities.
The site allowance will be higher is a solo employee is visiting, and lower if a group is visiting (since transport costs get shared).
| Site | Updated | SA (solo) | SA (group) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All others sites | 10-01-2025 | 450 | 250 |
| Tuticorin | 04-06-2025 | 600 | 350 |
| HWB, Vadodara | 02-01-2025 | 250 | 250 |
| BHEL, Bangalore | 16-12-2024 | 450 | 250 |
| BARC, Mumbai | 23-08-2024 | 450 | 250 |
| Signode, Hyderabad | 12-08-2024 | 750 | 400 |
| BHEL, Bhopal | 20-06-2024 | 250 | 250 |
| Kurnool | 20-06-2024 | 0 | 0 |
| BHEL, Hyderabad | 20-06-2024 | 250 | 250 |
Apart from BA + SA, touring staff will get and extra transit allowance ( TA ).
Transit allowance is based on travel leg. For each travel leg, the employee is entitled to 500 INR as transit allowance.
A train / bus / flight under 100km - with pre-booking - will not be counted as a travel leg.
While flying, if the destination airport is more than 25km away from the hotel, and no travel arrangement has been made beforehand, will count as 1 extra leg each way.
Examples
If the employee has spent at least 3 hours in a given day as part of the tour, we will count it as a half travel day. If time spent is more than 12 hours we will count it as a full day.
We will start the tour at the departure time of the train / flight / bus from Ahmedabad. We will end the tour at the arrival time of the train / flight to Ahmedabad.
Employees don't need to provide any printed documents. All payments will be based on the rules / calculator.
The exceptions to these rules are
Such items can be claimed separately - along with receipts - and will be paid as cash vouchers. Everything else has to be paid from the BA + SA + TA allowance.
Veeral will book flight / trains for the travelers. This will be based on urgency and funds availability.
In case Veeral offers a train ticket and the traveler requests for a flight ticket, we will deduct an amount of INR 1000 from the travel allowance to make up for the difference.
Hotels will be now booked by the company itself. The employee should email one of the following and indicate which area of the city they wish to stay.
We will book a hotel in that area on makemytrip, goibibo or cleartrip and send the booking details to the employee.
This should ideally be done before leaving for the trip.
If the duration of the trip is uncertain, then we will book the hotel for 3 days and then keeping extending by 2-3 days.
If the employee wish to book the hotel themselves and be eligible for reimbursement later, they need written authorization from pratham@veeral.com or chirag@veeral.com
I will maintain a list of acceptable hotels specific to each travel site. It should have the following points.
Based on availability, I will book any one of the hotels using an online aggregator and send the booking details to the touring staff.
To claim Per Diem allowance, employees need to keep all the bills and submit them to employers during the process. There may be certain bills which employees cannot maintain or produce, such as newspaper bills and many other things. In such cases, they have to furnish self-declaration to employers declaring the amount spent. If employees can furnish bills/vouchers as well as self-declaration of the amount spent, they can claim the entire Per Diem allowance, and no remaining balance will be taxable.
If the employee submits bill / receipts + self declaration, we can deduct that amount from the taxable income for TDS purposes. Note the travel allowance won't change, but we can bifurcate the allowance in non-taxable and taxable parts.
Updated 14-06-2025 If you wish to skip reading the rules below, you can directly use the calculator. <https://help.veeral.com/travel-calculator> --- For overnight trips, we will use the following rules to reimburse travel expenses. For day trips, we will reimburse actual expenses as cash vouchers. ##### Base allowance ( BA ) All touring staff will be entitled to a daily base allowance based on their employee level. Level | Names | BA --- | --- | ---: Executive | All employees who have been issued **name@veeral.com** email ids | 950 Technician | All other employees | 750 --- ##### Site Allowance ( SA ) Apart from base allowance, employees will get a daily site allowance (SA) based on location / site. This allowance will compensate for travel to sites that are located at a distance from the hotel. If the client is paying for the travel, this will be zero. Otherwise it be proportional to the distance between hotel and site. For metro cities ( Delhi / Mumbai / Bangalore ), the SA will be higher than non metro cities. The site allowance will be higher is a solo employee is visiting, and lower if a group is visiting (since transport costs get shared). Site | Updated | SA (solo) | SA (group) --- | --- | ---: | ---: All others sites | 10-01-2025 | 450 | 250 Tuticorin | 04-06-2025 | 600 | 350 HWB, Vadodara | 02-01-2025 | 250 | 250 BHEL, Bangalore | 16-12-2024 | 450 | 250 BARC, Mumbai | 23-08-2024 | 450 | 250 Signode, Hyderabad | 12-08-2024 | 750 | 400 BHEL, Bhopal | 20-06-2024 | 250 | 250 Kurnool | 20-06-2024 | 0 | 0 BHEL, Hyderabad | 20-06-2024 | 250 | 250 --- ##### Transit allowance ( TA ) Apart from BA + SA, touring staff will get and extra transit allowance ( TA ). Transit allowance is based on travel leg. For each travel leg, the employee is entitled to 500 INR as transit allowance. A train / bus / flight under 100km - with pre-booking - will **not** be counted as a travel leg. While flying, if the destination airport is more than 25km away from the hotel, and no travel arrangement has been made beforehand, will count as 1 extra leg each way. **Examples** 1. If a journey consists of 2 trains - one being 500km, the other being 1000km - this will be 2 legs. So the employee is entitled to 500 x 2 = 1000 INR. 2. If the journey consists of a single flight, then the transit allowance is 1 x 500 = 500 INR. 3. If the journey consists of a flight and then a pre-booked bus ride ( 50km ), this is counted as a single leg, so the employee is entitled to 1 x 500 = 500 INR. --- #### How are days counted ? If the employee has spent **at least 3 hours** in a given day as part of the tour, we will count it as a half travel day. If time spent is more than **12 hours** we will count it as a full day. We will start the tour at the departure time of the train / flight / bus from Ahmedabad. We will end the tour at the arrival time of the train / flight to Ahmedabad. --- ##### Itemized Receipts 1. If the employee claims reimbursements equal to their BA + SA + TA entitlement, receipts are **not needed**. 2. If the employee claims reimbursements greater than their BA + SA + TA entitlement, receipts are needed **for all expenses**. This option will eventually be removed. Employees don't need to provide any printed documents. All payments will be based on the rules / calculator. ---- ##### Exceptions The **exceptions** to these rules are 1. Items purchased for the service work. This should be specific to the installation in question ( screwdriver, hammer, capacitor, multimeter etc ) 2. Repair fees for work related items. This includes laptop or other equipment. 3. All medical bills while on site. 4. Any extra mandatory fare/fees directly charged by the hotel. This includes early check-in fees, cleaning fees, late checkout fees etc. Such items can be claimed separately - along with receipts - and will be paid as cash vouchers. Everything else has to be paid from the BA + SA + TA allowance. --- ##### Flight / Trains Veeral will book flight / trains for the travelers. This will be based on urgency and funds availability. In case Veeral offers a train ticket and the traveler requests for a flight ticket, we will deduct an amount of INR 1000 from the travel allowance to make up for the difference. --- ##### Hotels Hotels will be now booked by the company itself. The employee should email one of the following and indicate which area of the city they wish to stay. - <pratham@veeral.com> - <chirag@veeral.com> - <info@veeral.com> We will book a hotel in that area on makemytrip, goibibo or cleartrip and send the booking details to the employee. This should ideally be done before leaving for the trip. If the duration of the trip is uncertain, then we will book the hotel for 3 days and then keeping extending by 2-3 days. If the employee wish to book the hotel themselves and be eligible for reimbursement later, they need written authorization from <pratham@veeral.com> or <chirag@veeral.com> --- ##### List of Hotels I will maintain [a list of acceptable hotels][hotel] specific to each travel site. It should have the following points. 1. Within 5km of site 2. Within a certain budget range. Based on availability, I will book any one of the hotels using an online aggregator and send the booking details to the touring staff. [hotel]: /files/n/6274363863072768 --- ##### Tax issues To claim Per Diem allowance, employees need to keep all the bills and submit them to employers during the process. There may be certain bills which employees cannot maintain or produce, such as newspaper bills and many other things. In such cases, they have to furnish self-declaration to employers declaring the amount spent. If employees can furnish bills/vouchers as well as self-declaration of the amount spent, they can claim the entire Per Diem allowance, and no remaining balance will be taxable. If the employee submits bill / receipts + self declaration, we can deduct that amount from the taxable income for TDS purposes. Note the travel allowance won't change, but we can bifurcate the allowance in non-taxable and taxable parts.
