8th Pay Commission HRA Calculator

8th Pay Commission HRA Calculator

Office memorandum · illustrative tool

HRA Calculator

House Rent Allowance under the 7th Pay Commission, projected forward to the 8th Pay Commission. Not an official government tool — for estimation only.

SPECIMEN
CALCULATION

Your particulars

Enter your basic pay and posting details.

Rent details (optional)

Add these to see your income-tax HRA exemption under the old regime, Section 10(13A).

HRA payable today

₹0

at 0% of basic pay

DA slabRateHRA
Below 25%
25% to 49%
50% and above

Projected under 8th CPC

Rates aren’t notified yet. This scales basic pay by a fitment factor and assumes DA resets to 0, so HRA restarts at the base slab.

Projected HRA

₹0

on projected basic ₹0

City slab rates: X 24/27/30%, Y 16/18/20%, Z 8/9/10% as DA crosses 25% and 50%. Minimum floors ₹5,400 / ₹3,600 / ₹1,800 apply under the 7th CPC. The 8th Pay Commission was constituted 3 November 2025; its fitment factor, pay matrix, and HRA rates have not been finalised as of mid-2026, so the projection above is illustrative only.

Metro cities for the 50% tax-exemption rule: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, plus Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Ahmedabad from FY 2026-27. All other cities use 40%.