7th Pay Commission recommendation for House Rent Allowance (HRA)
Presently, HRA is payable at the following rates:
| Population of Cities/Towns |
Class of Cities/Towns |
HRA rates as % of Basic Pay (including MSP and NPA) |
| 50 lakh and above | X | 30 |
| 50–5 lakh | Y | 20 |
| Below 5 lakh | Z | 10 |
There are a large number of demands for paying HRA as a percentage of (Basic Pay + DA), instead of as a percentage of Basic Pay alone, as at present. Representations have also been received regarding enhancement of percentage rates and having only two classifications of Metros and Non-metros (instead of the present classification of X, Y and Z cities).
7th Pay Commission recommended following rates after taking various considerations
| Population of Cities/Towns |
Class of Cities/Towns |
HRA rates as % of Basic Pay (including MSP and NPA) |
| 50 lakh and above | X | 24 |
| 50–5 lakh | Y | 6 |
| Below 5 lakh | Z | 8 |
HRA – DA crosses above 50%
| Population of Cities/Towns |
Class of Cities/Towns |
HRA rates as % of Basic Pay (including MSP and NPA) |
| 50 lakh and above | X | 27 |
| 50–5 lakh | Y | 18 |
| Below 5 lakh | Z | 9 |
HRA – DA crosses above 100%
| Population of Cities/Towns |
Class of Cities/Towns |
HRA rates as % of Basic Pay (including MSP and NPA) |
| 50 lakh and above | X | 30 |
| 50–5 lakh | Y | 20 |
| Below 5 lakh | Z | 10 |
Currently, in the case of those drawing either NPA or MSP or both, HRA is being paid as a percentage of Basic Pay+NPA or Basic Pay+MSP or Basic Pay+NPA+MSP respectively. HRA is a compensation for expenses in connection with the rent of the residential accommodation to be hired/leased by the employee and is graded based on the level of the employee, and therefore should be calculated as a percentage of Basic Pay only. Add-ons like NPA, MSP, etc. should not be included while working out HRA
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HRA should be ,30% in metro cities as v r not getting house rent for present hra. In Calcutta,Delhi hyd it is very difficult. I request through u consider earlier %ages. In telangana state HRA is 30% at hyd.
not happy with the hra recommendations,there are thousands of people who stays in x class city and go to work in z class city(20-30kms far),how is it justified for those people to get only 8% hra??/? they are paying higher house rent
I don’t know how you calculate table for pay band 9300-34800
Please give calculations
My pay
Basic+grade pay
30340
Hi Murali
Please check the below link
http://www.igecorner.com/7th-pay-commission-salary-calculator/