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New Delhi: The stage is set for the upcoming 5-match Test series between India and England. This high-voltage series will begin with the first match at Headingley on June 20. Both the teams as well as cricket fans are eager to enjoy the thrill. Before this series BCCI had taken a big decision. Actually the Board of Control for Cricket in India has made changes in the daily allowances and travel policy for its employees. Under these changes employees will now get a new daily allowance policy and some old allowances have been removed. BCCI took this big decision: BCCI has made significant changes in the daily allowances and travel policy for its employees. Under the old policy employees used to get a daily allowance of Rs 15000 per day for short-term travel (up to four days) and Rs 10000 per day for long-term travel (such as related to IPL WPL or ICC events in India). Apart from this a contingency allowance of Rs 7500 was also given. According to the new policy the contingency allowance has been removed. Now employees will get a uniform daily allowance of Rs 10000 per day during travel. According to a BCCI source the effective daily allowance after tax deduction will be around Rs 6500 per day. Dues will be paid soon: Since the policy had to be changed BCCI employees including finance operations and media departments were not paid their daily allowances for IPL and WPL. However now that the policy is ready their dues will be paid soon. Regarding this the source said A clear policy was needed in the matter of allowances as some employees were claiming allowances despite working from Mumbai headquarters during the tournament. Now that the policy is ready the dues will be paid soon. Allowance will be given according to travel! IPL lasts for more than two months and ICC events also last for at least a month. In such a situation if an employee is travelling for the entire 70 days for IPL then he will be eligible to claim a total of Rs 7 lakh at the rate of Rs 10000 per day. On the other hand employees whose travel is limited during IPL will be eligible to claim only 60% of the 70-day allowance and employees who do not travel at all (such as those working in Mumbai headquarters) can claim only 40% of the 70-day allowance. How much is paid for foreign travel? Most BCCI employees are paid USD 300 per day for foreign tours. Honorary office bearers including the president secretary treasurer vice-president and joint secretary receive a daily allowance of USD 1000 per day on foreign tours. Office bearers are paid Rs 40000 for a one-day meeting within India and Rs 30000 per day for a multi-day domestic work trip.