7th CPC House Rent Allowance
House Rent Allowance for Central Government Employees
“HRA is a compensation for expenses in connection with the rent of the residential accommodation to be hired/leased by the employee and is graded based on the level of the employee”
HRA paid from 2008 @ 30% for X (population of 50 lakh & above), 20% for Y (5 to 50 lakh) and 10% for Z (below 5 lakh) category of cities as per 6th CPC Recommendations. Now, 7th CPC has recommended reduction in the existing rates to 24% for X, 16% for Y and 8% for Z category of cities.
| 7th CPC HRA Rates w.e.f. 1.7.2017 | |
| City Classification | HRA Rates |
| ‘X’ Cities | 24% of Basic Pay |
| ‘Y’ Cities | 16% of Basic Pay |
| ‘Z’ Cities | 8% of Basic Pay |
The rates of HRA will not be less than Rs.5400/-, 3600/- & 1800/- at X, Y & Z class cities respectively.
The rates of HRA will be revised to 27%, 18% and 9% for X, Y & Z class cities respectively when Dearness Allowance (DA) corsses 25 percent and further revised to 30%, 20% and 10% when DA corsses 50%.
Special orders on continuance of HRA at Delhi ‘X’ class city) rates to Central Government employees posted at Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida and Gurgaon, at Jalandhar (‘Y’ class city) rates to Jalandhar Cantt. at “Y” class city rates to Shillong, Goa & Port Blair and HRA at par with Chandigarh (‘Y’ class city) to Panchkula, S.A.S. Nagar(Mohali)
The allowances relating to CILQ. FAA and SNLQ henceforth stand abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed by the newly proposed provisions for Housing for Personnel Below Officers Rank (PBORs)
NPA & MSP: Add-ons like NPA, MSP, etc. should not be included while working out HRA [Para 8.7.16 of 7th CPC Report
HRA Calculation with minimum pay of all levels in Pay Matrix.
| Pay Matrix | Minimum Pay | 24% | 16% | 8% |
| Level-1 | 18000 | 5400 4320 |
3600 2880 |
1800 1440 |
| Level-2 | 19900 | 5400 4776 |
3600 3184 |
1800 1592 |
| Level-3 | 21700 | 5400 5208 |
3600 3472 |
1800 1736 |
| Level-4 | 25500 | 6120 | 4080 | 2040 |
| Level-5 | 29200 | 7008 | 4672 | 2336 |
| Level-6 | 35400 | 8496 | 5664 | 2832 |
| Level-7 | 44900 | 10776 | 7184 | 3592 |
| Level-8 | 47600 | 11424 | 7616 | 3808 |
| Level-9 | 53100 | 12744 | 8496 | 4248 |
| Level-10 | 56100 | 13464 | 8976 | 4488 |
| Level-11 | 67700 | 16248 | 10832 | 5416 |
| Level-12 | 78800 | 18912 | 12608 | 6304 |
| Level-13 | 123100 | 29544 | 19696 | 9848 |
| Level-13A | 131100 | 31464 | 20976 | 10488 |
| Level-14 | 144200 | 34608 | 23072 | 11536 |
Classification of Cities and Towns as per the percentage for the purpose of determining HRA
| STATES/UT | CITIES CLASSIFIED AS “X” | CITIES CLASSIFIED AS “Y” |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | – | – |
| Andhra Pradesh Telangana | Hyderabad (UA) | Vijayawada (UA) Warangal (UA) Greater Visakahapatnam (M.Corpn.) Guntur (UA) Nellore (UA) |
| Arunachal Pradesh | – | – |
| Assam | – | Guwahati (UA) |
| Bihar | – | Patna (UA) |
| Chandigarh | – | Chandigarh (UA) |
| Chhattisgarh | – | Durg-Bhilai Nagar (UA) Raipur (UA) |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | – | – |
| Daman & Diu | – | – |
| Delhi | Delhi(UA) | – |
| Goa | – | – |
| Gujarat | Ahmadabad (UA) | Rajkot (UA) Jamnagar (UA) Bhavnagar (UA) Vadodara (UA) Surat (UA) |
| Haryana | – | Faridabad* (M.Corpn.) Gurgaon* (UA) |
| Himachal Pradesh | – | – |
| Jammu & Kashmir | – | Srinagar (UA) Jammu(UA) |
| Jharkhand | – | Jamshedpur (UA) Dhanbad (UA) Ranchi (UA) Bokaro Steel City (UA) |
| Karnataka | Bengalore/Bengaluru (UA) | Belgaum (UA) Hubli-Dharwad (M.Corpn.) Mangalore (UA) Mysore (UA) Gulbarga (UA) |
| Kerala | – | Kozhikoda (UA) Kochi (UA) Thiruvanathapuram (UA) Thrissur (UA) Malappuram (UA) Kannur (UA) Kollan (UA) |
| Lakshadweep | – | – |
| Madhya Pradesh | – | Gwalior (UA) Indore (UA) Bhopal (UA) Jabalpur (UA) Ujjain (M.Corpn.) |
| 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) |
| Manipur | – | – |
| Meghalaya | – | – |
| Mizoram | – | – |
| Nagaland | – | – |
| Odisha | – | Cuttack (UA) Bhabaneswar (UA) Raurkela (UA) |
| Puducherry (Pondicherry) | – | Puducherry/ Pondicherry (UA) |
| Punjab | – | Amritsar (UA) Jalandhar (UA) Ludhiana (M.Coprn.) |
| Rajasthan | – | Bikaner (M.Corpn.) Jaipur (M.Corpn.) Jodhpur (UA) Kota (M.Corpn.) Ajmer (UA) |
| Sikkim | – | – |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai (UA) | Salem (UA) Tiruppur (UA) Coimbatore (UA) Tiruchirappalli (UA) Madurai (UA) Erode (UA) |
| Tripura | – | – |
| 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) |
| Uttarakhand | – | Dehradun (UA) |
| West Bengal | Kolkata (UA) | Asansol (UA) Siliguri(UA) Durgapur (UA) |
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I am refused government accomodation can I eligible for HRA ?
Yes, you are eligible for HRA at the percentage rate of your posting area.
Sir, I belong from gurdaspur Punjab, Nd posted as army person in Chennai Avadi, my family at my home station gurdaspur. What rate of HRA I have claimed.
U will get 24% HRA. (as per place of posting in this case)
Sir hra kya below 25 yrs ko milga ga kya sir
Couple case HRA rules
Dear Sir, I am selected for GP 2800 in Tis Hazari Court Delhi, I am a differently abled candidate. What would be the starting salary for me ?
Gm.sir…
Sir iam transferred ro delhi ro bhiwadi rajasthan
X category to z category in Esi hospital
Right now iam doing up and down 80 km
I heard that I wil get hra for 2 months like before …Please tel me
sir I am central govt. employee transferred from Ahmedabad to vadodara, I have not shifted my family from Ahmedabad to vadodara and not got govt accomendation, can i get HRA for 2 months like before ?
Answer to ROHIT : No change of HRA both are Y cities having 20%. same HRA.
Sir, I am central govt. Employee in capf posted in Allahabad. my own house in allahabad where i reisiding with my family therefore i have permit to out living permission but sir department is not given to HRA pse tell me i m deserve it for HRA or otherwise. if i m eligible HRA pse provide me OM NO. with full justification sir thanks
I am central government employee and staying in barracks but paying rent for family at Chennai. Am I eligible for HRA at Chennai rate?
No, only as per the place of work of the employee. You can avail the govt. quarters for your family at your duty place exception of HRA.
Sir, I am central govt. Employee serving at Dehradun. Here are no accommodation facilities for family and I residing in Line/barrack of Department with other members. My family residing at Patna. Please intimate whether I am entitled to draw full HRA (16%) for family at Patna?
I am a central govt employee. I am married but below 25 years of age. I m living in rented home. Am i authorise for full HRA????
We both Husband and wife posted in N.E. Region with my son. My parents who retired from Govt. Service is residing in my own house as they have no other house to live.
My HOO has denied to pay HRA both of us as they are not dependent on me, whereas in the rules clearly mentioned that part of the family should reside in the house. Kindly clarify.
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i and my wife worked in different cities with a difference of 40 km . we both are living together at one place .are we both entitled for house rent allowance
If husband and wife are employees of central government and private sector, own their house, are they eligible for hra in full
सर,मैं केन्द्रीय कर्मचारी हूँ मैं स्थानांतरण होकर अपने घर के सामने आया हूँ ।अपने घर से कार्य करता हूँ मुझे HRA मिलेगी कि नही।कृपया बताए।
I am posted in Y city but our transfer to X city then what is HRA in new station in first month.
7thcpc as proposed 30% of hra for employees in matrix level 1.2&3 but we are not getting 30%hra