Armed forces pay levels

Pay shown is the first cell (starting basic pay per month) of each level in the Defence Pay Matrix,Gazette of India, 6 July 2017 (S.R.O. 17–19(E)). Pay rises within a level each year; Military Service Pay and allowances are not included.

Ranks at each level: Army, Navy and Air Force officers, and Army JCOs and other ranks, from the Ministry of Defence pay rules and regulations of 3 May 2017 (Part B). Navy sailors and Air Force airmen: Navy Pay Regulations 2017 and Air Force Pay Rules 2017 (3 May 2017) as reproduced bygconnect.inand staffnews.in; the official copies were not available online. Lance Naik has no separate level in the Army rules.