7th CPC House Rent Allowance – Finance Ministry issued orders with Classification of Cities

7th CPC House Rent Allowance – Finance Ministry issued orders with Classification of Cities
Implementation of the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission relating to grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) to Central Government employees

No.2/5/2017-E.II(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

New Delhi, 7th July 2017

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Implementation of recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission relating to grant of House Rent Allowance to Central Government employees.

Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission, the President is pleased to decide that, in modification of this Ministry’s O.M. No.2(37)-E.II(B)/64 dated 27.11.1965 as amended from time to time, O.M. No.2(13)/2008-E.II(B) dated 29.08.2008 and O.M. No.2/5/2014-E.II(B) dated 21.07.2015, the admissibility of House Rent Allowance (HRA) shall be as under:-
Classification of Cities/Towns
Rate of House Rent Allowance per month
as a percentage of Basic Pay only
X
24 %
Y
16%
Z
8%
3. The rates of HRA will be revised to 27%, 18% & 9% for X, Y & Z class cities respectively when Dearness Allowance (DA) crosses 25% and further revised to 30%, 20% & 10% when DA crosses 50%.
4. The term “basic pay” in the revised pay structure means the pay drawn in the prescribed pay levels in the Pay Matrix and does not include Non-Practising Allowance (NPA), Militiary Service Pay (MSP), etc or any other type of pay like special pay etc.
5. The list of cities classified as ‘X’, ‘Y’ and ‘Z’ vide DoE’s O.M. No.2/5/2014-E.II(B) dated 21.07.2015, for the purpose of grant of House Rent Allowance is enclosed as Annexure to these orders.
6. 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) which have been allowed to continue vide Para ‘4’ of this Ministry’s O.M. No.2/5/2014-E.II(B) dated 21.07.2015 and O.M. No. 2/2/2016-E.II(B) dated 03.02.2017, shall continue till further orders.
7. All other conditions governing grant of HRA under existing orders shall continue to apply.
8. These orders shall be effective from 1st July 2017.
9. The orders will apply to all civilian employees of the Central Government. The orders will also be applicable to the civilian employees paid from the Defence Service Estimate. In respect of Armed Forces personnel and Railway employees, seperate orders will be issued by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Railways, respectively.
10. In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the comptroller & Auditor General of India.
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(Annie George Mathew)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India
Authority:www.doe.gov.in
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List of Cities / Towns Classified for 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/twon 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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