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Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, the educational board has received approval from the Cabinet Committee for the request to Central Government to increase the Dearness Allowance. With effect from 1 January 2022, the Dearness Relief was increased to 34% by an increase of 3% to the previous allowance i.e. 31%. After the 7th pay commission, the salary for KVS TGT, PGT, and PRT posts has been revised as per Kendriya Vidyalaya Samiti’s declaration in the previous year. The revision included House Rent Allowance (according to the city location) and Dearness Allowance (from 17% to 28%). Hence, compared to the previous years, a few changes have been incorporated into the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan job profiles.
The following article provides details on the KVS TGT salary structure, in-hand salary, and allowance for candidates before applying for the KVS recruitment examination 2022.
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KVS TGT 2022: Salary Structure Overview
With an increase in the KVS Teacher’s salary and allowances, there are thousands of aspirants seeking the posts in KVS to gain a secure job. Registered under the Societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860) in the year 1965 on December 15th, Kendrivya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) aims to establish and manage the Central Government Schools spread across India and abroad. The Sangathan is supported by the Government of India and there are approximately 1299 KVS schools (including 3 schools abroad), 5 Zonal Institutes of Education and Training and 25 Regional Offices across the country.
The overview of the TGT salary structure is provided in the table given below:
| Designation | Pay Scale (in Rs.) | Level | % Of Da | % Of HRA | EPF Contribution |
| TGT’s (Group B) Trained Graduate Teachers | 44900 – 142400 | 7 | 7 | 24 | As per KVS rules |
KVS TGT 2022: In-Hand Salary
The benefits and allowances based on the revised KVS salary structure for the Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) post is provided in the table given below:
| Components of Salary | Salary Structure (in Rs.) |
| Basic Salary as per 7th Pay Commission | 44900 |
| House Rent Allowance (24% of Basic) | 4110 |
| Transport Allowance | 1600 |
| Gross Salary (Total Approximate) | 50610 |
| Net Salary (Total Approximate) | 45000 to 47000 |
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KVS TGT 2022 – House Rent Allowance
One of the major components of the Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) posts of KVS salary structure is the House Rent Allowance (HRA). As per the KVS rules, the HRA is based on the cities which is provided in detail in the table given below:
| Category of Cities | HRA as per 7th Pay Commission |
| X | 24% |
| Y | 16% |
| Z | 8% |
X,Y and Z denotes the three categories into which the cities are divided and population density is the factor that determines the classification. The HRA grant’s division of cities is as follows:
| Categories | Name of Cities |
| X (Population >= 50 Lakhs) | Bengaluru, Greater Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chennai and Kolkata |
| Y (Population 5 to 50 Lakhs) | Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Puducherry, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Raipur, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Moradabad, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kannur, Kollam, Gwalior, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Amravati, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Bhiwandi, Solapur, Kolhapur, Vasai-Virar City, Vijayawada, Warangal, Greater Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Nellore, Guwahati, Patna, Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore, Mysore, Gulbarga, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Ajmer, Salem, Tirupur, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Erode, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Durg-Bhilai Nagar, Sangli, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, Vadodara, Surat, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Srinagar, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Bokaro Steel City, Belgaum, Malegaon, Nanded-Waghala, Aligarh, Agra, Bareilly, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Saharanpur, Noida, Firozabad, Jhansi, Asansol, Siliguri, Durgapur |
| Z (Population < 5 Lakhs) | All other remaining cities |
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