AP PRC 2022 New HRA Slabs 8%-16%-24% HRA Slabs GO 1 New House Rent Allowance Calculation in PRC 2022 G.O.Ms.No.1, Finance (PC-TA) Department, dt:17.01.2022
House Rent Allowance in RPS PRC AP 2022
The Government, after careful examination, hereby sanction the House Rent Allowance ( HRA) to the employees of Government of Andhra Pradesh on par with the employees of Central Government, as detailed below: GSR INFO-www.gsrmaths.in
- Employees in cities having a population more than 50 lakh: 24% of basic pay
- Employees in cities having a population from 5 to 50 lakh: 16% of basic pay
- Employees in cities having a population up to 5 lakh: 8% of basic pay
Accordingly, the House Rent Allowance (HRA) shall be allowed as indicated against the Cities, Towns and other places, as detailed below:-
CLASSIFICATION OF HRA (% of the basic pay):- HRA 24%: Andhra Pradesh Bhavan & other Government of A.P offices in New Delhi & Hyderabad.
- HRA 16%: Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, , Guntur, Nellore, Vijayawada & Secretariat Departments at Velagapudi
- HRA 8%: Other places
The HRA rates shall be increased from 24%, 16% and 8% of the basic pay to 27%, 17.5% and 9% respectively when the Dearness Allowance exceeds 50% of the basic pay.
The HRA slabs mentioned above are calculated by adopting the population figures as per 2011 census.
The revised HRA rates are applicable to:
- Employees of the State Government.
- Employees of Local Bodies and Aided Institutions, including Aided Polytechnics, in respect of those drawing pay in regular pay scale in the Revised Pay Scales, 2022; and
- The Work-charged establishment in respect of those drawing pay in Revised Pay Scales of 2022.
The revised HRA rates shall not be applicable to the following categories of
employees, who shall continue to draw the allowance at the existing rates:
- Teachers working in the Universities, affiliated Degree Colleges both under Government and Aided managements who are drawing pay in the Andhra Pradesh Revised UGC/ ICAR/ AICTE Pay Scales;
- Officers belonging to All India Services (AIS).
The existing rules regarding payment of House Rent Allowance at the rates applicable to the places located within the periphery of 8 KMs from the towns / cities concerned based on the Notification issued by the District Collector concerned shall continue.
Separate Orders will be issued in respect of officers of the Andhra Pradesh Higher Judicial Services and Andhra Pradesh State Judicial Services.
These orders shall come into force with effect from 01-04-2020.
These orders shall not apply to the Police personnel in the rank of Inspectors and below for whom separate orders will be issued by the Home Department.
The Government will issue necessary amendments to the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (House Rent Allowance) Rules 1988.
