{{Short description|Senior military rank}} '''Junior commissioned officer''' ('''JCO''') is a group of military ranks which is higher than havildar (non-commissioned officer) and lower than lieutenant (commissioned officer). The term is only used by Nepal, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.<ref name="Gazetted Officers">{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/junior-commissioned-officers-are-gazetted-officers-says-army-1770438 |title=Junior Commissioned Officers Are Gazetted Officers, Says Army |date=2 November 2017 |website=NDTV |access-date=19 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250508220458/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/junior-commissioned-officers-are-gazetted-officers-says-army-1770438 |archive-date=8 May 2025}}</ref> Senior havildars are promoted to JCO rank on the basis of merit and seniority, restricted by the number of vacancies.<ref name="Kumar">{{cite news |last=Kumar |first=M. K. Sunil |title=Rules of the Raj hindering havildars' promotion |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article283262.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905021829/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article283262.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 September 2014 |date=16 May 2012 |newspaper=The New Indian Express |access-date=3 August 2015}}</ref> JCOs are treated as a separate class and hold additional privileges. The term was primarily associated with armies; however, since the 2000s, India and Pakistan's navies and air forces have also used the term to indicate their chief petty officers and warrant officers.
==History== The JCO evolved from the native commissioned officers of the Presidency armies,<ref>{{cite book |last=Rafter |date=1855 |title=Our Indian Army: A Military History of the British Empire in the East |publisher=David Bryce |pages=15–16}}</ref> who held commissions from the Governor General.<ref>{{cite book |first=Richard |last=Stevenson |title=Beatson's Mutiny: The Turbulent Career of a Victorian Soldier |date=2015 |publisher=I.B. Tauris |location=London. New York |page=37 |isbn=978-1-784531-10-2}}</ref> The native commissioned officers developed into the viceroy's commissioned officers (VCOs),<ref>{{cite book |last=Carman |first=W. Y. |date=1961 |title=Indian Army Uniforms under the British from the 18th century to 1947: Cavalry |publisher=Leonard Hill |pages=134–136, 189}}</ref> established in the British Indian Army during the British Raj in 1885. Gurkha regiments in British service had also their set of 'native officers' resp. VCOs, although their homeland Nepal was never a British colony.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
Under the British, there was a clear colonial context, with the VCOs being the highest ranks an Indian could attain. The full commissioned officers were British, from the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century. However, that changed slowly under the principles of Indianisation.{{cn|date=June 2025}} In 1905, a special form of a king’s Commission in His Majesty’s Native Land Forces was instituted. Indians who had qualified through the Imperial Cadet Corps would earn a commission that was limited to having authority over Indian troops only. Its holders could not rise above major.{{cn|date=June 2025}} From 1917, in the midst of World War I, Indians 'with good family background' became eligible to study at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and earn a commission as King's Commissioned Indian Officer (KCIO).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/how-indians-rose-up-to-be-officers-10124 |title=How Indians rose up to be Officers |work=The Tribune |date=14 December 2019 |access-date=9 July 2022 |last=Singh |first=M. P. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121052229/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/features/how-indians-rose-up-to-be-officers-10124 |archive-date=21 November 2023}}</ref> By the time of independence in 1947, there were many Indian (and Pakistani) officers who had graduated from Sandhurst or the Indian Military Academy.{{cn|date=June 2025}} In 1945 the Willcox Committee Report recommended that VCOs be phased out, though this never occurred.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gaylor |first=John |date=1992 |title=Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903-91 |publisher=Spellmount Ltd. |isbn=0-946771-98-7 |pages=29, 331}}</ref>
The Indian Army has recruited Gurkha soldiers from Nepal since the 19th century and separate Gurkha regiments were created for them, the Gurkha soldiers got same ranks as other Indian soldiers; the modern Nepal Army officially used the Indian Army rank system for their soldiers in the 1960s through a series of reorganizations and the ''JCO'' term has been used by them from then.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nepalarmy.mil.np/page/history |title=History of the Nepali Army |website=Nepali Army |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214031533/https://www.nepalarmy.mil.np/page/history |archive-date=14 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Makeig |first1=Douglas C. |editor1-last=Savada |editor1-first=Andrea Matles |title=Nepal and Bhutan: Country studies |series=Area Handbook |date=1993 |publisher=Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |lccn=93012226 |edition=3rd |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/frdcstdy.nepalbhutancount00sava/?sp=267 |access-date=11 January 2022 |chapter=National Security |pages=221–223}}</ref> After the secession of East Pakistan in 1971, the Bangladesh Army inherited the JCO rank system from the Pakistan Army.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
==Current ranks== ===Bangladesh=== {| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;" |- style="background:#ccc;" ! Rank group|| colspan=4| Junior commissioned officers |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{army|Bangladesh}}'''<ref name="Bangladesh_Army">{{cite web |title=Ranks & insignia |url=https://joinbangladesharmy.army.mil.bd/home/page/ranks-insignia |website=joinbangladesharmy.army.mil.bd |access-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004045250/https://joinbangladesharmy.army.mil.bd/home/page/ranks-insignia |archive-date=4 October 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rank Categories |url=https://www.army.mil.bd/Rank-Categories |website=Bangladesh Army |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250517074944/https://www.army.mil.bd/Rank-Categories |archive-date=17 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Service Option |url=https://join.army.mil.bd/home/page/service-option |website=Join Bangladesh Army |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007093015/https://join.army.mil.bd/home/page/service-option |archive-date=7 October 2024}}</ref> | 50px | 50px | colspan=2| 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | {{lang|bn|মাস্টার ওয়ারেন্ট অফিসার}}<br />{{lang|bn-Latn|Māsṭār ōẏārēnṭ ôphisār}} | {{lang|bn|সিনিয়র ওয়ারেন্ট অফিসার}}<br />{{lang|bn-Latn|Siniẏar ōẏārēnṭ ôphisār}} | colspan=2| {{lang|bn|ওয়ারেন্ট অফিসার}}<br />{{lang|bn-Latn|Ōẏārēnṭ ôphisār}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{naval|Bangladesh}}'''<ref name="Bangladesh_Navy">{{cite web |author1=Bangladesh Navy |title=Rank & Insignia |url=https://joinnavy.navy.mil.bd/Rankandinsignia/ |website=navy.mil.bd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123142530/https://joinnavy.navy.mil.bd/Rankandinsignia/ |archive-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> | 50px | 50px | colspan=2| 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | {{lang|bn|মাস্টার চীফ পেটি অফিসার}}<br />{{lang|bn-Latn|Māsṭār chīph pēṭi ôphisār}} | {{lang|bn|সিনিয়র চীফ পেটি অফিসার}}<br />{{lang|bn-Latn|Siniẏar chīph pēṭi ôphisār}} | colspan=2| {{lang|bn|চীফ পেটি অফিসার}}<br />{{lang|bn-Latn|Chīph pēṭi ôphisār}} |-style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{air force|Bangladesh}}'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Airmen Ranks |url=http://www.joinbangladeshairforce.mil.bd/index.php/main_controll/ranks_structure_baf?1=1&pagemenu=ranks_structure_baf&submenu=2 |website=joinbangladeshairforce.mil.bd |access-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210061829/http://www.joinbangladeshairforce.mil.bd/index.php/main_controll/ranks_structure_baf?1=1&pagemenu=ranks_structure_baf&submenu=2 |archive-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> | 50px | 50px | colspan=2| 50px |-style="text-align:center;" | {{lang|bn|মাস্টার ওয়ারেন্ট অফিসার}}<br />{{lang|bn-Latn|Māsṭār ōẏārēnṭ ôphisār}} | {{lang|bn|সিনিয়র ওয়ারেন্ট অফিসার}}<br />{{lang|bn-Latn|Siniẏar ōẏārēnṭ ôphisār}} | colspan=2| {{lang|bn|ওয়ারেন্ট অফিসার}}<br />{{lang|bn-Latn|Ōẏārēnṭ ôphisār}} |- style="background:#ccc;" ! Rank group|| colspan=4| Junior commissioned officers |}
====Paramilitary forces==== {| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;" |- style="background:#ccc;" ! Rank group|| colspan=4| Junior commissioned officers |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{flagicon image|Ensign of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.svg}} Bangladesh Coast Guard'''<ref name="BD CG Ranks">{{cite web |script-title=bn:পদ পরিচিতি |title=Pada pariciti |trans-title=Position Introduction |language=bn |url=https://coastguard.gov.bd/site/page/29af9f22-cf61-4ba0-a74c-6b4a9607441b/Rank-Disgnation |website=Bangladesh Coast Guard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251031193114/https://coastguard.gov.bd/site/page/29af9f22-cf61-4ba0-a74c-6b4a9607441b/Rank-Disgnation |archive-date=31 October 2025}}</ref> | 50px | 50px | colspan=2| 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | {{lang|bn|মাস্টার চীফ পেটি অফিসার}}<br />{{lang|bn-Latn|Māsṭāra cīpha pēṭi aphisāra}} | {{lang|bn|সিনিয়র চীফ পেটি অফিসার}}<br />{{lang|bn-Latn|Siniẏara cīpha pēṭi aphisāra}} | colspan=2| {{lang|bn|চীফ পেটি অফিসার}}<br />{{lang|bn-Latn|Cīpha pēṭi aphisāra}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{flagicon image|বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের পতাকা.svg}} Border Guard Bangladesh''' | | | colspan=2| |- style="text-align:center;" | Subedar Major | Subedar | colspan=2| Naib Subedar |- style="background:#ccc;" ! Rank group|| colspan=4| Junior commissioned officers |}
===India=== The pay scale for Indian Army's Naib Subedar, Subedar and Subedar Major ranks are levels 6, 7 and 8, respectively.
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;" |- style="background:#ccc;" ! Rank group|| colspan=4| Junior commissioned officers |- style="text-align:center;" | '''{{army|India}}'''<ref name="India_Army">{{cite web |title=Indian Army Rank Badges |url=https://www.indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=eONNmmCN+tNKI1W4lLePYA==&ParentID=07brfiSEictrT4pH/Ap2MDmEuFrOV7w+937sVMAJv7E= |website=indianarmy.nic.in |publisher=Indian Army |access-date=27 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330085101/https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=eONNmmCN+tNKI1W4lLePYA==&ParentID=07brfiSEictrT4pH/Ap2MDmEuFrOV7w+937sVMAJv7E= |archive-date=30 March 2022}}</ref> | 50px | 50px | colspan=2| 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Infantry ranks | Subedar Major<br />{{lang|hi|सूबेदार मेजर}} | Subedar<br />{{lang|hi|सूबेदार}} | colspan=2| Naib Subedar<br />{{lang|hi|नायब सूबेदार}} |- style="text-align:center;" | Cavalry ranks | Risaldar Major<br />{{lang|hi|रिसालदार मेजर}} | Risaldar<br />{{lang|hi|रिसालदार}} | colspan=2| Naib Risaldar<br />{{lang|hi|नायब रिसालदार}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{naval|India}}'''<ref name="India_Navy">{{cite web |title=Ranks & Insignia |url=https://www.joinindiannavy.gov.in/en/about-us/ranks-insignia.html |website=Join Indian Navy |access-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110022101/https://www.joinindiannavy.gov.in/en/about-us/ranks-insignia.html |archive-date=10 November 2023}}</ref> | 50px | 50px | colspan=2| 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Master chief petty officer 1st class<br />{{lang|hi|मास्टर चीफ पेटी ऑफिसर फर्स्ट क्लास}} | Master chief petty officer 2nd class<br />{{lang|hi|मास्टर चीफ पेटी ऑफिसर सेकेंड क्लास}} | colspan=2| Chief petty officer<br />{{lang|hi|चीफ पेटी ऑफिसर}} |- style="text-align:center;" | Technical Ranks | Master chief engine room artificer 1st class (MCERA I)<ref name=ERA>{{cite web |url=https://desanavy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nomenclature-of-ranks-in-indian-navy.pdf |title=Forwarding of nomenclature of rank in navy |publisher=Ministry of Defence |date=23 August 2011 |access-date=6 January 2025 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414131919/https://desanavy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nomenclature-of-ranks-in-indian-navy.pdf |archive-date=14 April 2025}}</ref> | Master chief engine room artificer 2nd class (MCERA II)<ref name=ERA/> | colspan=2| Chief engine room artificer III (ERA III)<ref name=ERA/> |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{air force|India}}'''<ref>{{cite web |title=For Airmen |url=http://careerairforce.nic.in/life_airforce/lifeair_cargraph_airmen.html |website=careerairforce.nic.in |publisher=Indian Air Force |access-date=23 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225124125/http://careerairforce.nic.in/life_airforce/lifeair_cargraph_airmen.html |archive-date=25 February 2012}}</ref> | 50px | 50px | colspan=2| 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Master warrant officer<br />{{lang|hi|मास्टर वारंट अफसर}} | Warrant officer<br />{{lang|hi|वारंट अफसर}} | colspan=2| Junior warrant officer<br />{{lang|hi|जूनियर वारंट अफसर}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''Indian Border<br>Roads Organisation'''<ref>{{cite web |date=29 January 2016 |title=Re-defining of Badges of Rank in Respect of GREF Subordinates |url=http://bro.gov.in/WriteReadData/linkimages/1518319455-Rank%20and%20Bad%2029%20Jan%202016.pdf |website=Border Roads Organisation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128024831/http://bro.gov.in/WriteReadData/linkimages/1518319455-Rank%20and%20Bad%2029%20Jan%202016.pdf |archive-date=28 January 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | 50px | 50px | 50px | 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Senior translation officer | Junior engineer/Senior supervisor/Superintendent/Translation officer | Assistant superintendent | Supervisor |- style="background:#ccc;" ! Rank group|| colspan=4| Junior commissioned officers |}
====Auxiliary forces==== {{see also|Paramilitary forces of India}} {| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;" |- style="background:#ccc;" ! Rank group|| colspan=4| Junior commissioned officers
|- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{coast guard|India}}'''<ref name="jfs-0405">{{cite book |editor1-last=Saunders |editor1-first=Stephen |editor1-mask=Commodore Stephen Saunders |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005 |date=2004 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Coulsdon |isbn=978-0710626233 |page=50 |edition=107th |chapter=Ranks and insignia of the world's navies}}</ref> | 50px | colspan=2| 50px | 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Pradhan Adhikari<br>Pradhan Sahayak Engineer | colspan=2| Uttam Adhikari<br>Uttam Sahayak Engineer | Adhikari<br>Sahayak Engineer |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{flagicon image|Assam Rifles Flag.svg}} Assam Rifles'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/Committee_site/Committee_File/ReportFile/15/107/214_2018_12_15.pdf |title=Two Hundred Thirteenth Report - Security Situation in the North Eastern States of India |date=19 July 2018 |pages=6–8 |publisher=Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs |access-date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926121115/https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/Committee_site/Committee_File/ReportFile/15/107/214_2018_12_15.pdf |archive-date=26 September 2022}}</ref> | 50px | colspan=2| 50px | 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Subedar major<br />{{lang|hi|सूबेदार मेजर}} | colspan=2| Subedar<br />{{lang|hi|सूबेदार}} | Naib subedar<br />{{lang|hi|नायब सूबेदार}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{flagicon image|BSF Flag.svg}} Border Security Force''' | 70px | 70px | 70px | 70px |- style="text-align:center;" | Subedar major<br/>{{lang|hi|सूबेदार मेजर}} | Inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|निरीक्षक}} | Sub-inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|उप निरीक्षक}} | Assistant sub-inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|सहायक उप निरीक्षक}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{flagicon image|CISF Flag.svg}} Central Industrial Security Force'''<ref name="All ranks 2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/official.CISFHQrs/posts/all-ranks-inclusive-annual-governing-body-meeting-to-discuss-welfare-related-iss/2235336726751579/ |title=All ranks inclusive annual governing body meeting |date=19 November 2018 |publisher=Central Industrial Security Force |via=Facebook |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923105446/https://www.facebook.com/official.CISFHQrs/posts/all-ranks-inclusive-annual-governing-body-meeting-to-discuss-welfare-related-iss/2235336726751579/ |archive-date=23 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="CISF Act">{{cite web |url=https://www.cisf.gov.in/cisfeng/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cisfact1.pdf |title=The Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968 (50 of 1968): (As Modified Vide Act No.14 of 1983, 20 of 1989, 40 of 1999 and 22 of 2009) |date=2009 |publisher=Central Industrial Security Force |page=18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250304005754/https://www.cisf.gov.in/cisfeng/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cisfact1.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2025}}</ref><ref name="CISF Rank Structure">{{cite web |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/jobs/cisf-officers-ranks-stars-badges-organizational-structure-ips-paramilitary-forces-capf-nodakm-4158984.html |title=The Central Industrial Security Force Rank Structure |date=2022 |publisher=Network18 Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419073003/https://hindi.news18.com/news/jobs/cisf-officers-ranks-stars-badges-organizational-structure-ips-paramilitary-forces-capf-nodakm-4158984.html |archive-date=19 April 2024}}</ref> | rowspan=2| | 70px | 70px | 70px |- style="text-align:center;" | Inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|निरीक्षक}} | Sub inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|उप निरीक्षक}} | Assistant sub-inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|सहायक उप निरीक्षक}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{flagicon image|Flag of Central Reserve Police Forces.png}} Central Reserve Police Force'''<ref name="CRPG Regs">{{cite web |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/crpf_rules1955_0.pdf |title=The Central Reserve Police Force Rules/Regulations/Scheme,1955. |date=24 February 1955 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829172023/https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/crpf_rules1955_0.pdf |archive-date=29 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="CRPF Website">{{cite web |url=https://crpf.gov.in/career-prospects.htm |title=Career Prospects |website=Central Reserve Police Force |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323010553/https://crpf.gov.in/career-prospects.htm |archive-date=23 March 2022}}</ref> | 50px | 50px | 50px | 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Subedar major<br/>{{lang|hi|सूबेदार मेजर}} | Inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|निरीक्षक}} | Sub-inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|उप निरीक्षक}} | Assistant sub-inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|सहायक उप निरीक्षक}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{flagicon image|ITBP Flag.svg}} Indo-Tibetan Border Police'''<ref name="Sashastra Seema Bal Rules, 1992">{{cite book |title=The Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act, 1992 |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-01/ITBP-Act1992_0%5B1%5D_1%5B1%5D.pdf |chapter=XI Miscellaneous - 153. Rank structure |date=1 September 1992 |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250503122156/https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-01/ITBP-Act1992_0%5B1%5D_1%5B1%5D.pdf |archive-date=3 May 2025}}</ref> | 50px | 50px | 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Subedar major<br />{{lang|hi|सूबेदार मेजर}} | Subedar/Inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|सूबेदार}}/{{lang|hi|निरीक्षक}} | Sub inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|उप निरीक्षक}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{flagicon image|NSG Flag.svg}} National Security Guard'''<ref name="NSG ACT">{{cite web|title=The National Security Guard Act, 1986 (47 of 1986) |url=http://home.bih.nic.in/acts_rule/national_security_guard_act.pdf |publisher=Government of India |access-date=23 August 2014 |date=22 September 1986 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035600/http://home.bih.nic.in/acts_rule/national_security_guard_act.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> | 50px | 50px | 50px | 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Subedar major<br />{{lang|hi|सूबेदार मेजर}} | Assistant commander-1<br />{{lang|hi|-}} | Assistant commander-2<br />{{lang|hi|-}} | Assistant commander-3<br />{{lang|hi|-}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''25px Railway Protection Force''' | rowspan=2| | 70px | 70px | 70px |- style="text-align:center;" | Inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|निरीक्षक}} | Sub inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|उप निरीक्षक}} | Assistant sub-inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|सहायक उप निरीक्षक}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{flagicon image|Sashastra Seema Bal Flag.svg}} Sashastra Seema Bal'''<ref name="Sashastra Seema Bal Rules, 2009">{{cite web |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/SSB-Rule2009_2.pdf |title=Sashastra Seema Bal Rules, 2009 |date=2009 |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925043847/https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/SSB-Rule2009_2.pdf |archive-date=25 September 2021}}</ref> | 70px | 70px | 70px | 70px |- style="text-align:center;" | Subedar major<br />{{lang|hi|सूबेदार मेजर}} | Inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|निरीक्षक}} | Sub inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|उप निरीक्षक}} | Assistant sub-inspector<br/>{{lang|hi|सहायक उप निरीक्षक}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''25px Special Frontier Force''' | | colspan=2| | |- style="text-align:center;" | Subedar Major | colspan=2| Subedar | Naib Subedar |- style="background:#ccc;" ! Rank group|| colspan=4| Junior commissioned officers |}
===Pakistan=== {| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;" |- style="background:#ccc;" ! Rank group|| colspan=3| Junior commissioned officers |- style="text-align:center;" | '''{{army|Pakistan}}'''<ref name="Pakistan_Army">{{cite web |title=Pakistan Army Ranks with Salary and Insignia |url=https://pakistanforces.com/pakistan-army-ranks/ |website=pakistanforces.com |access-date=27 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626025113/https://pakistanforces.com/pakistan-army-ranks/amp/ |archive-date=26 June 2022}}</ref> | 50px | 50px | 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Infantry ranks | Subedar-major<br />{{lang|ur|صوبیدار میجر}} | Subedar<br />{{lang|ur|صوبیدار}} | Naib subedar<br />{{lang|ur|نائب صوبیدار}} |- style="text-align:center;" | Cavalry ranks | Risaldar major<br />{{lang|ur|رسالدار میجر}} | Risaldar<br />{{lang|ur|رسالدار}} | Naib risaldar<br />{{lang|ur|نائب رسالدار}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{navy|Pakistan}}''' | 50px | 50px | 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Master chief petty officer<br />{{lang|ur|ماسٹر چیف پیٹی آفیسر}} | Fleet chief petty officer<br />{{lang|ur|فلیٹ چیف پیٹی آفیسر}} | Chief petty officer<br />{{lang|ur|چیف پیٹی آفیسر}} |-style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{air force|Pakistan}}''' | 50px | 50px | 50px |-style="text-align:center;" | Chief warrant officer | Warrant officer | Assistant warrant officer |- style="background:#ccc;" ! Rank group|| colspan=3| Junior commissioned officers |}
====Paramilitary forces==== {{see also|Civil Armed Forces}} {| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;" |- style="background:#ccc;" ! Rank group|| colspan=4| Junior commissioned officers |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''Pakistan Rangers''' | 50px | 50px | colspan=2| 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Senior inspector<br />{{lang|ur|سینئر انسپکٹر۔}} | Inspector<br />{{lang|ur|انسپکٹر}} | colspan=2| Sub inspector<br />{{lang|ur|سب انسپکٹر۔}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''Pakistan <br>Federal Constabulary'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Hierarchy |website=Federal Constabulary |url=https://fc.gov.pk/fc/kifayat |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717104522/https://fc.gov.pk/fc/kifayat |archive-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> | 50px | 50px | colspan=2| 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Subedar-Major<br />{{lang|ur|صوبیدار میجر}} | Subedar<br />{{lang|ur|صوبیدار}} | colspan=2| Naib Subedar<br />{{lang|ur|نائب صوبیدار}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''Pakistan Frontier Corps''' | rowspan=2| | 50px | 50px | 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Subedar<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|صوبیدار}}}} | Naib subedar<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|نائب صوبیدار}}}} | Head constable<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|ہیڈ کانسٹیبل۔}}}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{flagicon image|Gilgit−Baltistan Scouts flag.png}} Gilgit−Baltistan Scouts''' | 50px | 50px | colspan=2| 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Subedar-Major<br />{{lang|ur|صوبیدار میجر}} | Subedar<br />{{lang|ur|صوبیدار}} | colspan=2| Naib Subedar<br />{{lang|ur|نائب صوبیدار}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{flagicon image|Pakistan Coast Guards Flag.png}} Pakistan Coast Guards''' | 50px | 50px | colspan=2| 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Subedar-Major<br />{{lang|ur|صوبیدار میجر}} | Subedar<br />{{lang|ur|صوبیدار}} | colspan=2| Naib Subedar<br />{{lang|ur|نائب صوبیدار}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{flagicon image|}} Airports Security Force''' | 50px | 50px | colspan=2| 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Inspector<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|انسپکٹر}}}} | Sub-inspector<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|سب انسپکٹر}}}} | colspan=2| Assistant sub-inspector<br />{{lang|ur|{{nq|اسسٹنٹ سب انسپکٹر}}}} |- style="text-align:center;" | rowspan=2| '''{{flagicon image|Naval Ensign of Pakistan.svg}} Pakistan Maritime Security Agency'''<ref name="Maritime Security Agency Ranks">{{cite book |last1=Anwar |first1=Muhammad |title=Role of smaller navies: a focus on Pakistan's maritime interests |date=1999 |publisher=Directorate of Naval Educational Services, Naval Headquarters |location=Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |isbn=9789698318017 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1pXfAAAAMAAJ&q=pakistan+maritime+security+agency+Navy+anti+smuggling |access-date=17 December 2018 |language=en |format=snippet view |page=131}}</ref> | 50px | 50px | colspan=2| 50px |- style="text-align:center;" | Master Chief Petty Officer<br />{{lang|ur|ماسٹر چیف پیٹی آفیسر۔}} | Fleet Chief Petty Officer<br />{{lang|ur|فلیٹ چیف پیٹی آفیسر۔}} | colspan=2| Chief Petty Officer<br />{{lang|ur|چیف پیٹی آفیسر۔}} |- style="background:#ccc;" ! Rank group|| colspan=4| Junior commissioned officers |}
==Honorary commissions== {{unreferenced section|date=June 2025}} There is also a custom of giving honorary commissions to deserving JCOs. Every year a list of eligible JCOs is drawn up and honorary commissions awarded to them. This could be at the time of retirement, or when still in service. Honorary commissioned officers may wear the appropriate rank insignia, but they do not become members of the officers' mess. They do, however, receive the pay and pension of their honorary rank. The honorary ranks in the various forces are:
Indian Army: *Honorary Lieutenant *Honorary Captain
Indian Navy: *Honorary Sub Lieutenant *Honorary Lieutenant
Indian Air Force: *Honorary Flying Officer *Honorary Flight Lieutenant
Generally, in official documents the JCO rank held by the person is also added before the Honorary Commission rank.
==References== {{reflist}}
== Further reading == * {{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Rob |date=2014 |title=The British Indian Army: Virtue And Necessity |publisher=Cambridge Scholars |location=India}} * {{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=V. K. |date=2005 |title=Leadership in the Indian Army: Biographies of Twelve Soldiers |publisher=SAGE Publications |location=India}} * {{cite book |last1=Nawaz |first1=Shuja |date=2008 |title=Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army and the Wars Within |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Pakistan}}
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