7th Pay Commission HRA Calculator with Arrears from the expected date of revision

House Rent Allowance – 7th Pay Commission HRA Calculator to calculate the Revised HRA along with Arrears Calculation in the case of implementation of 7th CPC HRA for Central Government Employees retrospectively

As per recent media reports on 7th Pay Commission HRA and other allowances revision, after Allowances Committee under the chairmanship of Shri.Ashok Lavasa submitted its report to Govt, Empowered Committee Secretaries took over the task of finalising the Govt’s Decision before it gets a nod by Union Cabinet.  Though Govt did not announce officially, press reports including Press Trust of India (PTI) have reported that Empowered Committee of Secretaries have completed the final vetting of 7th Pay Commission Allowances Committee report and that Union Cabinet would take a final decision of the same soon.

 

Out of many allowances which 7th Pay Commission examined, HRA for Central Government Employees gains much significance as it is one of the common allowances applicable to almost all the employees except for whom Govt has provided accommodation.

Click here to read :7th Pay Commission allowances – Need for Examining Common allowances separately

In fact it is one of the Allowances which should have been revised from the date of implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations viz., 25th July 2016, as done by previous Pay Commissions.

NJCA, the Joint body of many Central Government Employees and Railway Unions / Federations have already demanded that revised HRA should be implemented with effect from the date of revision of 7th Pay Commission Pay i.e from 1st January 2016.

A revisit on 7th Pay Commission recommendations on Allowances and demand of Staff Side

In this background, we have come with a HRA Calculator that calculates revised HRA and month wise Arrears of HRA from the expected date from which revised HRA is implemented
Please note that this tool only estimates the HRA based on the rates contemplated / demanded by Staff Side from time to time. Actual increase in HRA will be known only after Govt implements 7th Pay Commission recommendations on allowances.
7th Pay Commission has recommended following HRA Structure

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	16
Below 5 lakh	Z	8

HRA when DA crosses 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 when DA crosses 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

However, It is widely expected that Allowances Committee would retain the HRA Rates of 30%, 20% and 10% for X, Y, and Z Class Cites respectively. Taking into account these factors we have provided option to select the HRA Rate, so that users can select the applicable rate based on the decision of the Govt to accept 7th Pay Commission recommendations on HRA.

Also calculate : 7th Pay Commission Calculator after issue of Gazette Notification for implementation of 7th CPC