Seventh Pay Commission: In exact information for Central Govt Employees, the government may take a step to increase HRA (house rent allowance) by way of three per cent quickly, in keeping with reports. The HRA was previously revised in July 2021.

After the HRA hike, salary of Central Gov Staffs will see a hike in their in-hand salary. HRA is given primarily based on the town wherein the government personnel resides. House lease allowance (HRA) is for salaried individuals who live in rented homes, and is for expenses associated with lodging. It is split into three categories — X, Y and Z.

(i) ‘X’ is for regions with a population of 50 lakh and greater. As endorsed with the aid of the seventh Central Pay Commission (CPC), HRA is given at 24 in step with cent.

(ii) ‘Y’ is for areas with populace between 5 lakh and 50 lakh. It is given at 16 % of BP.
(iii) ‘Z’ is given where the populace is beneath five lakh. It is given at 8 per cent of basic wage.

According to the Department of Expenditure’s memorandum, “the amount of HRA can be revised to 27%, 18% , 9% according to class of city i.e X, Y & Z respectively, while dearness allowance (DA) crosses 25 per cent and further revised to 30 in keeping with cent, 20 in keeping with cent and 10 according to cent when DA crosses 50 in step with cent.

In January, the finance ministry up to date the House lease allowance (HRA) policies for the Kendra Sarkari employees underneath the 7th Pay Commission and said they’ll no longer be entitled to HRA in certain instances.

Read the Govt instruction on HRA related issues and increase of HRA on increase of DA :-

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