Respected sir/madam I Amrendra Rai, s/o Mr[dot]S[dot]N[dot] Rai, is a Research scholar in the Department of Ceramic Enginering, IIT-BHU Varanasi[dot]I want to seek information as mentioned below[dot] I want to know what is the rule of HRA (House Rent Allowances) for research scholar if both husband and wife are doing research from the same institution[dot] It is very clear that in case of a central government employee,where both husband and wife are working in same institution,both are entitled for HRA[dot] In fact the married research scholars are also getting HRA [at] 20% (As per MHRD rules for HRA based on classification of cities under X,Y and Z categories,varanasi comes under Y category[dot]) But the rule is not clear for the case when both husband and wife are doing research from the same institution[dot] It is my humble request to clarify the the rules or norms for the above mentioned case[dot]