Ministry of Communications Department of Telecommunications

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Salary, Allowances and other conditions of Service of the officers and employees) Amendment Rules 2025

Issue Date: 27 June 2025 Published: 27 June 2025

Gazette ID: CG-DL-E-27062025-264198 Download PDF

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Core Purpose

The Central Government, under the Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, publishes the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Salary, Allowances and other conditions of Service of the officers and employees) Amendment Rules, 2025, to amend the 2002 principal rules.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecommunications), on June 27, 2025, issued Notification G.S.R. 423(E), exercising powers under sub-section (2) of section 10 read with clause (ca) of sub-section (2) of section 35 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997). This notification introduces the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Salary, Allowances and other conditions of Service of the officers and employees) Amendment Rules, 2025, which further amend the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Salary, Allowances and other conditions of Service of the officers and employees) Rules, 2002 (referred to as the principal rules). The amendments include the substitution of clause (d) in the proviso to sub-rule (1) of rule 4, stipulating that officers and employees of the Authority on official foreign tours shall receive allowances according to Ministry of External Affairs instructions (order No. Q/FD/695/03/2000, dated September 25, 2023), equivalent to those for Central government officers drawing equivalent pay. Additionally, Schedule III of the principal rules is omitted. The principal rules were initially published via G.S.R. 726 (E) on October 25, 2002, and previously amended by G.S.R. 796(E) on December 22, 2020, and G.S.R. 113(E) on February 11, 2022. The new rules come into force upon their publication in the Official Gazette and are signed by DEVENDRA KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-27062025-264198 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 380] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2025/ASHADHA 6, 1947 4228 GI/2025 MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (Department of Telecommunications) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th June, 2025 G.S.R. 423(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 10 read with clause (ca) of sub-section (2) of section 35 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Salary, Allowances and other conditions of Service of the officers and employees) Rules, 2002, namely: - 1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Salary, Allowances and other conditions of Service of the officers and employees) Amendment Rules, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Salary, Allowances and other conditions of Service of the officers and employees) Rules, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), - in rule 4, in sub-rule (1), in the proviso, for clause (d), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - "(d) the officers and employees of the Authority, while on official foreign tours, shall be entitled to allowances in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of External Affairs issued vide order No. Q/FD/695/03/2000, dated the 25th September, 2023, as amended from time to time, as admissible to the Central government officers drawing equivalent pay;”. 3. Schedule III of the principal rules shall be omitted. [F. No. 10-01/2024-Restg.] DEVENDRA KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy. Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i), vide notification number G.S.R. 726 (E), dated the 25th October, 2002 and subsequently amended vide notification numbers G.S.R. 796(E), dated the 22nd December, 2020 and G.S.R. 113(E), dated the 11th February, 2022. 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. KUMER CHAND Digitally signed by KUMER MEENA Date: 2005.06.27 17:44:29 +0530

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