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withdrawn/ discontinued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
