Nurses care for patients, give medicines and treatment, monitor patients and run wards, operation theatres and intensive care units.
Read this first. This page rests on one dated pay figure from a named source. That is evidence of what that source states, not of what Nurse roles pay across India.
They work in government and private hospitals, nursing homes, community health programmes and abroad. The AIIMS institutes recruit Nursing Officers through a common national test, which is the figure on this page.
A four-year B.Sc. Nursing, or the General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) diploma.
Nurses register with their State Nursing Council; the Indian Nursing Council sets course standards.
AIIMS New Delhi conducts the Nursing Officer Recruitment Common Eligibility Test (NORCET) for Nursing Officer posts at the AIIMS institutes.
One dated figure is on file. It comes from an employer's own notice. It took effect on 24 July 2026. Each card says what the figure is; open "How the figure is read" for the method and what it leaves out.
Nursing Officer basic × 12 (Level 7) 2,218 Nursing Officer posts, AIIMS New Delhi and participating institutes
Nursing Officer, Pay Level 7; level start ₹44,900 per month (Government of India pay matrix, as printed in the SSC CGLE 2026 notice) × 12. Starting basic pay of the level × 12; excludes DA, HRA and other allowances.
Limits. Basic pay only; nursing allowance, DA and HRA excluded. Public-sector nursing at AIIMS, not private hospitals.
AIIMS (Government of India), Nursing Officer, Group B (Level 7): Nursing Officer basic × 12 (Level 7), recorded here as ₹5,38,800 a year (AIIMS NORCET-11, Notice No. 103/2026).
No. A figure given as basic pay leaves out dearness allowance, house rent allowance and the other allowances paid on top of it, and it is before income tax and provident fund or NPS deductions. The CTC breakup calculator on this site works out a monthly in-hand figure from a CTC.
The Nursing Officer Recruitment Common Eligibility Test, conducted by AIIMS New Delhi for Nursing Officer posts across the AIIMS institutes. Nursing Officers join at pay level 7, the figure shown above.
| Figure | Statistic | Period | Effective | Kind | Conf. | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ₹5,38,800 | employer-band | AIIMS NORCET-11, Notice No. 103/2026 | 2026-07-24 fresh | employer-data | 0.75 | AIIMS New Delhi — NORCET-11 Notice No. 103/2026 |
Basic pay only; nursing allowance, DA and HRA excluded. Public-sector nursing at AIIMS, not private hospitals.
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