Promotion Criteria and Salary Structure

Promotion Criteria and Salary Structure:

Promotion Criteria:

Pay:

1. Military Service Pay (MSP): MSP to the officers from the rank of Lt to Brig Rs. 15,500/- p.m fixed.

2. Fixed Stipend for Cadet Training:  The gentlemen cadets will be given a stipend of               

Rs. 56,100/-p.m.* as is admissible to NDA cadets on completion of 3 years training.  On completion of 4 Years training, they will be commissioned in the rank of Lt and entitled to pay as admissible to the rank.

* On successful commissioning, the pay in the pay matrix of the officer commissioned shall be fixed in first Cell of Level 10 and the period of training shall not be treated as commissioned service and arrears on account of admissible allowances, as applicable, for the training period shall be paid to cadets.

          (c) Qualification Grant:

1. Qualification Grant: Abolished as a separate allowance and eligible employees to be governed by newly proposed Higher Qualification Incentive (HQI). Order for HQI is yet to be issued by MoD.

2. Flying Allowance: The Army Aviators (Pilots) serving in the Army Aviation Corps are entitled to flying allowance as under:

(d) Other Allowances:

(e) Depending upon rank and area of posting officer posted to Field Areas will be eligible for the following Field Area allowances:

(f) High Altitude Allowance:

(g) Siachen Allowance: Siachen Allowance will be Rs. 42,500/- per month.

(h) Uniform Allowance: Subsumed into the newly proposed Dress Allowance i.e. Rs. 20,000/- per year.

(j) Free Rations:  

1. Continue in Fd Area to all Defence Officers.
2. Defence officers posted in peace area to get Ration Money Allce (RMA) every month.

           (k) Transport Allce (TPTA):     

Note.

1. Higher Tpt Cities (UA). Hyderabad, Patna, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Surat, Bengaluru, Kochi, Kozhikode, Indore, Greater Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Jaipur, Chennai, Coimbatore, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Kolkata.
2. The allowance shall not be admissible to those service personnel who have been provided with the facility of Government transport.
3. Officers in Pay Level 14 and above, who are entitled to use official car, will have the option to avail official car facility or to draw the TPTA at the rate of Rs. 15,750+DA thereon. (iv)   The allowance will not be admissible for the calendar month(s) wholly covered by leave. (v)   Physically disabled service personnel will continue to be paid at double rate, subject to a minimum of Rs. 2,250+DA.

(m) Children Education Allowance:

Rs. 2250/- per month per child for two eldest surviving only. CEA is admissible from Nursery to 12^th Classes.

1. Reimbursement should be done just once a year, after completion of the financial year (which for most schools coincides with the Academic year).

2. Certificate from the head of institution where the ward of government employee studies should be sufficient for this purpose. The certificate should confirm that child studied in the school during the previous academic year.  

Note. In the case of allowances specific to Defence Forces, the rates of these allowances would be enhanced by 25% automatically each time the Dearness Allowance payable on the revised pay band goes up by 50% (GoI letter No A-27012/02/2017-Estt.(AL) dt 16 Aug 2017).

    (n)  Leave:

             Leave will be admissible in accordance with the rules in force from time to time. 

Note: On being commissioned, all officers will be guided by the terms and conditions as given out by the Army Group Insurance Scheme and as amended from time to time. 

1. Army Group Insurance Fund Provides insurance cover of Rs.15 lakh on payment of one time non-refundable premium of Rs. 8200/- by cadets from the date of joining for pre-commission training i.e for 3 years. If a cadet is relegated an additional premium of Rs. 1444/- per relegated term will be paid. For those who are invalidated out by IMB on account of disability and not entitled to any pension will be provided Rs. 7.5 lakhs for 100 percent disability. This will be proportionately reduced to Rs. 1.5 lakhs for 20 percent disability. However, for less than 20 percent disability, only an Ex-Gratia Grant of  Rs. 50,000/- for initial year of training and Rs.1 lakh during the last year of training will be paid. Disability due to alcoholism, drug addiction and due to the diseases of preenrolment origin will not qualify for disability benefit and Ex-Gratia Grant. In addition, a Cadet withdrawn on disciplinary grounds, expelled as an undesirable or voluntarily leaving the Academy will also not be eligible for disability benefits and Ex-Gratia. There is no saving component under the scheme.

2. The Gentlemen Cadets when in receipt of stipend are insured for Rs. 75 lakh wef 01 Oct 2016. Those who are invalidated out by IMB on account of disability and not entitled to any pension will be provided Rs. 25 lakhs for 100 percent disability. This will be proportionately reduced to Rs. 5 lakhs for 20 percent disability. However, for less than 20 percent disability, only an Ex-Gratia Grant of Rs. 50,000/- for initial year of training and Rs. 1 lakh during the last year of training will be paid. Disability due to alcoholism, drug addiction and due to the diseases of pre-enrolment origin will not qualify for disability benefit and Ex-Gratia Grant. In addition, Gentlemen cadets withdrawn on disciplinary grounds, expelled as an undesirable or voluntarily leaving the Academy will also not be eligible for disability benefits and Ex-Gratia. Subscription at the rate of Rs. 5000/- will have to be paid in advance on monthly basis by Gentlemen Cadet to become member under the main AGI Scheme as applicable to regular Army officers. The subscription for the relegated period would also be recovered at the same rate.