8th CPC for Paramilitary Forces: How basic pay of BSF's SI, inspector, commandant, DIG & others can be revised at 2.28, 2.57 fitment factors

8th Pay Commission for Paramilitary Forces: India has a number of paramilitary forces. Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) are some of them. The purpose of forming these forces is to maintain internal security, border protection, counterterrorism, etc. BSF is responsible for security on India's borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh during peacetime. As all central government employees have been waiting for their salary revision in the 8th Pay Commission (8th CPC), so are BSF junior, mid and top-level employees.

The salary revision in the 8th CPC will be done on the basis of the fitment factor, which is a multiplier for salary and pension revision for central govt employees.

In this write-up, we will give you revised salary estimates for BSF's sub-inspector, inspector, assistant commandant, commandant, DIG and IG at 2.28 and 2.57 fitment factors.

BSF ranks at a glance

Other ranks

Constable- Level 3- starting basic pay Rs 21,700

Head constable- Level 4- starting basic pay Rs 25,500

Subordinate officers

Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI)- Level 5- starting basic pay Rs 29,200

Sub-Inspector (SI)- Level 6- starting basic pay Rs 35,400

Inspector - Level 7- starting basic pay Rs 44,900

Mid-level officers

Assistant Commandant- Level 10- starting basic pay Rs 56,100

Deputy Commandant- Level 11- starting basic pay Rs 67,700

Top-level officers

Second-in-Command- Level 12- starting basic pay Rs 78,800

Commandant- Level 13- starting basic pay Rs 1,23,100

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) - Level 13A - starting basic pay Rs 1,31,100

Inspector General (IG)- Level 14, starting basic pay Rs 1,44,200

Special DG / Addl. DG- Level 16, starting basic pay Rs 2,05,400

Director General (DG)- Level 17, starting basic pay Rs 2,25,000 

Calculations for story

We will calculate the revised basic salary for sub-inspector, inspector, assistant commandant, commandant, DIG and IG at 2.28 and 2.57 fitment factors.

8th CPC: Estimated revised basic pay for BSF sub-inspector

 
8th CPC: Estimated revised basic pay for BSF inspector 

8th CPC: Estimated revised basic pay for BSF assistant commandant

 
8th CPC: Estimated revised basic pay for BSF commandant

 
8th CPC: Estimated revised basic pay for BSF DIG

8th CPC: Estimated revised basic pay for BSF IG