Parag Jain's tenure will be effective from July 1, 2025, and he will serve in this post for the next two years. But do you know how much salary Parag Jain will get while being the chief of RAW?

Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) is considered to be the most secretive and powerful intelligence agency in the country, whose responsibility is to collect every information related to external security in time and give it to the government. The command of this important agency has now been handed over to Parag Jain. The central government has appointed 1989 batch Punjab cadre IPS officer Parag Jain as the new chief of RAW. He will replace the current chief Ravi Sinha, whose tenure is ending on June 30, 2025. Parag Jain's tenure will be effective from July 1, 2025 and he will serve in this post for the next two years. But do you know how much salary Parag Jain will get while being the chief of RAW? Let us tell you.

Parag Jain will get this much salary

The government finalized the appointment of Parag Jain after the approval of the Cabinet Appointments Committee. He was currently working as Special Secretary in RAW and now he has been promoted and given the highest responsibility of the agency. Being the head of RAW, he gets salary in Cabinet Secretary grade from the Central Government, which comes under Pay Level 18 (Apex Scale). In this scale, the government officer gets a basic salary of Rs 2.5 lakh per month. Apart from this, he is also given facilities like Dearness Allowance (DA), Housing Allowance (HRA), Travel Allowance, Medical Facility. Including all these allowances, his total salary can reach Rs 3.5 lakh to 4 lakh per month.

Parag Jain is an IPS of 1989 batch

Parag Jain started his career as IPS (1989 batch, Punjab cadre) after qualifying UPSC. This exam is given after completing graduate level education. Apart from this, the information about which college Parag studied from and how much education he has received is not available publicly at present. Parag Jain's appointment has come at a time when many new challenges are emerging regarding the internal and external security of the country. RAW plays an important role in monitoring the activities of neighboring countries like China, Pakistan and Afghanistan and in gathering intelligence related to terrorism and cyber warfare.