Re-classification of cities/towns on the basis of 2011 Census grant of House Rent Allowance to Railway Employees
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)
RBE No.116/2015
No. E(P&A) II-2015/HRA-7
New Delhi, dated 24-09-2015
The General Managers/CAOs,All Indian Railways & Prod. Units etc.
Sub: Re-classification of cities/towns on the basis of 2011 Census grant of House Rent Allowance to Railway Employees.
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Attention is invited to Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2008/HRA-10
dated 12-09-2008 relating to grant of House Rent Allowance (HRA) to
Railway employees on the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay
Commission whereby a list of cities/towns classified as ‘X’, ‘Y’ and ‘Z’
for the purpose of grant of HRA was enclosed as Annexure. The matter
relating to re-classification of cities/towns on the basis of
Census-2011 for the purpose of grant of HRA to Central Government
employees has been considered by the Government.
2. The President is pleased to decide that in supersession of all
the existing orders relating to classification of cities/towns for the
purposes of grant of HRA to Railway employees, cities/towns shall now be
re-classified as ‘X’, ‘Y’ and ‘Z’ for the purpose of HRA as enumerated
in the Annexure to these orders
3. Consequent upon implementation of the recommendations of the 5th Central Pay Commission, certain cities/towns were placed in a lower classification as compared to their existing classification for CCA/HRA purpose, vide Board’s letter No.PC-V/97/I/7/13 dated 16.10.1997. However, these cities/towns were allowed to retain their existing higher classification, vide para 3 thereof; and further extended vide Board’s letter No.E(P&A)II-2004/HRA-16 dated 17.05.2005 & Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2008/HRA-10 dated 20.03.2009. As other cities/towns to which protection of retaining earlier higher classification was allowed, got upgraded during the intervening period, as on date only two cities i.e. Ajmer in Rajasthan and Durgapur in West Bengal were retaining such protection. Consequent upon upgradation of these two cities also on the basis of their population as per Census-2011, provisions contained in Para 3, of vide Board’s letter No. PC-V/97/I/7/13 dated 16.10.1997 which were allowed to further continue vide Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2004/HRA-16 dated 17.05.2005 & Board’s letter No. E(P&A)II-2008/HRA-10 dated 20.03.2009 stand withdrawn/ discontinued
4. Special orders allowing continuance of HRA (a) at Delhi (“X” class city) rates to Railway employees posted at Faridabad, Ghaziabad, NOIDA, Gurgaon and (b) at Jalandhar (“Y” class city) rates to Jalandhar Cantt. and (c) at “Y” class city rates to Shillong, Goa, Port Blair vide Board’s letter No.E(P&A)Il-2008/HRA-10 dated 12.09.2008 and (d) continuance of HRA at par with Chandigarh (“Y” class city) to Panchkula vide Board’s letter No.E(P&A)II-2008/HRA-10 dated 16.05.2011, shall continue to be applicable till the recommendations of 7th CPC are considered by the Government
5. These orders shall be effective from 01.04.2015
6. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
( Salim Md. Ahmad )
Deputy Director/E(P&A)II,
Railway Board.
ANNEXURE
To Board’s letter no.E(P&A)II-2015/HRA-7 dt.24.09.2015
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 (UV), Warangal (UA), Greater Visakhapatnam (M.Corpn.), Guntur (UA), Nellore (UA) |
3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | ||
4 | ASSAM | Guwahati (UA) | |
5 | BIHAR | Patna (UA) | |
6 | CHANDIGARH | Chandigarh (UA) | |
7 | CHATTISGARH | Durg-Bhilai Nagar (UA), Raipur (UA) | |
8 | DADRA & NAGARHAVELI | ||
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 | HIMACHALPRADESH | ||
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), Hubli-Dharwad (M.Corpn.),Mangalore (UA), Mysore (UA), Gulbarga (UA) |
18 | KERALA | Kozhikoda (UA), Kochi (UA), Thiruvanathapuram (UA), Thrissur (UA), Malappuram (UA), Kannur (UA), Kollam (UA) | |
19 | LAKSHADWEEP | ||
20 | MADHYAPRADESH | Gwalior (UA), Indore(UA), Bhopal (UA), Jabaipur (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), Vasaivirar city (M.Corpn.), Malegaon (UA), Nandad-Waghala (M.Corpn.), Sangli (UA). |
22 | MANIPUR | ||
23 | MEGHALAYA | ||
24 | MIZORAM | ||
25 | NAGALAND | ||
26 | ODISH | Cuttack (UA), Bhubaneswar (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 | SIKKAM | ||
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), Barcilly (UA), Lucknow (UA), Kanpur (UA), Allahabad (UA), Gorakhpur (UA), Varanasi (UA), Saharanpur (M.Corpn.), Noida* (CT), Firozabad (NPP), Jhansi (UA), |
Source: http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/establishment/E(P%26A)/2015/Houserentallow.pdf
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