How to calculate the monthly gross salary for central government employees of Pay Matrix Level 1 (Rs. 18000)?
This article will explain how to calculate the monthly gross salary for central government employees of Pay Matrix Level 1, whose basic pay is Rs. 18000. The following table illustrates the salary packages of employees working in different cities in India.
Indian cities are divided into three segments for the purpose of House Rent Allowance, while two categories are applied for Transport allowance. Four tables have been created to reflect the basic pay of Rs. 18000 in Pay Matrix Level 1 for employees working in X, Y, and Z cities.
Salary Calculation for Rs. 18000 (X Class & TPTA)
Monthly Pay for CG Employees working in X Class and TPTA Cities
- Basic Pay: Rs. 18000
- Dearness Allowance (38%): Rs. 6840
- House Rent Allowance (24%): Rs. 5400*
- Transport Allowance: Rs. 1350
- DA on Transport Allowance: Rs. 513
- Gross Salary: Rs. 32103
List of HRA Cities Classified as ‘X’: Hyderabad (UA), Delhi (UA), Ahmadabad (UA), Bangalore / Bengaluru (UA), Greater Mumbai (UA), Pune (UA), Chennai (UA), Kolkata (UA)
List of HRA Cities Classified as TPTA: 1. Ahmedabad (UA), 2. Bengaluru (UA), 3. Chennai (UA), 4. Coimbatore (UA), 5. Delhi (UA), 6. Ghaziabad (UA), 7. Greater Mumbai (UA), 8. Hyderabad (UA), 9. Indore (UA), 10. Jaipur (UA), 11. Kanpur (UA), 12. Kochi (UA), 13. Kolkata (UA), 14. Kozhikode (UA), 15. Lucknow (UA), 16. Nagpur (UA), 17. Patna (UA), 18. Pune (UA), 19. Surat (UA)
Salary Calculation for Rs. 18000 (Y Class & TPTA)
Monthly Pay for CG Employees working in Y Class and TPTA Cities
- Basic Pay: Rs. 18000
- Dearness Allowance (38%): Rs. 6840
- House Rent Allowance (24%): Rs. 3600*
- Transport Allowance: Rs. 1350
- DA on Transport Allowance: Rs. 513
- Gross Salary: Rs. 30303
List of HRA Cities Classified as ‘Y’: Vijayawada (UA), Warangal (UA), Greater Visakhapatnam (M.Corpn.), Guntur (UA), Nellore (UA), Guwahati (UA), Patna (UA), Chandigarh (UA), S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali*, Durg-Bhilai Nagar (UA), Raipur (UA), Rajkot (UA), Jamnagar (UA), Bhavnagar (UA), Vadodara (UA), Surat (UA), Faridabad* (M.Corpn.), Gurgaon* (UA), Srinagar (UA), Jammu(UA), Jamshedpur (UA), Dhanbad (UA), Ranchi (UA), Bokaro Steel City (UA), Belgaum (UA), Hubli-Dharwad (M.Corpn.), Mangalore (UA), Mysore (UA), Gulbarga (UA), Kozhikode (UA), Kochi (UA), Thiruvananthapuram (UA), Thrissur, (UA), Malappuram (UA), Kannur (UA), Kollam (UA), Gwalior (UA), Indore (UA), Bhopal (UA), Jabalpur (UA), Ujjain (M.Corpn.), Amravati (M.Corpn.), Nagpur (UA), Aurangabad (UA), Nashik (UA), Bhiwandi (UA), Solapur (M.Corpn.), Kolhapur (UA), Vasai–Virar City (M.Corpn.), Malegaon (UA), Nanded-Vaghela (M.Corpn.), Sangli (UA), Cuttack (UA), Bhubaneswar (UA), Raurkela (UA), Puducherry / Pondicherry (UA), Amritsar (UA), Jalandhar (UA), Ludhiana (M.Coprn.), Bikaner (M.Corpn.), Jaipur (M.Corpn.), Jodhpur (UA), Kota (M.Corpn.), Ajmer (UA), Salem (UA), Tiruppur (UA), Coimbatore (UA), Tiruchirappalli (UA), Madurai (UA), Erode (UA), 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), Dehradun (UA), Asansol (UA), Siliguri(UA), Durgapur (UA)
Salary Calculation for Rs. 18000 (Y Class & Other)
Monthly Pay for CG Employees working in Y Class and Other Cities
- Basic Pay: Rs. 18000
- Dearness Allowance (17%): Rs. 6840
- House Rent Allowance (16%): Rs. 3600*
- Transport Allowance: Rs. 900
- DA on Transport Allowance: Rs. 342
- Gross Salary: Rs. 29682
HRA Cities Classified as ‘Other Places’: All cities and towns other than TPTA Cities (including Faridabad, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad & Noida).
Salary Calculation for Rs. 18000 (Z Class & Other)
Monthly Pay for CG Employees working in Z Class and Other Cities
- Basic Pay: Rs. 18000
- Dearness Allowance (17%): Rs. 6840
- House Rent Allowance (8%): Rs. 1800*
- Transport Allowance: Rs. 900
- DA on Transport Allowance: Rs. 342
- Gross Salary: Rs. 27882
HRA Cities Classified as ‘Z’: These are not covered by classification as X or Y cities or towns, which are all classified as Z class.
Note: * As per the DoE OM dated 7 July 2017, the rates of HRA will not be less than Rs. Rs. 5400, Rs. 3600, and Rs. 1800 at X, Y, and Z class cities respectively.