Date: 2026-06-08Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 6.3 of the Rules and Regulations of National Institute of Financial Management Society, and in supersession of the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure (Director, NIFM) Recruitment
**Executive Summary**
This document notifies the "Director, AJNIFM Recruitment Rules, 2025," which supersede the previous rules from 2000. Published on June 8, 2026, these rules regulate the recruitment method, pay scale, and eligibility criteria for the post of Director at the Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM). The rules are effective immediately from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Post Details and Compensation**
* **Post Name:** Director, AJNIFM.
* **Number of Posts:** 01 (One).
* **Pay Scale:** Level-16 of the New Pay Matrix.
* **Classification:** The position is designated as a "Selection" post.
**Recruitment and Eligibility**
* **Method of Recruitment:** Recruitment is conducted via Deputation, Re-employment, or Short-term contract.
* **Eligible Services:** Officers must belong to the Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Indian Civil Accounts Service, Indian Cost Accounts Service, Indian Defence Accounts Service, Indian P & T Accounts and Finance Service, or Indian Railways Accounts Service.
* **Required Experience:** Candidates must have one year of regular service in the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) or four years of regular service in the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG).
* **Age Limits:**
* For Deputation: Maximum 58 years on the closing date of application.
* For Re-employment: Permissible up to 65 years of age or for a period of five years, whichever is earlier.
* **Tenure:** The period of deputation, including any prior ex-cadre post held immediately preceding the appointment, shall ordinarily not exceed five years.
**Governance and Selection**
* **Selection Committee:** Chaired by the Secretary (Expenditure). It includes two rotating members from the following: Financial Commissioner (Railway Board), Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (Dy. C & AG), Financial Adviser (Defence Services), and Controller General of Accounts (CGA).
* **Consultation:** Consultation with the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is not required for making recruitment to this post.
**Disqualifications and Power to Relax**
* **Disqualification:** No person with a living spouse who enters into or contracts a marriage with another person shall be eligible, unless the Central Government grants a specific exemption based on personal law or other grounds.
* **Power to Relax:** The Central Government reserves the right to relax any provisions of these rules for any class or category of persons for reasons recorded in writing.
**Impact Analysis**
**Eligible Government Officers (Finance and Accounts Services)**
**Impact**
Senior officers in the HAG and SAG grades of organized accounting services are now eligible for a Level-16 leadership role at AJNIFM under the updated 2025 framework.
**Action Required**
Interested and eligible officers must ensure they meet the specific service tenure requirements (1 year in HAG or 4 years in SAG) and apply before reaching the age of 58 for deputation.
**Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure**
**Impact**
The Department is now governed by a modernized recruitment standard for appointing the head of AJNIFM, replacing the 24-year-old rules.
**Action Required**
The Secretary (Expenditure) must convene the specified Selection Committee and rotate members from the designated financial boards/offices as prescribed in the Schedule.
**Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM)**
**Impact**
The institution receives a formalized and updated administrative structure for its top leadership position.
**Action Required**
The AJNIFM administration must update its internal recruitment records and ensure all future Director appointments adhere to these 2025 rules.
Key Entities Referenced
Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM): The central institution for which the recruitment rules and service conditions for the post of Director are established.
Director, AJNIFM Recruitment Rules, 2025: The specific policy document that regulates the method of recruitment, age limits, and qualifications for the post of Director at AJNIFM.
Department of Expenditure: The department within the Ministry of Finance responsible for issuing these rules and overseeing the Selection Committee.
CSS (Pension) Rules, 1972: Referenced statutory rules used to determine benefits regarding added years of service for the appointed Director.
Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure (Director, NIFM) Recruitment Rules, 2000: The previous policy document which is superseded by the new 2025 recruitment rules.
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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग III—खण् ड 4
PART III—Section 4
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 383] नई कदल्ली, सोमिार, िनू 8, 2026/ज्य ष्े ठ 18, 1948
No. 383] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2026/JYAISTHA 18, 1948
अरुण िटे ली राष्ट्रीय जित्तीय प्रबधं न सस्ट्ं थान
अजधसूचना
फरीदाबाद, 20 मई , 2026
फा. स. ए/4/2026.— प्रिासन राष्ट्रीय जित्तीय प्रबंधन संस्ट्थान सोसायटी के जनयमों एि ं जिजनयमों के जनयम 6.3
द्वारा प्रदत्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, तथा उन बातों के जसिाय जिन्ह ें ऐसे अजधक्रमण से पहले ककया गयाहयै ा करन े का
लोप ककया ह,ै समय-समय पर यथा संिोजधत जित्त मंत्रालय,व्यय जिभाग (जनदिे क, NIFM) के भती जनयम, 2000,का
अजधक्रमण करत े हुए केन्र सरकार एतद द्वारा जनदेिक, अरुण िेटली राष्ट्रीय जित्तीय प्रबंधन सस्ट्ं थान (AJNIFM) के पद पर
भती की पद्धजत को जिजनयजमत करने के जलए जनम्नजलजखत जनयम बनाती ह,ै अथाात्—
1. सजं िप्त नाम औ रप्रारंभ—
(1)इन जनयमों को जित्त मंत्रालय, व्यय जिभाग (जनदेिक, AJNIFM) भती जनयम, 2025 कहा िाए।
(2) ि े रािपत्र म ेंउनके प्रकािन की जतजथ स े प्रिृत्त होंगे।
2. पदों की सख्ं या एि ं िते नमान—उि पद की संख्या तथा उन स ेसंबद्ध नए िेतन मैट्ररक्स म ेंस्ट्तर उि अनुसूची के
स्ट्तम्भ (2) स े (3) म ें यथा जिजनर्दाष्ट होंगे।
3. भती की पद्धजत, आय ुसीमा, अन्य अहता ाऐं आकद—भती की पद्धजत, आय ु सीमा, अहता ाऐं और उि पद स े संबंजधत
अन्य बात ें उि अनुसूची के स्ट्तम्भ (4) स े(13) म ें यथा जिजनर्दाष्ट होंगी।
4. जनरहता ा—िह व्यजि—
(क) जिसने ऐसे व्यजि स ेजिसका पजत या पत्नी िीजित ह;ै जििाह ककया ह ैया जििाह की सविंदा की ह;ै या
4097 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.4]
(ख) जिसने अपन े पजत या पत्नी के िीजित रहते हुए ककसी व्यजि स ेजििाह ककया ह ैया जििाह की सविंदा की ह,ै
उि पद पर जनयुजि का पात्र नहीं होगा।
परंत ु यकद केंर सरकार को यह समाधान हो िाता ह ैकक ऐसा जििाह ऐसे व्यजि और जििाह के अन्य पि के जलए लाग ू
व्यजिगत कानून के अधीन अनज्ञु ेय ह ैऔर ऐसा करन े के जलए अन्य आधार ह ैंतो िह ककसी व्यजि को इस जनयम के प्रितान
स े छूट दे सकेगी।
5. जिजथल करन े की िजि: िहां केंर सरकार की यह राय ह ैकक ऐसा करना आिश्यक या समीचीन ह,ै िहा ं िह उनके
जलए िो कारण ह ैंउन्ह ेंलेखबद्ध करके इन जनयमों के ककसी उपबंध को ककसी िगा या प्रिग ा के व्यजियों की बाबत,
आदेि द्वारा जिजथल कर सकेगी।
अनसु चू ी
पद का पदोंकी नए िते न चयन क्या सीएसएस सीधी सीधी भती क्या सीधी भती पट्ररिीिा
सख्ं या मट्रै रक्स अथिाअचयनपद (पिें नजनयम), 1972 भती के के जलए के जलए की अिजध
नाम
जलए अपजे ित जिजनर्दष्टा आयु यकद,कोई हो
के जनयम 30 के तहत
आय ु िजै िक और और िजै िक
सिे ा के अजतट्ररि
सीमा अन्य अहता ाएँ प्रोन्नजत
िर्षों का
अहता ाएँ के मामल ेम ेंलाग ू
लाभस्ट्िीकाय ाह ै
होंगी
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
जनदेिक 01 नए िेतन चयन लाग ूनहीं लाग ू लाग ूहोगी लाग ूनहीं लाग ूनहीं
(अ.िे.रा.जि. मैट्ररक्स का नहीं
(एक)
प्र. सं.) स्ट्तर–16
भती की पद्धजत प्रोन्नजत, प्रजतजनयुजि स्ट्थानांतरण ग्रेड द्वारा भती की दिा में ि ेश्रेजणयाँ यकद जिभागीय भती करने
प्रोन्नजत से या जिनमें प्रोन्नजत / प्रजतजनयुजि / स्ट्थानांतरण ककया िाएगा प्रोन्नजत सजमजत की ककन
सीधी भती से या जिद्यमान ह ैतो इस पट्ररजस्ट्थजतयों
प्रजतजनयुजि / की सरंचना। में संघ लोक
स्ट्थानांतरणद्वारा सेिा आयोग
और जिजभन्न से
पद्धजतयों से परामिाककया
ट्ररजियोंको भरने िाएगा
का प्रजतित।
10 11 12 13
प्रजतजनयुजि/ भारतीयलेखापरीिाएिंलेखासेिा, भारतीयजसजिललेखासेिा, चयन सजमजत लाग ूनहीं
पुनर्नायोिन/ भारतीयलागतलेखासेिा, भारतीय रिा लेखा सेिा,भारतीय डाक एिं
सजचि (व्यय) –
अल्पकाजलक दरू संचार लेखा एि ंजित्त सेिा तथा भारतीय रेलिे लेखा सेिा से संबंजधत
अध्यि एि ं
संजिदा ि ेअजधकारी जिन्होंने HAG ग्रेड में एक िर्षा की जनयजमत सेिा या SAG
जनम्नजलजखत में से 02
में 04 (चार) िर्षा की जनयजमत सेिा की हो।
सदस्ट्य बारी-बारी से
पुनर्नायोिन 65 िर्ष ाकी आयु तक या 5 िर्ष ाकी अिजध तक, िो भी पहले
i. फाइनेंजियल
हो, तक अनुमत होगा।
कजमिनर रेलिे
प्रजतजनयुजि के जलए, आिेदन प्राप्त होने की अंजतम जतजथ को आयु 58 बोडा - सदस्ट्य
(अ ठािन) िर्षा से अजधक नहीं होगी।[भाग III—खण् ड 4] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
(प्रजतजनयजु ि की अिजध, जिसके अंतगात उसी या ककसी अन्य संगठन में ii. उप जनयंत्रक एि ं
इस जनयुजि से ठीक पहले धाट्ररत ककसी अन्य संिगा बाह्य पद पर महालेखापरीिक
प्रजतजनयुजि की अिजध भी ह,ै सामान्यतः पांच िर्षा से अजधक नहीं होगी।) - सदस्ट्य
iii. जित्तीय
सलाहकार (रिा
सेिाएँ), रिा
मंत्रालय - सदस्ट्य
iv. महालेखा
जनयंत्रक–सदस्ट्य
प्रोफेसर (डॉ.) ब्रिेि कुमार, सकं ाय प्रभारी (प्रिासन)
[जिज्ञापन-III/4/असा./150/2026-27]
ARUN JAITLEY NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
NOTIFICATION
Faridabad, the 20th May, 2026
F. No. A/4/2026.—Administration: In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 6.3 of the Rules &
Regulations of National Institute of Financial Management Society, and in supersession of the Ministry of
Finance, Department of Expenditure (Director, NIFM) Recruitment Rules, 2000 as amended from time to
time, except as respect things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government
hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the post of Director, Arun Jaitley
National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM) namely:—
1. SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT:
1. These rules may be called Director, AJNIFM Recruitment Rules, 2025.
2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Number of Posts and scale of pay:The number of the said post, and New Pay Matrix Level attached
thereto shall be as specified in columns 2 and 3 of the said schedule.
3. Method of recruitment, age limit, other qualifications, etc.:
The method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications and other matters relating to the said post be as specified
in columns 4 to 13 of the above said schedule.
4. Disqualification:-No Person—
a. Who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living,
or
b. who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person,
shall be eligible for appointment to the said post:
Provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal
law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for so doing,
exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
5. Power to relax:-Where the Central Government is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it
may, by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to
any class or category of persons.4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC.4]
SCHEDULE
Name of Number New Pay Whether Whether Age limit Educational Whether age Period of
the Post of posts Matrix Selection benefit of for the and other and education probation
or non- added years direct Qualifications qualifications if any
selection of service recruits required for prescribed for
post admissible direct recruits direct recruits
under Rule will apply in
30 of CSS case of
(Pension) promotees
Rules, 1972
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Director 01 (One) Level-16 Selection Not Not Not Applicable Not Not
(AJNIFM) of the Pay Applicable Applicable Applicable Applicable
Matrix
Method of In case of recruitment by If a DPC exists what is its composition Circumstances
recruitment promotion, deputation, transfer in which
whether by grades from which UPSC is to be
promotion or promotion/deputation/transfer consulted in
direct recruitment to be made making
or by deputation/ recruitment
transfer and
percentage of
posts to be filled
by various method
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Deputation / Re- Officers belonging to Indian Selection Committee: Not
employment / Audit and Accounts Service, 1. Secretary (Expenditure) – Chairman Applicable
Short-term Indian Civil Accounts Service, Chairman and 2 members from the
contract Indian Cost Accounts Service, following by rotation:
Indian Defence Accounts (i) Financial Commissioner,– Member
Service, Indian P & T Railway Board
Accounts and Finance Service
and Indian Railways Accounts (ii) Dy. C & AG – Member
Service with one year regular
service in HAG Grade or with (iii) Financial Adviser (Defence–
4 (four) years regular service Member Services) Ministry of
in SAG. Defence
Re-employment would be
permissible up to 65 years of age (iv) CGA – Member
or for a period of 5 years,
whichever is earlier.
For deputation, age shall not
exceed 58 (fifty eight) years on
the closing date of receipt of
application.
(Period of deputation including
the period of deputation in
another ex-cadre post held
immediately preceding this
appointment in the same or some
other Organization shall
ordinarily not exceed five
years).
Prof. (Dr.) BRAJESH KUMAR, Faculty In-charge (Administration)
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./150/2026-27]
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