Understanding Odisha Police Home Guard Finances
By Vikas Yadav
Monthly Slabs and Duty Day Math
As an auxiliary force aiding the traditional district police blocks, the salary of home guard in Odisha is not distributed as a permanent centralized pensionable block. Instead, it runs on daily 'call-out' rates.
If a guard works 26 days across intersections or festival drives at a ₹516 rate, their gross receipt is ₹13,416. Various directives occasionally push this base daily limit closer to ₹600, yielding ₹15,600+.