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The Arunachal Pradesh Gazette

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 5, Vol. XXXVII, Naharlagun, Sunday, March 15, 2026, Phalguna 24, 1947 (Saka)

Separate paging is given to this part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.

GOVERNMENT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH

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Resolutions, orders, notifications, rules etc., issued by the Government and Heads of Departments.

NOTIFICATION

The 12th February, 2026

No. SHPD-11013/1/2026 (Comp. No. 284470) 5210-216.—In exercise of the powers conferred under

Clause 6 (Power to Relax) of the Recruitment Rules governing the post of Superintending Engineer (Civil),

the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh is pleased to accord One-Time Relaxation in the Recruitment Rules

governing promotion to the post of Superintending Engineer (Civil) in the Department of Hydro Power

Depvelopment.

Under this relaxation, Executive Engineers (Civil) who have completed 8 (eight) years of regular

service in the grade shall be eligible for consideration for promotion to the post of Superintending

Engineer (Civil).

All promotions made under this relaxation shall be subject to the fulfillment of all other conditions

as prescribed under the relevant Recruitment Rules, except to the extent relaxed herein.

This relaxation shall come into force with immediate effect and shall remain valid only for promotions

effected under this notification.

This notification is issued with the clearance of the Admindistrative Reforms Department,

the concurrence of the Finance Department vide File No. ESTT-II-20015/11/2026-ESTT-II-FPID

dated 3rd March, 2026 E-285794 and with the approval of the Competent Authority.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.

Sonam Chombay, IRS

Commissioner (HPD),

Government of Arunachal Pradesh,

Itanagar.

NOTIFICATION

The 16th February, 2026

No. DFCS-12011/2/2024.—In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (1) of Section 40 of the

National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 (20 of 2013) and in supersession to earlier Gazette Notification

No. DFCS/MON/ATR/2015 (Pt-I) dated 5th July, 2018 and keeping in view of present Socio-economic conditions,

vulnerable Sections of society income parameters and asset ownership norms prevalent in the state, the

Governor of Arunachal Pradesh is pleased to amend the provisions of Rule-6 under “Arunachal Pradesh

Food Security Rule, 2015” as below:

Inclusion Criteria:

(i)

Homeless/houseless persons or persons residing in temporary establishments/buildings/huts, etc.

(ii)

Households with no source of income or any of members which is engaged in vulnerable occupations

like beggars, rag pickers, domestic workers, sweepers/sanitation workers/mali or persons employed

in irregular work.

(iii)

Households which do not have an able male person aged between 18 and 60 years.

(iv)

If all earning adult member(s) in the household is/are either disabled, chronically ill or more

than 60 years.

(v)

Designated “Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups” (PVTGs).

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(vi)

All households headed by a minor.

(vii)

Destitute persons which are dependent predominantly on alms for survival.

(viii) Any member of the households is bonded labourers, all households headed by widows or single

women.

(ix)

All households headed by persons relesed from bonded labour.

(x)

All households of Small and marginal farmer.

(xi)

Households with no literate adult above 25 years of age.

(xii)

Landless households deriving a major part of their income from manual casual labour.

(xiii) All households of Primitive Tribal Groups.

(xiv)

Households having a widow pension holders.

(xv)

Households having persons with disability of 40% or more.

(xvi)

All Contingency employees such as ALC, unskilled/skilled workers, casual workers and daily labourers

employed in State/Central Government Departments.

(xvii) Migrant labourers of Government-aided institutions.

(xviii) Annual income from all sources of income is less than ` 4.00 lakh.

Exclusion Criteria :

(i)

Households who own Semi-RCC/RCC houses in urban areas with carpet area more than one thousand

square feet (1000 sq. ft.).

(ii)

Households possessing luxury four-wheeler motorized vehicles valued above ` 10.00 lakh.

(iii)

Households with any member as regular employee of Central Government, State Government, PSUs,

Government-aided autonomous bodies, local bodies or private companies exceeding or equal to pay

grade of ` 1800 Level-1, Cell-1 and above.

(iv) Households having Government-allotted land for commercial purposes and possessing irrigated/

horticulture/tea garden/commercial land more than 2.5 acres.

(v)

Households owning mechanized agricultural equipment such as tractors or harvesters.

(vi)

Households with any member as elected representative receiving pay/salary from the State Exchequer.

(vii) Households with enterprise registered with the Government for manufacturing and services with

annual income of ` 4.00 lakh and above.

(viii) Households paying Income Tax or Professional Tax.

This order shall come into force with immediate effect from the date of issue of this Notification. Henceforth,

all district administrations shall ensure strict adherence of the above revised “Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria”

in selecting NFSA/TPDS beneficiaries in future.

This issues with the approval of the Government in the e-file vide Note#81 dated 13th February, 2026.

Bullo Mamu, IRS

Secretary (Food and Civil Supplies),

Government of Arunachal Pradersh,

Itanagar.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

The 25th February, 2026

Subject : Repeal of the State Information Commissioner, Arunachal Pradesh, (Pension) Rules, 2014

and the Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission (Salaries, Allowances and other

Conditions of Services) Regulations, 2016 (with Corrigendum dated 8th November, 2017).

No. AR-24020/1/2019-SECT-1-AR.—WHEREAS, Section 27 of the RTI Act, 2005 empowers the

appropriate Government (State Government) to make Rules under the Act.

AND WHEREAS, the Government of Arunachal Pradesh in exercise of the powers conferred

in Section 27 of the RTI Act, 2005 had notified the State Information Commissioner, Arunachal Pradesh,

(Pension) Rules, 2014 and subsequently the Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission

(Salaries, Allowances and other Conditions of Services) Regulations, 2016 (with Corrigendum

dated 8th November, 2017), to govern the pensionary benefits and other service conditions for State

Information Commissioners in Arunachal Pradesh;

AND WHEREAS, the Government of India has amended the RTI Act, 2005 in 2019 whereby, Section 27

of the 2019 Amendment Act empowers the Central Government to make rules.

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AND WHEREAS, Rule-6 of the State Information Commissioner, Arunachal Pradesh (Pension)

Rules, 2014, explicitly provided that “the Infomation Commissioner Arunachal Pradesh who at the time of

date of his appointment was in the pensionable service of Government of India or of the State local body

or any other body wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Government, his subsequent service

in Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission shall be reckoned as continuing approved service for

counting as qualifying service for the purpose of calculation pension in service to which he belongs”,

thereby restricting pension entitlement solely to those information Commissioners who possessed prior

pensionable service;

AND WHEREAS, the Central Government, vide Notification No. G.S.R. 810(E) dated 24th October, 2019

of the Central Notification, 2019 of the Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public

Grivances and Pension, New Delhi, under Section 27 of the RTI Act, 2005 has since notified the Right

to Information (Term of Officer, Salaries, Allowances and other Terms and conditions of services of Chef

Information Commissioner and State Information Commissioners in the State Information Commission)

Rules, 2019, which comprehensively regulate the terms and conditions of service for Chief Information

Commissioners and State Information Commissioners throughout the country;

AND WHEREAS, the said Central Notification, 2019, inter alia, empowers the Central Government to

relax the provisions of any of these rules in respect of any class or category of persons;

AND WHEREAS, representations have been received from the former State Information Commissioners

who at the time of their appointment, were not in any previous pensionable service, seeking the grant of

pension benefits upon their retirement from the Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission;

AND WHEREAS, since the Government of India has already framed the Central Rules, 2019 and the

power to relax the rule has been vested to the Central Government only, it is deemed necessary and expedient

to repeal the existing State Rules and Regulation to ensure consistency with the Central Rules to facilitate a

unified approach to the service conditions of State Information Commissioners, thereby allowing for potential

future considerations under the provisions of the Central Rules;

NOW, THEREFORE, in the above backdrop, the Government of Arunachal Pradesh hereby repeal the

following Rules:

The State Information Commissioner, Arunachal Pradesh, (Pension) Rules, 2014.

The Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission (Salaries, Allowances and other Conditions of

Services) Regulations, 2016 (with Corrigendum dated 8th November, 2017).

Notwithstanding such repeal, any action taken under the Rules, Regulations and Corrigendum aforesaid,

the same shall be constricted to have been validly taken under the provisions of the Rules, Regulations and

Corrigendum so repealed.

This Office Memorandum shall come into force with immediate effect.

By Order and in the name of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.

Manish Kumar Gupta

Chief Secretary to the

Government of Arunachal Pradesh,

Itanagar.

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