7th Pay Commission: Rates of 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
A*=STATES/UT, B*=CITIES CLASSIFIED AS “X”, C*=CITIES CLASSIFIED AS “Y”
| A* | B* | C* |
| 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) |
NC JCM STAFF SIDE SUGGESTION ON HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE
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- Finmin Clarification on House Rent Allowance Dt. 5.3.2019 March 5, 2019 Read more...
- Rent and Allied Charges in Respect of Indian Army Officers February 21, 2019 Read more...
- 7th CPC Fitment and HRA – No Change Therein is Envisaged December 20, 2018 Read more...
- 7th CPC House Building Advance – Loan Migration – CGDA November 20, 2018 Read more...
- 7th CPC Allowances: Abolition of Rent Free Accommodation Allowance November 9, 2018 Read more...
- Additional HRA to Railway employees – RBE No.153/2018 October 11, 2018 Read more...
- Grant of Additional House Rent Allowance to CG Employees – Finmin Order 14.8.2018 August 15, 2018 Read more...
- Admissibility of HRA in the Event of Non-Acceptance or Surrender of Railway Residential Accommodation January 26, 2018 Read more...
- House Rent Allowance (HRA) to Armed Forces Personnel – MoD Orders dt. 11.10.2017 December 20, 2017 Read more...
- Admissibility of HRA during Study Leave December 14, 2017 Read more...
- House Rent Allowance to Defence Personnel December 14, 2017 Read more...
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- Additional House Rent Allowance (HRA) for Railway Employees November 17, 2017 Read more...
- House Rent Allowance (HRA) : Report of the Committee on Allowances October 24, 2017 Read more...
- 7th CPC HRA : Revised Rates for TN Govt Employees October 12, 2017 Read more...
- 7th CPC House Rent Allowance – Finance Ministry issued orders with Classification of Cities July 8, 2017 Read more...
- Minimum HRA Calculation will benefit only few thousand employees – Confederation July 6, 2017 Read more...
- 7th CPC HRA Enhanced Pay Scales with Profit for 3 Levels July 6, 2017 Read more...
- Date of implementation of the allowances has created lot of anguish and serious discontentment in the CG Employees – NC JCM Secretary writes to Cabinet Secretary July 3, 2017 Read more...
- 7th CPC HRA Calculator as per Cabinet Decision June 29, 2017 Read more...
- Enhanced HRA benefit only 15 Slabs for lower levels June 29, 2017 Read more...
- Cabinet approval on 7th CPC House Rent Allowance June 28, 2017 Read more...
- Grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) to Railway employees May 12, 2017 Read more...
- Issue of Admissibility of HRA – Railway Board Orders March 17, 2017 Read more...
- 7th CPC Expected HRA and Arrears Calculator 2017 March 2, 2017 Read more...
- Arrears on Allowances including HRA and Transport Allowance is going to be rejected – Confederation February 17, 2017 Read more...
- Grant of House Rent Allowances at Chandigarh rates to Central Government Employees Posted at S.A.S. Nagar Mohali February 6, 2017 Read more...
- Admissibility of HRA in case of residing in Govt. Guest House / Transit Facility January 9, 2017 Read more...
- Demonetization versus Seventh Pay Commission: Tax-paying government servants among the worst hit! January 7, 2017 Read more...
- Central Staff are not yet given the full Benefit of 7th CPC Recommendation January 5, 2017 Read more...
- HRA should be paid @ 35, 25 and 15% of pay – BPMS November 26, 2016 Read more...
- Admissibility of House Rent Allowance in the event of non-acceptance or surrender of railway residential accommodation – NFIR November 8, 2016 Read more...
- Percentage of HRA in 7th pay commission after cabinet approval June 30, 2016 Read more...
- Grant of HRA at a higher rate (“B” Category) to the Central Government Servants Posted at Aizawl (Mizoram) – Court Case regarding March 16, 2016 Read more...
- House Rent Paid : 80GG has also been raised to 60,000 from 24,000 March 1, 2016 Read more...
- Railway Board decision on House Rent Allowance – Orders Issued February 21, 2016 Read more...
- Analysis and Recommendations of 7th Pay Commission on House Rent Allowance December 17, 2015 Read more...
- 7th CPC recommendations to reduce House Rent Allowance November 22, 2015 Read more...
- House Rent Allowance as per Census 2011 to Railway Employees – Orders issued October 2, 2015 Read more...
- Grant of 30% House Rent Allowance to employees working Umdanagar, Medchal and Gundlapochampally September 21, 2015 Read more...
- 7th Pay Commission proposes to increase House Rent Allowance of Central Government employees September 14, 2015 Read more...
- Revision of House Rent Allowance for CPSE employees on the basis of Census – 2011 September 11, 2015 Read more...
- Re-classification of Cities/Towns for the purpose of HRA – Dopt Orders August 5, 2015 Read more...
- Finance Ministry issued orders on upgradation of cities / towns on the basis of Census 2011 for the purpose of House Rent Allowance July 22, 2015 Read more...
- NC JCM writes to Finance Ministry to grant 30 percent HRA for Medak (Yeddumailaram) Employees July 15, 2015 Read more...
- Hike in House Rent Allowance for Bank Employees as per 2011 Census July 7, 2015 Read more...
- Based on the Census of 2011 HRA and TA increased for Central Government employees June 5, 2015 Read more...
- Revision of classification cities for the purpose of House Rent Allowance and Transport Allowance to Central Government employees May 31, 2015 Read more...
- Grant of HRA to CG Employees on Transfer from one station to another station – MoD orders October 22, 2014 Read more...
- NC JCM STAFF SIDE SUGGESTION ON HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE June 25, 2014 Read more...
- Demand to calculate House Rent Allowance based on Census 2011 should gain prominence..! May 20, 2014 Read more...
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Dear sir,
Please clarify whether UA includes Hyderabad Municipal Development Authority (HMDA) and not only Municipal limits (GHMC) .?
Dear sir what is the mean of Hyderabad (UA) is only Greater Hyderabad municipal corporation or Hyderabad Urban Area please clarify it.