Classification of Cities for the purpose of House Rent Allowance for Central Government Employees with effect from 1.4.2015
Re-classification/Upgradation of Cities/Towns on the basis of Census-2011 for the purpose of grant of House Rent Allowance to Central Government Employees
| S.No. | STATES/UNION TERRITORIES | CITIES CLASSIFIED AS “X” | CITIES CLASSIFIED AS “Y” |
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | – | – |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh Telangana | Hyderabad (UA) | Vijayawada (UA) Warangal (UA) Greater Visakahapatnam (M.Corpn.) Guntur (UA) Nellore (UA) |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | – | – |
| 4 | Assam | – | Guwahati (UA) |
| 5 | Bihar | – | Patna (UA) |
| 6 | Chandigarh | – | Chandigarh (UA) |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | – | Durg-Bhilai Nagar (UA) Raipur (UA) |
| 8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | – | – |
| 9 | Daman & Diu | – | – |
| 10 | Delhi | Delhi(UA) | – |
| 11 | Goa | – | – |
| 12 | Gujarat | Ahmadabad (UA) | Rajkot (UA) Jamnagar (UA) Bhavnagar (UA) Vadodara (UA) Surat (UA) |
| 13 | Haryana | – | Faridabad* (M.Corpn.) Gurgaon* (UA) |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh | – | – |
| 15 | Jammu & Kashmir | – | Srinagar (UA) Jammu(UA) |
| 16 | Jharkhand | – | Jamshedpur (UA) Dhanbad (UA) Ranchi (UA) Bokaro Steel City (UA) |
| 17 | Karnataka | Bengalore/Bengaluru (UA) | Belgaum (UA) Hubli-Dharwad (M.Corpn.) Mangalore (UA) Mysore (UA) Gulbarga (UA) |
| 18 | Kerala | – | Kozhikoda (UA) Kochi (UA) Thiruvanathapuram (UA) Thrissur (UA) Malappuram (UA) Kannur (UA) Kollan (UA) |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | – | – |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | – | Gwalior (UA) Indore (UA) Bhopal (UA) Jabalpur (UA) Ujjain (M.Corpn.) |
| 21 | Maharashtra | Greater Mumbai (UA), Pune (UA) | Amravati (M.Corpn.) Nagpur (UA) Aurangabad (UA) Nashik (UA) Bhiwandi (UA) Solapur (M.Corpn.) Kolhapur (UA) Vasai –Virar City (M.Corpn.) Malegaon (UA) Nanded-waghala (M.Corpn.) Sangli (UA) |
| 22 | Manipur | – | – |
| 23 | Meghalaya | – | – |
| 24 | Mizoram | – | – |
| 25 | Nagaland | – | – |
| 26 | Odisha | – | Cuttack (UA) Bhabaneswar (UA) Raurkela (UA) |
| 27 | Puducherry (Pondicherry) | – | Puducherry/ Pondicherry (UA) |
| 28 | Punjab | – | Amritsar (UA) Jalandhar (UA) Ludhiana (M.Coprn.) |
| 29 | Rajasthan | – | Bikaner (M.Corpn.) Jaipur (M.Corpn.) Jodhpur (UA) Kota (M.Corpn.) Ajmer (UA) |
| 30 | Sikkim | – | – |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai (UA) | Salem (UA) Tiruppur (UA) Coimbatore (UA) Tiruchirappalli (UA) Madurai (UA) Erode (UA) |
| 32 | Tripura | – | – |
| 33 | Uttar Pradesh | – | Moradabad (M.Corpn.) Meerut (UA) Ghaziabad* (UA) Aligarh (UA) Agra (UA) Bareilly (UA) Lucknow (UA) Kanpur (UA) Allahabad (UA) Gorakhpur (UA) Varanasi (UA) Saharanpur (M.Corpn.) Nodia* (CT) Firozabad (NPP) Jhansi (UA) |
| 34 | Uttarakhand | – | Dehradun (UA) |
| 35 | West Bengal | Kolkata (UA) | Asansol (UA) Siliguri(UA) Durgapur (UA) |
*Only for the purpose of extending HRA on the basis of dependency. Note: The remaining cities/towns in various States/UTs which are not covered by classification as “X” or “Y” are classified as “Z” for the purpose of HRA.
If HRA admissible for a railway person residing in Agra city (Uttar Pradesh) at the rate of 20% of Basic Pay wef 001.09.2008 in terms of Rly Board letter No. E(P&A)II-2008/HRA-10 dated 12.09.2008 as the Agra city does not listed in the annexure of said letter. The department earlier admitted and paid HRA to the employee at 20% since 01. Apr 2012 but recovered the same and paid the HRA for Y Class city rate wef 01.04.2015 onward.
IF A PERSON RESIDING IN 24 PGNS WEST BENGAL IS HE ENTITLED HRA 18% AS Y CITES