BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Tuesday requested Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to classify more ‘metro cities’ in the Income Tax rules so that more salaried employees can claim higher house rent allowance (HRA). He asserted that this move would greatly benefit crores of middle-class taxpayers across the country. Speaking during Zero Hour, Surya said under the current Income Tax rules, salaried employees in only four cities — New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai — can claim up to 50 per cent HRA.
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