try of Finance Department of Expenditure E.I(B) Branch Subject:- Implementation of recommendations of 7" CPC relating tothe grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) to Central Government employee ~ effective rate of HRA w.e.f. 01.07.2021 ~ reg. Ofo Controller General of Accounts may refer to their ID Note No. TA-2- 01001/3/2020-TA-1INE-4434)/610 dated 02.08.2021 seeking clarification whether a separate order is to be issued by Dio Expenditure for grant of increased House Rent Allowance to Central Government Employees or not with the increase of Dearess Allowance from 17% 10 28% wef. 01.07.2021 2 The matter has been examined in this Department and it is clarified that this Department's OM No. 2/5/2017-E.I(B) dated 07.07.2017(copy enclosed) is very clear and ‘no separate order is being issued by Department of Expenditure 3 This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority. Enel, As above o. -eqeepe>? (Nirmala Dev) Director (EG) Sr. Acctts. Officer (TA-II), O/o CGA, Mahalekha Niyantrak Bhawan, INA, New Delhi Mio Finance, Dio Expenditure ID Note No. 2/5/2017-E.1(B) Pt., dated 04.08.2021a No, 215/2017-£.1i(B) A Government of india Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure New Delhi, 7° July, 2017, OFFICE MEMORANDUM lating to grant of Subject:- Implementation of recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission House Rent Allowance (HRA) 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 Minsty’'s O.M, No.2{37)-€.1NBV84 dated 27.11.1965 as amended from time to tme, OM. No.2(13Y2008-E(2) dated 29.08.2008 and O.M. No.2/5/2014-£. ik) ated 21.07.2015, tne admissibiity of House Rent Alowanca (HRA) shall be as under.- Ciassification of Cities/Towns Rale of House Rent Aliowance per month as a percentage | orBasicPayony = * “po 2 The rates of HRA will nat be iess than Rs S40O/-, 3600) & T600I- at X, Y & Z class cites respectively 3, The rates of HRA will be revisad to 27% 18% & 9% for X, Y & Z class cities respectively when Deamess DA crosses 50% Aliowance (DA) crosses 25% and further revised to 30%, 20% & 103% 4. The term “basic payin the revded pay structure means the pay drawn In the prescribed pay levels inthe Pay Matrix and does net include Nor-Practisng Alowance (NPA), Miltary Sevce Pay (MSP), etc. or any other ype of pay lke special pay, et, 5. The list of cies classified as ‘X,Y’ and 'Z' vide DoE’s OM. No.2/6/2014-£.lI@) dated 21.07.2018, for the purpose of grant of House Rent Allowance is encosed as Anriexure to these orders. 6 Special orders on continuance of HRA at Delhi (*X' class cy) rates to Central Government employees posted at Faridabad, Ghaziabad, NOIDA and Gurgaon, af Jalandhar ("Y" cass cy) rates to Jalandhar Cant, at "Y" class cty rates to Snllong, Goa & Port Bair and HRA at gar with Chancigarh ('Y" class cily) to Panchkula, SAS. Nagar (Mohali) which have been allowed to continue vide Para’ ofthis Ministry's O.M. No.2/5/2014-€.1(B) dated 21.07.2016 and O.M, No. 2/2/2016-E.(8) dated 03.02.2017, shall continue tt further orders 7. Ailcther conditions governing grant of HRA under existing orders, shall continue to apply. 8 These orders shall be effective from 1* July, 2017. 9. The orders wil apply to al clan employees of the Central Government. The orders wil also be applicable the civlian employees paid from the Defence Services Estimates In respect of Armed Forces personnel and Ralway employees, separate orders wil be issued by the Ministry of Defence: and the Ninstry of Railways, respectively 10. In so far as the persons serving in the Indan Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of india Find! version is attached one (Annie George Mathew) Joint Secretary to the Government of India To AN Ministries and Departments ofthe Govt. of India otc as per standard distribution list. Copy to: CRAG and U.P.S.,- te, as por standard endorsement istSOO LIST OF CITIES/TOWNS CLASSIFIED FOR GRANT OF HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ANNEXURE To O.M. No.2/5/2017-E.1(B) dated 07.¢ 2017. (Si. | STATES/ UNION No. | TERRITORIES (1 T ANDAMAN & CITIES CLASSIFIED AS Hy" CITIES CLASSIFIED | ASK | |__| NICOBAR ISLANDS __ ote |2. | ANDHRA PRADESH! [Hyderabad (UA) _ Vijayawada (UA), Warangal | || TELANGANA | | (UA), Greater Visakhapatnam | | | (M.Corpn.), Guntur (UA), eal | He {Nellore (UA) 3 | ARUNACHAL j as 1 sea | | PRADESH Be eee aia ae 4. | ASSAM = __| Guwahati (UA) 5. BIHAR Patna (UA) 6. CHANDIGARH ____[ Chandigarh (UA) 7. CHHATTISGARH = | Durg-Bhilai Nagar (UA), | i ane |Raipur(VA) ho 8. | DADRA & NAGAR ne | _| HAVEL! LL 9. |DAMAN& DIU [mens 10._| DELHI a 11 [ GOA - ai = | 12. | GUJARAT ‘Ahmadabad (UA) | Rajkot (UA), Jamnagar (UA), | | | Bhavnagar (UA), | Seer | Vadodara (UA), Surat (UA) _ 13 HARYANA Faridabad*(M.Corpn)), | | (14 HIMACHAL PRADESH [75._/ JAMMU & KASHMIR [76 JHARKHAND eel (97) KARNATAKA le "78. | KERALA {| 49. {LAKSHADWEEP 20. |MADHYA PRADESH | | Gurgaon*(UA) sal _~7Stinagar (UA), Jammu (UA) | Jamshedpur (UA). Dhanbad (UA), Ranchi (UA), Seas | Bokaro Steel City (UA) Bengalore/Bengaluru | Belgaum (UA), Hubli Dharwad (UA) | (M.Corpn.), Mangalore (UA), _____| Mysore (UA), Gulbarga (UA) | Koztkode (UB), Koch (UA), Thiruvanathapuram (UA), | Thrissur (UA), Malappuram UA), Kannur (UA), Kollam (UA) | ears | Guaiior Gay, Indore (UA), | Bhopal (UA), Jabalpur (UA), ~ | jain (M.Corpn)aa 6— [Sl | STATES/ UNION” |. Cmes T CITIES CLASSIFIED ~ No. | TERRITORIES | CLASSIFIED As“y" | = a AS *X” | | 24, | MAHARASHTRA | Greater Mumbai Amravati (M.Corpn.), Nagpur (UA), (UA), Aurangabad (UA), Nashik | Pune (UA) | (UA), Bhiwandi (UA), Solapur | (M.Corpn.), Kolhapur (UA), | | Vasai-Virar City (M. Corpn.), | Malegaon (UA), | | Nanded-Waghala (M.Corpn), | Sangli (UA) - MANIPUR x a MEGHALAY) oe (24. | MIZORAM 25, | NAGALAND a a [26. | ODISHA | a Gultack (UA), Bhubaneswar Ue ee ee aN ia | (UA), Raurkela (UA) _ 27. | PUDUCHERRY | a | Puducherry/Pondicherry (UA) | (PONDICHERRY) | Sait eae (28. PUNJAB 1 = Amritsar (UA), Jalandhar (UA), | __| Ludhiana (M. Copen.) \ 29. | RAJASTHAN | Bikaner (M.Corpn.), Jaipur | (M.Corpn.}, Jodhpur (UA), Kota Be et Bae | (M.Corpn.), Ajmer (UA) | | 31. | TAMIL NADU | Chennai (UA) ‘Salern (UA), Tiruppur (U | | Coimbatore (UA), Tiruchirappalli | i — = | (UA), Madurai (UA), Erode (UA) | L ee | 33. | UTTAR PRADESH - | { a Moradabad (M.Corpn,), Meerut | (UA), Ghaziabad*(UA), | | Aligarh(UA), Agra (UA), Bareilly | (UA), Lucknow (UA), Kanpur (UA), Allahabad (UA), | Gorakhpur (UA), Varanasi (UA), | j Saharanpur (M.Corpn.), Noida” | | (CT), Firozabad (NPP), Jhansi | es Lua) 34. | UTTARAKHAND = ~__| Dehradun | WEST BENGAL ‘olkata (UA) ‘Asansol (UA), Siiguri (UA), é | Durgapur (UA) _ zeal * Only for the purpose of extending HRA on the basis of dependency. NOTE ‘The remaining citiestowns in various States/UTs which are not covered by classification as “X” or “Y”, are classified as "2" for the purpose of HRA.