Rajya Sabha - No Change In 7th CPC Fitment Factor and HRA - CGWN

Rajya Sabha - No Change In 7th CPC Fitment Factor and HRA - CGWN

Finmin Orders - Grant 0f Additional HRA To CG Employees

Grant of Additional House Rent Allowance to CG Employees – Finmin Order 14.8.2018

Railway Board - Admissibility Of HRA In The Event Of Non-Acceptance

Admissibility of HRA in the event of non-acceptance or surrender of Railway Residential Accommodation

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(Railway Board)

No. E(P&A)II/2017/HRA-3

New Delhi, dated 9.05.2018

The General Secretary

NFIR

3, Chelmsford Road,

New Delhi-110055

Sir,

Sub :- Admissibility of HRA in the event of non-acceptance or surrender of Railway Residential Accommodation – reg.

The undersigned is directed to refer to NFIR’s letter No.1/5 (c) Part II, dt. 16.01.2018 on the above subject and to state that the previous delegation of powers to GMs and other Heads of Organisations had expired on 31.03.2017 and it was incumbent on this office to review/renew the same.

The delegation of powers to GMs and others Head of Organizations was sanctioned in the year 1988 vide Board’s letter dt. 16.05.1988 (RBE No. 98/88). Since then it is being renewed continuously, the last (before issuing Board’s letter dt 15.01.2018) being reviewed in 2010 vide Board, letter dt. 08.12.2010 (RBE No.176/2010).

As regards the PNM/NFIR item No. 40/2012 it is stated that the issue raised in the item was to grant of HRA to the employee who have vacated the quarters w.e.f the date from which the employee had vacated the quarter which is different from the issue for which Federations have demanded to issue corrigendum. The PNM/NFIR item No.40/2012 is still under consideration in PNM forum and not finalized yet.

Yours faithfully,

sd/-

for Secretary / Railway Board

Source: NFIR

Karnataka - Revision Rates Of HRA

Revised Rates of HRA for Karnataka Govt Employees

Revised Rates of HRA admissible in the Revised Pay Scale with effect from 1st April 2018

HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE: The classification of cities and other places for the purpose of House Rent Allowance as per the existing orders shall continue to be in force until further orders. However, the different rates of HRA admissible in the revised pay scale with effect from 1st April 2018 are as indicated in column (3) of the table below. Orders contained in Column (3) of the table in para (1) of Government Order No.FD 6 SRP 2015 dated: 04.07.2015 shall stand modified to this extent :-

All other conditions stipulated in Government Order No.FD 18 SRP 2012 dated: 19.10.2012 for grant of House Rent Allowance shall continue to apply.

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Railway Board - Admissibility Of House Rent Allowance In The Event Of Non-Acceptance Or Surrender Of Railway Residential Accommodation

Admissibility of House Rent Allowance in the event of non-acceptance or surrender of railway residential accommodation

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

RBE No. 05/2018

New Delhi, dated : 15.01.2018

No.E(P&A)II-2017/HRA-3

The General Managers,

All Indian Railways & Production Units etc

Sub : Admissibility of House Rent Allowance in the event of non-acceptance or surrender of railway residential accommodation.

Ref : Board’s letters No. (i) No. E(P&A)II-87/HRA-15, dated 16-5-1988,

(ii) No. E(P&A)11-95/HRA-3, dated 14-2-1996,

(iii) No. E(P&A)11-99/HRA-2, dated 12-7-1999 & 16-3-2000,

(iv) No. E(P&A)II-2002/HRA-4, dated 16-10-2002,

(v) No. E(P&A)11-2002/HRA-4, dated 9-5-2003 and,

(vi) No. E(P&A)II-2010/HRA-2, dated 08-12-2010

Attention is invited to Board’s letters quoted above delegating powers to the General Managers and other Heads of Organisations directly controlling allotment of quarters to Railway Servants for sanction of House Rent Allowance in accordance with the prescribed conditions to the categories of Railway Employees specified therein. This delegation of powers was valid upto 31.03.2017.

2.The question of renewing this delegation of powers beyond 31.03.2017 has been engaging the attention of the Board. On the basis of the reports received from the Zonal Railways and Production Units, the matter has been considered and the Board have decided to renew the sanction contained in para 5 of their letter dated 16.5.1988 ibid and as amended/modified from time to time, w.e.f 01.04.2017 upto 31.03.2024 where after the question of renewing this delegation will be considered by the Board and a fresh sanction, if necessary, issued on the basis of reports received from the General Managers etc., directly controlling allotment of quarters, in regard to the position of availability of Railway accommodation under their control.

3. In case at any point of time it transpires that some accommodation is likely to remain vacant/un-occupied due to lack of demand, it should be made compulsory to submit applications for such types where there is surplus accommodation, and consequently, the employees entitled for such types would not be eligible to draw House Rent Allowance.

4. This delegation is also subject to the over-riding, condition that these orders are liable to be withdrawn/modified at any time during this period, if it is considered necessary by the Board to do so.

5. This has the approval of the President and issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

6. Kindly acknowledge receipt.

sd/-

(Salim Md. Ahmed)

Deputy Director, Estt.(P&A)II,

Railway Board

Source: AIRF

Mod Orders - 7th CPC House Rent Allowance (HRA) To Armed Forces Personnel

House Rent Allowance (HRA) to Armed Forces Personnel – MoD Orders dt. 11.10.2017

Implementation of 7th CPC Recommendations for grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) to Armed Forces Personnel

No.3(1)/2015-D(Q&C)

Government of India

Ministry of Defence

New Delhi,

Dated 11th October, 2017

To

The Chief of the Army Staff

The Chief of the Naval Staff

The Chief of the Air Staff

Subject: Implementation of 7th CPC Recommendations for grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) to Armed Forces Personnel.

Sir,

I am directed to say that consequent on the decisions of the Government on the recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission, the President is pleased to decide for grant of HRA to Armed Forces Personnel in partial modification of MoD letter No.10(55)/98/D(Q&C) dated 18th November, 2008 as amended from time to time that the admissibility of 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%

2. The list of cities/towns classified as X, Y and Z vide Ministry of Finance, Dept. of Expenditure OM No.2/5/2017- E.II(B) dated 7th July, 2017 for the purpose of grant

of HRA is enclosed as Annexure to these orders.

3. The rates of HRA will not be less than Rs.5400/-, 3600/- & 1800/- at X, Y & Z class cities respectively.

4. 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%.

5. 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), Military Service Pay (MSP) etc. or any other type of pay like special pay etc..

6. Special orders on continuance of HRA at Delhi eX’ 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 MoF O.M. No.2/5/2014-D.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. Other terms and conditions governing ERA to Armed Forces will remain unchanged.

8. 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).

9. The revised rates of the above allowances Vi/ill be effected from 1st” July, 2017.

10. This issues with the concurrence of the Ministry of Defence (Finance/Works) vide their ID No.363/Fin/W-II/17 dated 10.10.2017.

Yours Faithfully,

sd/-

(Girish Chandra Srivastava)

Dy. Director

 Order Copy

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House Rent Allowance To Defence Forces

House Rent Allowance to Defence Personnel

House Rent Allce. Matrix for House Rent Allce has been introduced. The Matrix is given below:-

An employee with dependents, during field posting or staying in Barracks as functional requirement will be eligible for accommodation for his dependents anywhere in the country.

* Provided government accommodation is not available for the dependents at Selected Place of Residence. If government accommodation is available, no HRA is payable.

** Reduced HRA means rate of HRA applicable reduced by 5 percent. However, the reduced amount cannot be less than the lowest rate of HRA applicable to Class Z cities/towns. Allowance is available provided employee is required to stay in barracks as a functional requirement and government accommodation is not available for the dependents at Selected Place of Residence. If employee is staying in barracks by choice or government accommodation is available at Selected Place of Residence, no HRA is payable.

@ Reduced HRA means rate of HRA applicable reduced by 5%. However, the reduced amount cannot be less than the lowest rate of HRA applicable to Class Z cities/towns. Allowance is available provided employee is required to stay in Barracks as a functional requirement. If employee is staying in Barracks by choice, no HRA is payable.

# Provided government accommodation is not available, else no HRA is payable.

Classification of Cities	Rate
X	24%  of   Basic Pay
Y	16%  of   Basic Pay
Z	8%  of   Basic Pay

Note :-  (a) HRA shall not be less than Rs 5,400 per month, Rs 3,600 per month and Rs 1,800 per month calculated @30% of minimum pay for X (population of 50 lakh & above), 20% for Y (5 to 50 lakh) and 10% for Z (below 5 lakh) category of cities respectively.

(b) HRA shall be revised to 27%, 18% & 9% of Basic Pay in X, Y & Z cities when Dearness Allowance (DA) crosses 25% and further to 30%, 20% and 10% of Basic Pay in X, Y & Z cities when DA crosses 50%.

HRA Calculation For Income Tax Exemption

House Rent Allowance Calculation for Tax Exemption

House Rent Allowance is a Tax Free Income under Section 10(13A) of the Income-tax Act, subject to the following conditions

House rent allowance [Section 10(13A)] of the Income-tax Act

As per section 10(13A), read with rule 2A of the Income-tax Act, the exemption in respect of HRA will be lower of the following amounts:

(1) 50% of salary, when residential house is situated at Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi or Chennai and 40% of salary where residential house is situated at any other place.

(2) HRA actually received by the employee in respect of the period during which rental accommodation is occupied by the employee during the previous year.

(3) Rent paid in excess of 10% of salary.

Salary will include basic salary, dearness allowance forming part of salary while computing all retirement benefits and commission based on fixed percentage of turnover achieved by the employee. Apart from this, salary for this purpose does not include any other allowances/perquisites.

Salary for this purpose shall be computed on due basis in respect of period during which the accommodation is occupied by the employee in the previous year. Hence, any payments not pertaining to the previous year or not pertaining to the period of occupation of the accommodation shall be excluded

[As amended by Finance Act, 2017]

Railway Board - 7th CPC Additional HRA For Railway Employees

7th CPC-Additional HRA for Railway Employees

Implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission-Additional House Rent Allowance (HRA) for Railway Employees serving in the states of North Eastern Region, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands and Ladakh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

RBE No.165/2017

New Delhi, dated 08.11.2017

S.No.PC-VII/75

No.E(P&A)II-2017/HRA-9

The General Managers/CAOs,

All Indian Railways & Production Units.

Sub:-Implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission-Additional House Rent Allowance (HRA) for Railway Employees serving in the states of North Eastern Region, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands and Ladakh.

Consequent upon revision of the rates of House Rent Allowance (HRA) granted to the Railway employees on implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission vide Board’s letter No.E(P&A)II-2017/HRA-7, dated 19-07-2017 (RBE No.71/2017), in modification of Board’s letter No.E(P&A)II/83/HRA-29, dated 30.06.1984 and Board’s letter No.E(P&A)II-2008/HRA-14, dated 25.02.2009 (RBE No.41/2009) on the subject mentioned above, additional HRA shall be granted to the Railway employees posted to states of North Eastern Region, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands and Ladakh, who leave their families behind at their old duty station at revised rates as per Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2017/HRA-7, dated 19-07-2017.

2.These orders will not be applicable to such employees who were transferred out of North Eastern Region, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands and Ladakh before 01.07.2017.

3.These orders shall take effect from 1st July, 2017.

4.This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

s/d,

(Salim Md. Ahmed)

Dy.Director/E(P&A)-II

Railway Board.

Source: NFIR

7th CPC - Family HRA To Defence Personnel In The Committee Report

7th CPC - Family HRA To Defence Personnel In The Committee Report

7th Pay Commission Family HR Allowance 

Family HR Allowance (Para 8.7.31)

Existing Provisions: This allowance is granted to Central Government servants posted in NE region to compensate for the cost of stay of their families at the last place of posting. In lieu of this allowance employees are allowed to retain their houses at last place of posting and allowed to draw HRA in NE region as well.

Recommendations of 7th CPC: This allowance should be extended to postings in the Island territories of Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep also.

Demand:

Ministry of Defence: „In principle‟ extension of Family HRA to the Armed Forces may be given and the further specifics will be worked out by the MoD.

Analysis and Recommendations of the Committee:

The Committee notes that the facility of retaining accommodation for family of the officer at a station of choice when going on a field posting anywhere in India is already there for Defence forces. Moreover, the demand is not linked to any change recommended by the 7th CPC in this regard. The recommendations of the 7th CPC on Family HR Allowance may, therefore, be accepted without any change

Source: http://www.doe.gov.in

7th CPC - Committee Report Of The House Rent Allowance (HRA)

7Tth CPC - Committee Report Of The House Rent Allowance (HRA)

House Rent Allowance (HRA) : Report of the Committee on Allowances

House Rent Allowance (HRA) (Para 8.7.3-16)

Existing Provisions: HRA is paid @30, 20 and 10 percent for X class (50 Lakh & above), Y class (5 to 50 lakh) and Z class (below 5 lakh) cities respectively.

At present, in the case of those drawing either NPA or MSP or both, HRA is being paid as a percentage of BP+NPA or BP+MSP or BP+NPA+MSP respectively.

Recommendations of 7th CPC: It has been retained and rationalized. After applying a multiplication factor of 0.8, the rates have been revised downwards to 24 percent, 16 percent and 8 percent of the Basic Pay for X, Y and Z class cities, respectively.

The rate of HRA will be revised to 27 percent, 18 percent and 9 percent when DA crosses 50 percent, and further revised to 30 percent, 20 percent and 10 percent when DA crosses 100 percent. Add-ons like NPA, MSP, etc. should not be included while working out HRA.

Demands:

I. National Council (Staff Side), JCM: HRA may be retained @30%, 20% and 10% for X, Y and Z cities respectively as the Commission has taken unreliable statistics to determine HRA, which has been reduced by a multiplication factor of 0.8 to 24%, 16% and 8% for X, Y and Z cities respectively.

II. CAG, Civil Aviation, M/o Health & FW, M/o HRD – D/o of Higher Education, MEA, Coal, DAE, DRDO, Dep. Of Space, CVC: Retain the allowance at the existing rates.

III. M/o of Law & Justice- D/o Justice: Cities having population of more than 1 crore may be granted HRA @ 30%.

Analysis and Recommendations of the Committee: The Committee has the following observations on the recommendations of the 7th CPC on HRA:

(I) HRA rates have been revised downwards by applying the multiplication factor of 0.8 applied by the 7th CPC on all percentage- based allowances. This was done to neutralise the significant increase in the Basic Pay. All fixed allowances have only been given an inflation indexed increase by the 7th CPC. While the 7th CPC has not explicitly stated how the multiplication factor of 0.8 has been arrived at anywhere in the Report, it may be seen that factoring in the expected Dearness Allowance of 125% on 01.01. 2016 would have yielded a multiplication factor of 0.875 which may have been rounded off to 0.8.

(II) On the 7th CPC recommendation that the rate of HRA will be revised to 27%, 18% and 9% when DA crosses 50 percent and further revised to 30%, 20% & 10% when DA crosses 100%, the Committee is of the view that given the inflation rates since January 2016 and the RBI policy on inflation, the DA rates might not go beyond 50% in the next 10 years.

(III) While the rents for residential accommodation have not gone up significantly in the recent past and might also have fallen in some areas, the HRA at the rates recommended by the 7th CPC at the lower levels might not continue to be adequate as per the prevailing market rent.

In view of these observations, the Committee has deliberated upon the following three options which separately, or in combination, can be suggested by way of modifications to the 7th CPC recommendations:

Option (i): Having regard to submissions made before it stating that towards the later part of the ten year period, HRA compensation falls considerably short of requirement, the 7th CPC has recommended that the rate of HRA will be revised to 27 percent, 18 percent and 9 percent when DA crosses 50 percent, and further revised to 30 percent, 20 percent and 10 percent when DA crosses 100 percent. However, considering the present inflation rate, the rate of increase of the Dearness Allowance and future inflation projections, it appears unlikely that DA rates will reach 100 % in the ten year period. Taking this into consideration, the Committee considered that the timing of the upward revisions in HRA rates proposed by the 7th CPC may be advanced as under:

This would have no immediate financial implication and the 1st revision, as per the current trend of increase in DA, is expected to occur in July, 2018. Accordingly, additional annual financial implication in July, 2018 will be approximately ₹1850 crore. The additional financial implication in the second, third and fourth revision will also be

approximately ₹1850 crore per annum.

Option (ii): Instead of advancing the full restoration of HRA rates, the Committee considered splitting the revisions proposed by 7th CPC as under:

The financial implication would be similar as in Option (i) except that the timing of the revision would undergo a change.

Option (iii): It has been pointed out that at the recommended rates, HRA at the minimum level might not be sufficient. The minimum HRA calculated at the entry level of Level 1for X, Y and Z category cities at the rates recommended by the 7th CPC will be ₹4320, ₹2880 and ₹1440 respectively. The Committee considered recommending that the HRA at the rates recommended by the 7th CPC may be subject to a floor which may be fixed at ₹5400, ₹3600 and ₹1800 per month, calculated at 30%, 20% and 10% of the minimum pay for X, Y and Z category cities respectively. This will benefit employees in Levels 1, 2 and 3.

The additional financial implication is estimated to be ₹ 385.00 crore and around 7.70 lakh employees shall be benefited. After a detailed consideration of the above options, the Committee recommended that either only option (iii) or option (iii) in combination with option (ii) be accepted. A final decision in this regard may be taken by E-CoS.

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REPORT COPY

7th CPC HRA For TN Govt Employees - Recloassification Of Cities And Towns

TN 7th CPC HRA – Reclassification of Cities and Towns

RECLASSIFICATION OF CITIES/TOWNS

The present prevailing different grades shall be retained and some cities/towns shall be upgraded and reclassified for the eligibility of House Rent Allowance in different grades as detailed below:

7th CPC For TN Govt Employees - Revised Rates Of HRA In Liew Of Free Quarters

TN 7CPC HRA – Revised Rates of HRA in Lieu of Free Quarters

REVISED RATES OF HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE IN LIEU OF FREE QUARTERS

Higher rates of House Rent Allowance are admissible to employees entitled for rent free quarters but not provided with quarters. The revised rate of House Rent Allowance in lieu of rent free quarters shall be as follows:-

7th CPC For TN Govt Employees - Revised Rates Of City Compensatory Allowance

TN 7CPC  – Revised Rates of City Compensatory Allowance

REVISED RATE OF CITY COMPENSATORY ALLOWANCE

The cities of Tiruppur and Erode, which was classified as ‘Y’ by Government of India for the purpose of House Rent Allowance shall also be included for City Compensatory Allowance. Accordingly, revised rates of City Compensatory Allowance (CCA) for employees in different pay ranges in the revised pay structures shall be as follows:

Revised House Rent Allowance For TN Govt Employees

7th CPC HRA : Revied Rates for TN Govt Employees

House Rent Allowance Table for Tamil Naud Government Employees

HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE TO TN GOVT EMPLOYEES – Revised Rates
		Existing Rates		Revised Rates
Grade	Classification of Cities/Towns	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
I(a)	Chennai and Periphery areas of 32 Km.	500	3500	1300	8300
I(b)	Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy, Salem, Erode and Periphery areas of 16 Km.	300	1800	700	4300
II	Classified as ‘C Grade’ Cities Ambur, Arakonam. Other Corporations, Special Grade Municipalities and Periphery areas of 8 Km.	240	1400	600	3200
III	Other Municipalities and Local Headquarters	160	1000	400	2200
IV	Other 0Places	120	400	250	850

Commissionerate of Municipal Administration

 

List of Municipalities in Tamil Nadu Grade Wise Report

Click to know the Special Grade, Selection Grade, Grade I and Grade II Municipalities

Grant Of House Rent Allowance To Railway Employees - 7th CPC

Seventh central Pay Commission relation to grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) to Railway employees.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

RAILWAY BOARD

S.No.PC-VII/24

RBE No.71/2017

No.E(P&A)II-2017/HRA-7

New Delhi, dated 19-07-2017

The General Managers/CAOs

All Indian Railways & Prod. Units etc.

Sub: Decision of the Government on the recommendations of the Seventh central Pay Commission relation to grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) to Railway employees.

Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of the seventh Central Pay Commission relating to House Rent Allowance (HRA), the president is pleased to decide that, in modification of Railway Board’s letter No.PC-65/HRA-1/3 dated 21.7.1965 as amended from time to time, letter No.E(P&A)II-2008/HRA-10 dated 12.09.2008 and letter No.E(P&A)II-2015/HRA-7 dated 244.09.2015, the admissibility of 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%

2. The rates of HRA will not be less than Rs.5400/-, 3600/- and 1800/- at X,Y, & Z class cities respectively.

3. The rates of HRA will be revised to 27%, 18% and 9% for X, Y and Z class cities respectively when Dearness Allowance (DA) crosses 25% and further revised to 30%, 20%, and 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) etc. or any other type of pay like special pay, etc.

5. In the case of running staff HRA will continue to be calculated on the basic pay plus 30% Pay element till further orders.

6. The list of Cities classified as X, Y and Z issued vide Board’s letter No.E(P&A)II-2015/HRA-7 dated 24.09.2015, for the purpose of grant of House Rent Allowance is enclosed as annexure to these orders.

7. Special orders on continuance of HRA at Delhi (‘X’ class city) rates to railway 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 which have been allowed to continue vide Para ‘4’ of this Ministry,s letter No.E(P&A) II-2015/HRA-7 dated 24.09.2015 and S.A.S Nagar (Mohali) at par with Chandigarh (‘Y’ class city) vide Ministry’s letter No.E(P&A)II-2015/HRA-7 dated 12.05.2017 , shall continue till further orders.

8. All other conditions governing grant of HRA under existing orders shall continue to apply.

9. These order shall be effective from 1st July, 2017.

10. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

Salim Md.Ahmed)

Deputy Director/E(P&A)II,

Railway Board.

To Board’s letter no.E(P&A)II-2017/HRA-7 dt.19.07.2017

LIST OF CITIES/TOWNS CLASSIFIED FOR GRANT OF

HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE TO RAILWAY EMPLOYEES

SI.No	STATES/UNION TERRITORIS	CITIES CLASSIFIED AS “X”	CITIES CLASSFIED AS “Y”
1.	ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS	———–	————-
2.	ANDHRA PRADESH/ TELANGANA	Hyderabad(UA)	Vijayawada(UA), Warangal (UA), Greater Visakhapatnam (M.Corpn.), Guntur (UA), Nellore (UA).
3.	ARUNACHALA PRADESH	————	———–
4.	ASSAM	————	Guwahati (UA).
5.	BIHAR	——–	Patna(UA).
6.	CHANDIGARH	———-	Chandigarh(UA).
7.	CHATTISGARH	———-	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.	HIMACHALA PRADESH	———–	———–
15	JAMMU & KASHMIR	———-	Srinagar (UA), Jammu (UA).
16.	JHARKHAND	———–	Jamshedpur (UA), Dhanbad (UA), Ranchi (UA), Bokaro Steel City(UA).
17.	KARNATAKA	Bangalore/Bengaluru (UA)	Belgaum (UA), Hubali (UA), Thiruvanathapuram (UA), Thrissur (UA), Malappuram (UA), Kannur (UA), Kollam (UA).
19.	LAKSHADWEEP	—————-	————–
20.	MADHYA PRADESH	—————	Kozhikode (UA), Hubli-Dharwad (M.Corpn.), Mangalore (UA), Mysore (UA), Malappuram (UA),
21.	MAHARASHTRA	————-	Gwalior (UA), Indore (UA), Bhobal (UA), Jabalpur (UA), Ujjain (M.Corpn.).
22.	MANIPUR	———–	———
23	MEGHALAYA	———–	———
24	MIZORAM	———–	———
25	NAGALAND	———–	———
26	ODISHA	———–	Cuttack (UA), Bhubaneswar (UA), Raurkela (UA)
27	PUDUCHERRY	———-	Puducherry/ Pondicherry (UA)
28	PUNJAB	———	Amritsar (UA), Jalandhar (UA), Ludhiana (UA).
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), Ghazibad* (UA), Aligarh (UA), Agra (UA), Bareilly (UA), Allahabad (UA), Gorakhpur (UA), Varanasi (UA), Saharanpur (M.Corpn), Noida * (CT), Firozabad (NPP), Jhansi (UA).
34	UTTARAKHAND	——–	Dehradun (UA).
35	WEST BENGAL	Kolkata (UA)	Asansol (UA), Silguero (UA), Durgapur (UA).

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