Employees of Puducherry govt to get 16 percent HRA as 7th Pay

Employees of the Puducherry government working in Puducherry region would get 16 percent of their basic pay as House Rent Allowance as recommended by the Seventh Pay Commission.

Chief Minister V Narayanasamy in a release today said the government had decided to enforce the allowance as per the Commission report and the staff would get the new pattern of HRA from the current month.

He said employees in the other regions of Karaikal, Mahe, and Yanam would get eight percent of the basic pay as HRA as per the commission`s recommendation. The chief minister said although the territorial government was reeling under fiscal crisis, the role played by the government staff in taking benefits of various welfare schemes to the people "is laudable."

It was therefore decided to ensure that the HRA as recommended by the Seventh Pay Commission is implemented, he said.

The new HRA would entail an expenditure of around Rs 6 crore every month. (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)