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The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 263] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2026/CHAITRA 27, 1948
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MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Economic Affairs)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 17th April, 2026
G.S.R. 287(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution
and in supersession of the Indian Economic Service rules, 2008 and its subsequent amendments, except with
respect to things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President hereby makes the
following rules regulating the method of recruitment to and conditions of service of the Indian Economic
Service, namely:
1. **Short title and commencement** – (1) These rules may be called the Indian Economic Service rules,
2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. **Definition** (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires - (a) “Cadre Controlling
Authority" means the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India;
(b) "Commission" means the Union Public Service Commission;
(c) "Departmental Promotion Committee”, “Departmental Confirmation Committee" and
"Screening Committee" mean the Committees constituted to consider promotion,
confirmation, grant of Non-Functional Selection Grade and Non-Functional Upgradation
respectively, in any grade as indicated in Schedule V and VI;
(d) “Duty Post” means the post which is included in Schedule I;
(e) “Examination” means the competitive examination consisting of a written examination
and an interview held by the Commission for recruitment to the Indian Economic Service
as specified in Schedule III;
(f) “Government" means the Government of India;
(g) “Grade” means a grade specified in column (2) of Schedule I;
(h) "President" means the President of India;
(i) “Schedule” means the schedule appended to these rules;
(j) "Service" means the Indian Economic Service as constituted in accordance with the
provision of rule 3 of these rules;
(k) "Scheduled Castes” and “Scheduled Tribes” shall have the meanings as respectively
assigned to them in clauses (24) and (25) of article 366 of the Constitution of India;
(l) “Other Backward Classes” have the same meaning and applicability as laid down in the
Office Memorandum No. 36012/22/93-Estt. (SCT) dated the 8th September, 1993 of the
Department of Personnel and Training, as amended from time to time;
(m) “Regular Service”, in relation to any grade, means the period of service in that grade
rendered after selection and regular appointment to that grade under the rules and includes
any period:
i. taken into account for the purpose of seniority in the case of those already in
service at the time of notification of these rules;
ii. during which an officer would have held a duty post in that grade but for being
on leave or otherwise not being available for holding such posts.
3. **Constitution of the Service** – (1) There shall be a constituted Service to be known as the 'Indian
Economic Service' consisting of persons appointed to the Service under rules 4, 6 and 7.
(2) All the posts included in the Service shall be classified as Group 'A' posts.
4. **Members of the Service** – (1) The following persons shall be members of the Service, namely: -
(a) existing officers of the Indian Economic Service holding duty posts on regular basis or
on lien in various grades of the Service as on the date of commencement of these rules
shall be deemed to have been appointed to the duty posts under these rules; and
(b) persons appointed to the duty posts under rule 6.
(2) A person referred to in clause (a) of sub-rule (1), shall continue to be a member of the Service
in the appropriate grade as applicable to him.
(3) A person referred to in clause (b) of sub-rule (1), shall become a member of the Service in the
appropriate grade applicable to him from the date of his appointment under these rules.
(4) The regular service of an officer referred to in sub-rule (1), in the respective corresponding
grades, rendered prior to the commencement of these rules, shall be counted as qualifying
service for the purposes of seniority, confirmation, promotion, non-functional selection grade
and non-functional upgradation.
5. **Grades, authorised strength and its review** – (1) The authorised strength of the various grades of
the Service on the date of commencement of these rules, the number of duty posts in each grade and
the pay scales attached thereto, shall be as specified in Schedule I.
(2) The distribution of duty posts across various Ministries or Departments shall be as specified in
Schedule II.
(3) After the date of commencement of these rules, the authorised strength of various grades of the
Service shall be such as may be determined by the Government from time to time, through the
established procedure as laid down by the Department of Personnel and Training and
Department of Expenditure, which shall be duly incorporated into these rules.
(4) The Cadre Controlling Authority shall make such alteration in the sanctioned strength of the
duty posts in various grades as it thinks necessary through the established procedure as laid
down by the Department of Personnel and Training and Department of Expenditure from time
to time.
(5) The Government may make such adjustments in the distribution of posts between different
Ministries or Departments, keeping in view the needs of the participating Ministry or
Department as it may deem necessary through the established procedure as laid down by the
Department of Personnel and Training and Department of Expenditure from time to time.
(6) The Government may, in consultation with the Commission and the Government, [Ministry of
Finance, Department of Expenditure (Wherever applicable) and Department of Personnel and
Training], include in the Service such posts (other than those included in Schedule I) as may be
equivalent to the posts included in the Service in status, grades, scales of pay and professional
context, or exclude from the Service any posts included in the said Schedule.
(7) The Cadre Controlling Authority may, in consultation with the Commission, appoint an officer
whose post is included in the Service under sub-rule (6) to the appropriate grade in a temporary
capacity or in a substantive capacity as it may deem fit and fix his seniority in such a grade in
accordance with the orders and instructions issued by the Government from time to time in this
regard.
6. **Future maintenance of the Service** – (1) The posts in any of the grades shall be governed by and
filled in the following manner namely,
(a) Sixty per cent of the vacancies in the grade of Junior Time Scale shall be filled by direct
recruitment on the basis of the results of the Examination, to be held by the Commission
in the manner specified in Schedule III.
(b) Forty per cent of the vacancies in the grade of Junior Time Scale shall be filled by
promotion of Economic Officers or Investigator Grade-I or Assistant Director Grade-II,
level 7 in the pay matrix (₹44,900-1,42,400) recognised by the Cadre Controlling
Authority for this purpose, on the basis of selection in accordance with the provisions of
Schedule IV.
(c) Appointments to the posts of Senior Time Scale and above (except for Non-functional
Selection Grade, level 13) in the Service shall be made by promotion from amongst the
officers in the next lower grade with the minimum qualifying service as specified in
column (5) of Schedule IV.
(d) Promotion of officers in clauses (b) and (c) above, shall be made by ‘selection' except for
the Non-Functional Selection Grade, on the basis of the recommendations of the
Departmental Promotion Committee constituted in accordance with Schedule V.
(e) The appointment of officers to Non-Functional Selection Grade (level 13) shall be made
as placement on the basis of seniority, subject to suitability on the recommendation of the
Committee constituted for this purpose in accordance
with Schedule-V.
7. **Appointment to the Service** – (1) All appointments to the Service shall be made by the Government.
8. **Probation** – (1) Every officer on appointment to the Service in the Junior Time Scale either by direct
recruitment or by promotion shall be on probation for a period of two years:
Provided that the Cadre Controlling Authority may extend the period of probation in accordance
with the instructions issued by the Government from time to time.
Provided further that any decision for extension of a probation period shall be taken ordinarily
within eight weeks after the expiry of the previous period of probation and communicated in
writing to the officer concerned together with reasons for so doing within the said period.
(2) During the period of probation or any extension thereof, an officer may be required by the
Government to undergo such courses of training or to pass such examinations and tests
(including examination in Hindi) as the Government may deem fit, as a condition for satisfactory
completion of probation.
(3) If during the period of probation or any extension thereof, as the case may be, the Government
is of the opinion that an officer is not fit for permanent appointment, it shall discharge the officer
or revert him to the post held by him prior to his appointment in the service, as the case may be.
(4) On completion of the period of probation or any extension thereof, an officer shall, if considered
fit for permanent appointment, be considered for confirmation, in terms of the orders of the
Government issued from time to time, and on the basis of the recommendations of the
Departmental Confirmation Committee constituted in accordance with Schedule V.
(5) As regards other matters relating to probation, the members of the Service shall be governed by
the orders or instructions issued by the Government from time to time.
9. **Seniority** – (1) The relative seniority of the members of the Service, appointed to a duty post, shall be,
as determined prior to the commencement of these rules:
Provided that if the seniority of any such member had not been specifically determined on the
said date, the same shall be determined on the basis of the rules governing fixation of seniority
as applicable to the members of the Service prior to the commencement of these rules.
(2) In the cases not covered under sub-rule (1) above, the seniority shall be determined by the
Government in accordance with the general instructions issued by the Central Government for
the purpose, from time to time.
10. **Non-functional upgradation** – (1) The non-functional upgradation shall be granted to the eligible
officers in various grades (upto Higher Administrative Grade) of the Service on the recommendations
of the Departmental Screening Committee, as specified in Schedule-VI.
(2) Whenever any Indian Administrative Service officer of the State or Joint Cadre is posted at the
Centre to a particular grade carrying a specific pay level in the pay matrix, the officers belonging
to batches of the Service that are senior by two years or more and have not so far been promoted
to that particular grade shall be granted the same grade on
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