Chennai rate history — COLA (Post Allowance) (%). Query any past effective date directly via the API.
| Effective date | COLA (Post Allowance) (%) |
|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2026 | 0% |
| Oct 10, 2021 | 0% |
| Sep 12, 2021 | 5% |
| Jul 4, 2021 | 0% |
| May 23, 2021 | 5% |
| Apr 25, 2021 | 0% |
| Dec 6, 2020 | 5% |
| Nov 22, 2020 | 0% |
| Sep 13, 2020 | 5% |
| Apr 12, 2020 | 0% |
| Dec 8, 2019 | 5% |
| Dec 13, 2015 | 0% |
| Oct 4, 2015 | 5% |
| Sep 20, 2015 | 0% |
| Feb 22, 2015 | 5% |
| Jan 25, 2015 | 10% |
| Dec 28, 2014 | 5% |
| Mar 9, 2014 | 10% |
| Jan 12, 2014 | 15% |
The same location's rates under other U.S. travel-rate systems:
The post (cost-of-living) allowance offsets higher overseas costs of goods and services for U.S. government civilian employees assigned to Chennai. It is expressed as a percentage of spendable income and is used by mobility, HR and payroll teams to compute overseas compensation.
The exact request that returns this page's data. Change the
date parameter to query any historical effective
date, or pull it straight into your ERP, payroll, or expense system.
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \ "https://api.allowancesapi.com/v1/dssr/allowances/IN?type=cola"{
"effective_date": "2026-07-12",
"results": [
{
"cola": {
"effective_date": "2026-07-12",
"rate": 0
},
"iso_code": "IN",
"location": "Chennai",
"postcode": "10336"
}
],
"verification_url": "https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=184\u0026menu_id=78"
}The current DSSR COLA (Post Allowance) rate for Chennai, India is 0%, effective Jul 12, 2026.
In Oct 10, 2021 the COLA (Post Allowance) rate was 0%. The full history is shown in the table above and is queryable by effective date via the API.
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