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This notification amends the Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Rules, 2016, specifically Schedule II, to revise the pay scales for various posts under the Government of West Bengal.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) issued Notification G.S.R. 460(E) on July 10, 2025, in New Delhi. Exercising powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), and in consultation with the Government of West Bengal, the Central Government promulgated the Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Sixth Amendment Rules, 2025. These rules come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette. The amendment specifically modifies Schedule II of the Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Rules, 2016. Part A, pertaining to Posts carrying pay above the Senior Scale of pay under State Governments, is amended by substituting the existing entries for "West Bengal" with a revised list of designations and their corresponding pay levels in the Pay Matrix; for example, the Chief Secretary and several Additional Chief Secretaries are assigned Level 17, while numerous Principal Secretaries are assigned Level 15, and various Commissioners and Secretaries are assigned Level 14. Part B, relating to Posts carrying pay in the Senior Scale, is also amended by substituting the entries under "West Bengal" with a revised list of positions, including District Magistrate and Collector, Senior Special Secretary, and various other Director and Commissioner roles. The principal rules were initially published as G.S.R. 870(E) dated September 8, 2016, and have been subsequently amended 33 times, with the latest prior amendment being G.S.R. 445(E) dated July 3, 2025.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-12072025-264592 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 417] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2025/ASHADHA 19, 1947 4537 GI/2025 (1) MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 10th July, 2025 G.S.R. 460(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), the Central Government, in consultation with the Government of West Bengal hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Rules, 2016, namely:— 1. (1) These rules may be called the Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Sixth Amendment Rules, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette. 2. In the Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Rules, 2016, in Schedule II,— (a) in Part A relating to Posts carrying pay above the Senior Scale of pay of the Indian Administrative Service under the State Governments, in the table, for the entry “West Bengal" occurring in the first column and corresponding entries in the second column, the following shall be substituted namely:— "West Bengal Chief Secretary | Level 17 in Pay matrix Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs | Level 17 in Pay matrix Additional Chief Secretary, Finance | Level 17 in Pay matrix Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture | Level 17 in Pay matrix Additional Chief Secretary, Forest | Level 17 in Pay matrix Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare | Level 17 in Pay matrix Additional Chief Secretary, Industry Commerce and Enterprises | Level 17 in Pay matrix Additional Chief Secretary, Power | Level 17 in Pay matrix Land Reforms Commissioners & Principal Secretary, Land and | Level 15 in Pay matrix Land Reforms Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Principal Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Backward Classes Welfare | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Food and Supplies and Food Commissioner | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Higher Education | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Science and Technology and Biotechnology | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Labour Department | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Micro Small and Medium Enterprise and | Level 15 in Pay matrix Textile Principal Secretary, Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy | Level 15 in Pay matrix Sources Principal Secretary, Public Health Engineering | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Public Works Department | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, School Education | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Transport | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Municipal Affairs | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Women and Child Development and Social | Level 15 in Pay matrix Welfare Principal Resident Commissioner, Govt. of West Bengal, New | Level 15 in Pay matrix Delhi Principal Secretary, Fisheries | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Animal Resources Development | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Technical Education, Training & Skill | Level 15 in Pay matrix Development Principal Secretary, Water Resources Investigation and | Level 15 in Pay matrix Development Principal Secretary, Information & Cultural Affairs | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Irrigation and Waterways | Level 15 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education | Level 15 in Pay matrix Municipal Commissioner, Kolkata Municipal Commissioner | Level 15 in Pay matrix Commissioner, Presidency Division | Level 14 in Pay matrix Commissioner, Burdwan Division | Level 14 in Pay matrix Commissioner, Jalpaiguri Division | Level 14 in Pay matrix Commissioner, Malda Division | Level 14 in Pay matrix Commissioner, Medinipur Division | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Finance (Revenue) | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Finance (Institutional Finance) | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Finance (Budget) | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Finance (Treasury) | Level 14 in Pay matrix Commissioner, GST | Level 14 in Pay matrix Inspector General of Registration & Commissioner, Stamp | Level 14 in Pay matrix Revenue Secretary, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, ICE(Commerce & Industries) | Level 14 in Pay matrix MD, West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, H&FW (Medical Education) | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, H&FW (Infrastructure & Insurance) | Level 14 in Pay matrix Director General, AYUSH | Level 14 in Pay matrix Commissioner, FW & NHM | Level 14 in Pay matrix Commissioner, Food Safety & Standard | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Department of Planning, Statistics | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Department of Programme Monitoring | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Public Works Department | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Agriculture Marketing | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Consumer Affairs Department | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Co-Operation Department | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Correctional Administration Department | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Disaster Management and Civil Defense | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Environment Department | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Fire & Emergency Services Department | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Food Processing Industries & Horticulture | Level 14 in Pay matrix Department Secretary, Information Technology and Electronics Department | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Self Help Group and Self Employment Department | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Mass Education Extension and Library Services | Level 14 in Pay matrix Department Secretary, North Bengal Development Department | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Paschimanchal Unnayan Affairs | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Sundarban Affairs Department | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Youth Services and Sports Department | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Tourism Department | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary/Special Secretary to Government | Level 14 in Pay matrix Chief Electoral Officer | Level 14 in Pay matrix Commissioner, Social Welfare | Level 14 in Pay matrix Principal Secretary, Gorkhaland Territorial Administration | Level 14 in Pay matrix Labour Commissioner | Level 14 in Pay matrix Commissioner, Panchayats | Level 14 in Pay matrix Commissioner, School Education | Level 14 in Pay matrix Excise Commissioner | Level 14 in Pay matrix Transport Commissioner | Level 14 in Pay matrix Member Secretary, Pollution Control Board | Level 14 in Pay matrix Chief Executive Officer, Kolkata Metropolitan Development | Level 14 in Pay matrix Authority Commissioner, MNREGS PROGRAMME | Level 14 in Pay matrix Special Resident Commissioner, Govt. of West Bengal | Level 14 in Pay matrix Secretary, Urban Development & Municipal Affairs and MD, | Level 14 in Pay matrix HIDCO Commissioner, Textiles and Sericulture | Level 14 in Pay matrix Director of Employment | Level 14 in Pay matrix (b) in Part B relating to Posts carrying pay in the Senior Scale of the Indian Administrative Service under the State Governments including posts carrying Special Allowance in addition to pay, in the table for the entries occurring under West Bengal the following shall be substituted,- “District Magistrate and Collector Senior Special Secretary Mission Director, Education Commissioner, Backward Classes Welfare Director, District Distribution Procurement & Supply MD, Benfish under Fisheries Department Director, ICDS Director, West Bengal Power Development Corporation Director of Treasuries and Accounts Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance Commissioner, Commercial Taxes State Project, Director, Paschim Banga Sarva Siksha Mission MD, West Bengal Financial Corporation Director and CEO, WB State Rural Livelihood Mission Director of Land Records & Survey Director of Micro, Small and Medium Industries Registrar, Co-operative Societies Director of Fisheries Advisor, Industries & Additional Resident Commissioner Commissioner, Howrah Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Siliguri Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Asansol Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Durgapur Municipal Corporation Under Secretary Govt. of West Bengal OSD to Chief Secretary Special Commissioner, GST CEO ADDA/SJDA/HDA Additional Districts Magistrate & District Land & Land Reforms Officer Joint Secretary/ Special Secretary/ Special commissioner in the rank of Special Secretary Commissioner, Agriculture Income Tax & Profession Tax Secretary, KMDA" [F. No. 11031/07/2023- AIS-II (B)] KAVITA CHAUHAN, Under Secy. Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 870(E) dated the 08th September, 2016 and subsequently amended by the following GSR No. and date:- +--------+---------+--------------+--------+---------+--------------+ | S. No. | GSR No. | Date | S. No. | GSR No. | Date | +--------+---------+--------------+--------+---------+--------------+ | 1. | 1062 (E)| 10.11.2016 | 18. | 928(E) | 31.12.2021 | | 2. | 1178 (E)| 27.12.2016 | 19. | 182(E) | 09.03.2022 | | 3. | 1194 (E)| 30.12.2016 | 20. | 441(E) | 10.06.2022 | | 4. | 575 (E) | 12.06.2017 | 21. | 619(E) | 05.08.2022 | | 5. | 1382 (E)| 10.11.2017 | 22. | 712(E) | 20.09.2022 | | 6. | 1429 (E)| 17.11.2017 | 23. | 758(E) | 30.09.2022 | | 7. | 1585 (E)| 22.12.2017 | 24. | 930(E) | 30.12.2022 | | 8. | 566 (E) | 15.06.2018 | 25. | 98(E) | 14.02.2023 | | 9. | 819 (E) | 28.08.2018 | 26. | 879(E) | 06.12.2023 | +--------+---------+--------------+--------+---------+--------------+ | 10. | 1124 (E)| 16.11.2018 | 27. | 368 (E) | 04.07.2024 | | 11. | 1222 (E)| 19.12.2018 | 28. | 445(E) | 23.07.2024 | | 12. | 218 (E) | 13.03.2019 | 29. | 7(E) | 03.01.2025 | | 13. | 766 (E) | 09.10.2019 | 30. | 79 (E) | 27.01.2025 | | 14. | 813(E) | 30.12.2020 | 31. | 117(E) | 04.02.2025 | | 15. | 51(E) | 28.01.2021 | 32. | 245(E) | 21.04.2025 | | 16. | 108(E) | 09.02.2021 | 33. | 445(E) | 03.07.2025 | | 17. | 465(E) | 01.07.2021 | | | | +--------+---------+--------------+--------+---------+--------------+ Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Date: 2025.07.12 10:43:04 +05'30'

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