Revised List of Classification of Cities for HRA – Updated as on May 2015

S.No

STATES

CITIES CLASSIFIED AS “X”

CITIES CLASSIFIED AS “Y”

1

Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad

(UA)

Vijawada(UA), Warangal(UA), Visakhapatnam(UA),

Guntur, Nellore (UA)

2

Assam

Guwahati(UA)

3

Bihar

Patna(UA)

4

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

5

Chhattisgarh

Durg-Bhilai Nagar(UA),  Raipur(UA)

6

Delhi

Delhi(UA)

7

Gujarat

Rajkot(UA), Jamnagar(UA),

Bhavnagar(UA), Vadodara(UA), Sutat(UA)

8

Haryana

Faridabad*, Gurgaon (UA)

9

Jammu &

Kashmir

Srinagar(UA), Jammu(UA)

10

Jharkhand

Jamshedpur(UA),  Dhanbad(UA),  Ranchi(UA), Bokaro Steel City

11

Karnataka

Bengaluru

(UA)

Belgaum(UA), Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore(UA),

Mysore(UA), Gulbarga (UA)

12

Kerala

Khozhikode(UA), Kochi(UA), Thiruvanthapuram(UA), Thrissur (UA), Malappuram (UA), Kannur(UA), Kollam (UA)

13

Madhya

Pradesh

Gwalior(UA), Indore(UA), Bhopal(UA),

Jabalpur(UA), Ujjain (M. Coprn.)

14

Maharashtra

Greater

Mumbai(UA), Pune (UA)

Amravati, Nagpur(UA), Aurangabad(UA),

Nashik(UA), Bhiwandi(UA), Solapur,

Kolhapur(UA), Vasai-Virar City (M. Corpn.), Malegaon (UA), Nanded-Waghala (M.Corp.), Sangli (UA)

15

Orissa

Cuttack(UA), Bhubaneswar(UA), Raurkela (UA)

16

Punjab

Amritsar(UA), Jalandhar(UA),Ludhiana

17

Pondicherry

Pondicherry(UA)

18

Rajasthan

Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur(UA), Kota(UA), Ajmer (UA)

19

Tamil Nadu

Chennai (UA)

Salem(UA), Tiruppur (UA), Coimbatore(UA),

Tiruchirappalli (UA), Madurai(UA), Erode (UA)

20

Uttarakhand

Dehradun(UA)

21

Uttar Pradesh

Moradabad, Meerut(UA), Ghaziabad*, Aligarh,

Agra(UA), Bareilly(UA), Lucknow(UA), Kanpur(UA),

Allahabad(UA), Gorakhpur, Varanasi(UA), Saharanpur**, Noida (CT), Firozabad (NPP), Jhansi (UA)

22

West Bengal

Kolkata(UA)

Asansol (UA), Siliguri (UA), Durgapur (UA)

Classification of Cities/Towns

Rates of House Rent Allowance As a percentage of (Basic pay +

NPA where applicable)

X

30%

Y

20%

Z

10%