Border Security Force, General Duty Cadre(Non Gazetted) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2026

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-30072026-274990 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 619] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2026/SHRAVAN 8, 1948 MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 30th July, 2026 G.S.R. 681(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section (2) of section 141 of the Border Security Force Act, 1968 (47 of 1968), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Border Security Force, General Duty Cadre (Non-Gazetted) Recruitment Rules, 2015, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Border Security Force, General Duty Cadre (Non-Gazetted) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2026. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Border Security Force, General Duty Cadre (Non-Gazetted), Recruitment Rules, 2015, in the Schedule, against serial number 5, relating to the post Constable,- (a) in column (7), for item (iv) and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely: - "(iv) ex-Agniveers shall be exempted from written examination, physical standard test and physical efficiency test."; (b) in the entries under column 10,- (i) in Note-1, after the words "for ex-Agniveers", the following words shall be inserted, namely :- "or as per the instructions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs from time to time"; (ii) in Note-2, after the words "in the first stage", the following words shall be inserted, namely:- "or as per the instructions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs from time to time"; (iii) After Note-3, the following Note shall be inserted, namely: - "Note : 4 The provisions of reservation shall also apply in the case of ex-Agniveers." [F. No. C-17/02/2025/Pers-Confd/BSF] M. MRINAL, Under 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. 830 (E), dated the 3rd November 2015 and subsequently amended vide notification numbers G.S.R. 1208 (E), dated the 29th September, 2017, G.S.R. 174 (E), dated the 9th March, 2023, G.S.R. 387 (E), dated the 17th June, 2025 and G.S.R. number 906 (E) dated 18th December, 2025.