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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.

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Comments

  1. Raj Kumar Singh says

    August 9, 2021 at 7:11 pm

    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.

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  2. VINAY KUMAR says

    April 27, 2019 at 1:20 pm

    IF A PERSON RESIDING IN 24 PGNS WEST BENGAL IS HE ENTITLED HRA 18% AS Y CITES

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