Assam Home Guard Salary 2025 – Latest Pay Scale, Monthly & Daily Allowance

The Assam Home Guard carries out an important role by supplementing law enforcement agencies to help maintain internal security within the state. Primarily, the Home Guards are assigned to assist the police with emergency, disaster management, or general law and order missions. Home Guards are truly the link between the community and security.

While it is important to recognize the vital contributions and roles of Home Guards, it is important for salary updates to be regular, fair, and relevant to soldier economic stability and motivation within their unique and, often dangerous, positions. It is vital that the exercise of salary reviews, timely amendments, and revisions represent the commitments made to the state by the Home Guards. Revisions in salary mean the state is recognizing the service provided and ultimately impact the retention of committed and eager workers within the Home Department.

Pay Structure and Key Highlights

Last Government Notification (effective 19-20 October 2022)

• The Assam Government informed their government notification (HMB 150/2015/299) via the Home & Political Department. The current duty allowance for Home Guards, with immediate impact, increased from ₹300 (Base Training) / ₹315 (Advanced) to ₹767 per day per head (Northeast Today, The Sentinel).
• After the increase, with the monthly (assumed full collection over 30 days) earnings were approximately 23,010, some reports even indicating 23,310 (Pratidin).

Current pay structure as at 2025

• Daily allowance: ₹767 (uniform policy for both Basic and Advanced trained Home Guards).
• Monthly allowance: approximately ₹23,010 - ₹23,310 - both newspaper representatives referred to 30 or slightly over 30 days.

• The revision in 2022 raised pay by just under 150% and almost tripled monthly income

Official Sources & Notifications

• An official PDF notification on Assam's DIPR portal indicating the scheduled increase to ₹767/day under HMB 150/2015/299 from 19 October 2022.
• Northeast Today and PratidinTime reported several media outlets referencing the increase in daily wage along with a new monthly pay range of ₹23,010 through ₹23,310 (Northeast Today).
• Sentinel Assam and Times of India referenced the same official order along with the Chief Minister announcing the hike and when it was to take place (The Sentinel).

Assam Home Guard Pay Scale Analysis

Daily, Weekly & Monthly pay breakdown

In conclusion, the daily duty allowance (same for all categories) is ₹767 per day, following the Govt. of Assam's HMB.150/2015/299 notification dated 19 October 2022

• Week pay = ₹ 5,369 (₹767 × 7 days ).
• Monthly pay is nearly ₹ 23,010 approximately (₹767 × 30 days); up to ₹ 23,310 depending on stricter attendance record.

Gross vs. In-Hand Pay (Estimates for 2025)

Gross pay is simply the number of duty days × ₹ 767.

In-hand pay is also approximately the same because Home Guard duty is set up on a casual/daily wage basis and are not regular government employees, it is less common for us to deal with any deductions like PF, income tax, pension/NPS and others. Any deductions like contributions for example, for insurances, would be minimal and uncommon in notifications.

Allowances and Benefits for Assam Home Guards in 2025

In terms of allowances, unlike full-time Assam Government employees, there is no established mechanism for allowances for Home Guards, we are not on a regular pay scale with HRA, DA on basic pay etc. Based on available information:

Any New or Improved Benefits in 2025

• No new announcements have been made in 2024-25, therefore there are no allowances given to Home Guards other than the example of ₹767/day.
• The official order has not changed. New benefits such as DA, travel, or risk allowances are not mentioned even for Home Guards (Northeast Today).

Factors Affecting Regarding Home Guard Pay in Assam

Seniority & experience

• The daily rate of pay for a Home Guard under the current notification must be the same for all Home Guards, basic-trained or advance-trained.
• No increase in pay rate based on years of service or seniority etc. are mentioned.

Duty allowance; Urban/Rural

• The duty allowances are the same regardless of the location-- urban, city classification or type of post rural: ₹ 767 per day for all in Assam.

Extra Duty & Deputation

• If posted for during the time of special events, elections, disasters, festivals etc. the Home Guard's straight pay rate is usually the same---no special festival/election duty bonus is officially mentioned.
• There are no overtime rates or special deputation allowances, nor are there any sources excluding the fixed daily duty allowance.

Assam Home Guard Salary vs. Other States (2025)

Here's a comparison of the salaries of Home Guards across different states in India as of Home Guards across different states in India as of 2025

Assam Home Guard Recruitment 2025: Eligibility and Process

Eligibility Criteria:

• Age: 18–40 (cut-off date possibly January of cycle year)
• Education: Minimum Passed HSLC / 10th standard. Certificate of Home Guard or a minimum NCC "A" certificate (Normally constable) .
• Physical Standards: Height ~162.56 cm (General male) with appropriate chest/unexpanded measurements, race/long-jump and medical standards
• Other: Assam resident, knowledge of a local language (Assamese), registered at Employment Exchange.
• Experience/Special post: Requires Dresser training/certification.

Recent Changes (2025 Cycle):

The last full recruitment was in 2024 with 271 posts (269 constable + 2 dresser) under SLPRB, but there has not been an announcement yet for any new cycle in 2025. If it emanates from within Assam in 2025, expect similar eligibility and age limits.

Application Process in Phases (Assam, 2025 Cycle Expected)

Check the Official Portal

• - SLPRB Assam site (slprbassam.in) or official Assam Police / Civil Defence page for notifications

Application

• - Putting in an application mostly happens on-line with a specified deadline (eg. Feb 15, 2024 in previous cycle).

Upload Documents

• - certificates of education, domicile, photos, Home Guard/NCC certificate, ID proof.

Examination & PET

• - written exam, physical tests (PMT/PET), medical, document checking.

Final Selection and Induction

• - those eventually selected from those shortlisted are notified of training/deployment.

Updates on Assam Home Guard Salary - Latest News & Update 2025

• As of mid-2025, there have been no revisions to pay scales beyond the 2022 government directive, which stipulated that Home Guards would only be paid the amount of ₹767/day.
• Assam state government has not issued any circulars or press releases in 2024-25 for Home Guard pay increases (including allowances like DA, HRA, etc...).
• It is unclear whether there is any DA increase (for example, 53%) that encompasses casual Home Guards - as the state government's general DA notification (with regards to DA increase for its full time staff, has not confirmed anything for casual Home Guards.
• It is advisable to check the official press releases published by DIPR Assam, and the notifications published from the Assam Finance Department, as it is possible that there will be updates in the future.