Upper Division Clerk Recruitment Rules 2026, Ministry of Statistics Announces New Rules
भारत सरकार ने Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation के तहत National Statistics Office में Upper Division Clerk (UDC) पदों के लिए Recruitment Rules, 2026 अधिसूचित किए हैं। अधिसूचना G.S.R. 835(E) के तहत जारी की गई है। ये नियम राजपत्र में प्रकाशित होने की तिथि से लागू होंगे।
नए नियमों के तहत Field Operations Division, Coordination and Quality Control Division, Enterprise Survey Division और Household Survey Division में UDC पदों पर भर्ती की प्रक्रिया निर्धारित की गई है। इनमें पदों की संख्या, वर्गीकरण, Pay Matrix का Level, भर्ती का तरीका, आयु सीमा, शैक्षणिक योग्यता और अन्य सेवा शर्तें निर्धारित होंगी।
इन नियमों में अनुसूचित जाति, अनुसूचित जनजाति, पूर्व सैनिकों तथा अन्य विशेष श्रेणियों के लिए केंद्र सरकार के नियमों के अनुसार आरक्षण और आयु में छूट का प्रावधान जारी रहेगा। केंद्र सरकार आवश्यकता पड़ने पर नियमों में छूट भी दे सकती है।
MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
(National Statistics Office) NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 15th September, 2026
G.S.R. 835(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, and in supersession of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, National Sample Survey Organisation (Data Processing Division and Survey Design & Research Division) Group ‘C’ (Ministerial Posts) Recruitment Rules, 1987, the Central Statistics Office (Industrial Statistics Wing), Kolkata, Lower Division Clerk and Upper Division Clerk, (Group ‘C’) posts, Recruitment Rules, 2016 and the National Sample Survey Office, Field Operations Division, Upper Division Clerk, Recruitment Rules, 2023, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the post of Upper Division Clerk, in the Field Operations Division, Coordination Quality and Control Division, Enterprise Survey Division and Household Survey Division, National Statistics Office, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.–
(1) These rules may be called the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, National Statistics Office, Field Operations Division, Coordination and Quality Control Division, Enterprise Survey Division and Household Survey Division, Upper Division Clerk, Recruitment Rules, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Number of post, classification and Level in the Pay Matrix.– The number of post, its classification and Level in the Pay Matrix attached thereto shall be as specified in columns (2) to (4) of the aforesaid Schedule.
3. Method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications, etc. – The method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications and other matters relating thereto shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the 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 the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by order and for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.
6. Saving. – Nothing in these rules shall affect reservation, relaxation of age limit and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, ex-servicemen and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Central Government from time to time in this regard.
SCHEDULE
Name of Post | Number of Post | Classification | Level in pay matrix | Whether Selection post or non-selection post |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Upper Division Clerk | 167*(2026) *(Subject to variation dependent on workload) | General Centrl Service, Group ‘C’, Non- Gazetted, Ministerial. | Level-4 (Rs.25500- 81100) | Non-selection |
Age limit of Direct Recruits | Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits | Whether age and educational qualifications prescribed for direct recruits will apply in the case of promotees | Period of probation, if any |
| (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) |
| Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable. | Not applicable. |
Method of recruitment whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation or absorption and percentage of the vacancies to be filled by various methods. | In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation or absorption, grades from which promotion or deputation or absorption to be made. |
| (10) | (11) |
| By promotion failing which, by deputation. | Promotion: Lower Division Clerk, in level -2 (Rs.19900- Rs.63200) in the pay matrix with eight years’ service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on a regular basis. (Promotion shall be made State or Union Territories Administration-wise). Deputation: Officers of the Central Government– (a) (i) holding an analogous post on regular basis in the parent cadre or Department; or (ii) with eight years’ service in the grade of Lower Division Clerk or equivalent in the parent cadre or Department; and (b) Possessing Bachelor Degree of a recognized University or equivalent. Note 1: The departmental officers in the feeder category who are in the direct line of promotion shall not be eligible for consideration for appointment on deputation. Similarly, deputationists shall not be eligible for appointment by promotion. Note 2: Period of deputation including period of deputation in another ex-cadre post held immediately preceding this appointment in the same or some other organisation or Department of the Central Government shall ordinarily not exceed three years. Note 3: The Maximum age limit for appointment by deputation shall be not exceeding fifty-six years as on the closing date of receipt of applications. |
If a Departmental Promotion Committee exists, what is its composition | Circumstances in which Union Public Service Commission is to be consulted in making recruitment |
| (12) | (13) |
| 1. Group ‘C’ Departmental Promotion Committee (for considering promotion) in Delhi (Field Operations Division Hqrs, Agricultural Statistics Wing, Faridabad, Enterprise Survey Unit, Delhi, Regional Office, Delhi and Coordination and Quality Control Division), consisting of:- (i) Deputy Director General, National Statistics Office, Field Operations Division (Headquarter) – Chairperson; (ii) Deputy Director, Enterprise Survey Unit, Delhi – Member; and (iii) A Group ‘A’ Officer from any other Ministry or Department of the Central Government Member. 2. Group ‘C’ Departmental Promotion Committee (for considering promotion) in States or Union Territories other than Delhi, consisting of :- (i) Regional Head in the State Capital Regional Office (not below the rank of Director) – Chairman; (ii) Deputy Director, Household Survey Division or Enterprise Survey Division or Field Operations Division (other regional offices in that State) – Member; and (iii) A Group ‘A’ Officer from any other Ministry or Department of the Central or State Government – Member. | Not applicable. |
[F. No. A-12018/02/2026-Ad.III (E-90089)]
NEELAM ARORA, Under Secy.
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