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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-16092025-266185
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 595]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2025/BHADRA 25, 1947
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Financial Services)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 16th September, 2025
G.S.R. 639(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 51 read with
sub-section (3) of section 5 of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 (23 of 2013), the
Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Pension Fund Regulatory and
Development Authority (Salary and Allowances Payable to, and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of,
Chairperson and Whole-time Members) Rules, 2014, namely:-
1.
(1) These rules may be called the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Salary and Allowances
Payable to, and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of, Chairperson and Whole-time Members) Amendment
Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Salary and Allowances Payable to, and Other Terms
and Conditions of Service of, Chairperson and Whole-time Members) Rules, 2014, (hereafter referred to as the said
rules) in rule 5, -
(a) for sub-rules (1) and (2), the following sub-rule (s) shall be substituted, namely : -
"(1) The Chairperson shall have an option to receive pay as admissible to a Secretary to the Government of India
or a consolidated salary of Rs. 5,62,500 per month without facility of house and car.
(2) Every whole-time member shall have an option to receive pay as admissible to an Additional Secretary to the
Government of India or a consolidated salary of Rs. 5,00,000 per month without facility of house and car";
(b) after sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely: -
"(3) In the case of an appointment of a person as the Chairperson or a whole-time member shall have an option
to receive pay as admissible to a Secretary or Additional Secretary to the Government of India, respectively, who
has retired from service under the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, and who is
in receipt of, or has received, or has become entitled to receive any retirement benefits by way of pension,
gratuity, employer's contribution to the Contributory Provident Fund or other Funds or retirement benefits, the
pay and allowances of such Chairperson or member shall be reduced by gross amount of pension and pension
equivalent of gratuity or employer's contribution to the Contributory Provident Fund or any other form of
retirement benefits, if any, drawn or to be drawn by him".
3. In the said rules, after rule 5, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-
"5A. Dearness allowance. - The Chairperson or a whole-time member who has opted pay as admissible to a
Secretary or Additional Secretary to the Government of India, respectively, shall receive dearness allowance at
the rates admissible to a Group 'A' Officer of the Central Government".
4. In the said rules, after rule 6 the following rule shall be inserted, namely: -
“6A. (1) In case the Chairperson or a whole-time member opts for Central Government pay structure, it may be
confirmed from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs whether General Pool Residential Accommodation
may be provided and in case of non-allotment of General Pool Residential Accommodation, the HRA may be
granted as per extant instructions issued by the Central Government in this behalf.
(2) Charges for water, electricity and fuel consumed in the house shall be borne by the occupant of the house.
(3) Nothing in this rule shall apply to the Chairperson and a whole-time member who has opted a
consolidated salary".
[F. No. 11/5/2014-PR]
PARSHANT KUMAR GOYAL, Jt. Secy.
Note: The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (Salary and Allowances Payable to, and Other
Terms and Conditions of Service of, Chairperson and Whole-time Members) Rules, 2014 were published in
the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 597 (E),
dated the 20th August, 2014, and subsequently amended vide notification numbers G.S.R. 987 (E), dated the
2nd August, 2017, G.S.R. 7 (E), dated the 2nd January, 2018, G.S.R. 731 (E), dated the 11th October, 2021,
G.S.R. 209 (E), the dated 22nd March, 2023, and G.S.R. 372 (E), dated the 8th July, 2024.
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