Promotion Criteria and Salary Structure

Promotion Criteria and Salary Structure:

     

Promotion Criteria:

 

Rank

Promotion Criteria

Lieutenant

On Commission

Captain

On completion of 02 Yrs

Subject to meeting other criteria as laid down from

time to time

Major

On completion of 06 Yrs

Lt Colonel

On completion of 13 Yrs

Colonel (TS)

On completion of 26 Yrs

Colonel

On selection basis subject to fulfillment of requisite service conditions.

Brigadier

Major General

Lt General /HAG Scale

HAG + Scale (*Admissible to 1/3rd of total strength of Lt Generals)

VCOAS/Army Cdr/Lt Gen (NFSG)

COAS

     

Pay:

 

Rank

Level

(Pay in Rs.)

Lieutenant

Level 10

56,100 - 1,77,500

Captain

Level 10B

61,300-1,93,900

Major

Level 11

69,400-2,07,200

Lieutenant Colonel

Level 12A

1,21,200-2,12,400

Colonel

Level 13

1,30,600-2,15,900

Brigadier

Level 13A

1,39,600-2,17,600

Major General

Level 14

1,44,200-2,18,200

Lieutenant General HAG Scale

Level 15

1,82,200-2,24,100

Lieutenant General HAG +Scale 

 

Level 16

2,05,400-2,24,400

VCOAS/Army Cdr/Lieutenant General (NFSG)

Level 17

2,25,000/-(fixed)

COAS

Level 18

2,50,000/-(fixed)

     

Military Service Pay (MSP):

 

Military Service Pay (MSP) to the officers from the rank of Lt to Brig

Rs. 15,500/- Per month fixed.  

 

Fixed Stipend for Cadet Training:

 

Stipend to Gentlemen Cadets during the entire duration of training in Service Academy i.e. during training period at IMA.

Rs 56,100/- Per month* (Starting pay in Level 10)

 

*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.

 

Qualification Grant:

 

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

 

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

 

Lieutenant and above

Level 10 and above

Rs. 25,000/- Per month fixed (R1H1 of Risk and Hardship Matrix)

 

Other Allowances:

 

(i)

Dearness Allowance

Admissible at the same rates and under the same conditions as are applicable to the civilian personnel from time to time

(ii)

Kit maintenance Allowance

Subsumed into the newly proposed Dress Allowance i.e Rs. 20,000/- Per year.

 

Depending upon rank and area of posting, officer posted to Field Areas will be eligible for the following Field Area allces :-

 

Rank

Level

HAFA

(Rs. Per month)

Fd Area Allce (Rs. Per month)

Mod Fd Area Allce (Rs. Per month)

Lieutenant and above 

Level 10 and above

16,900/- R1H2

10,500/-

R2H2

6,300/-

60% of R2H2

 

High Altitude Allowance:

 

Rank

Level

CAT-I (Rs. Per month)

CAT-II (Rs. Per month)

CAT-III (Rs. Per month)

Lieutenant and above

Level 10 and above

3,400/-

R3H2

5,300/-

R3H1

25,000/- R1H1

     

Siachen Allowance: Siachen Allowance will be Rs. 42,500/- Per month.

 

Uniform allowance: Subsumed into the newly proposed Dress Allowance i.e. Rs. 20,000/- Per year.

     

 

Free Rations:

 

In Fd Area to all Defence Officers.

       

Defence Officers posted in peace area to get Ration Money Allce (RMA) every month.

 

Transport Allowance (TPTA):

Pay Level

Higher TPTA Cities (Rs. Per month)

Other Places (Rs. Per month)

10 and above

Rs. 7,200/- +DA thereon

Rs. 3,600/- +DA thereon

 

Note:

 

Higher Tpt Cities (UA). Hyderabad, Patna, Delhi, Ahmadabad, Surat, Bengaluru, Kochi, Kozhikode, Indore, Greater Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Jaipur, Chennai, Coimbatore, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Kolkata.

 

The allowance shall not be admissible to those service personnel who have been provided with the facility of Government transport.

 

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 per month thereon.

 

The allowance will not be admissible for the calendar month(s) wholly covered by leave.

 

Physically disabled service personnel will continue to be paid at double rate, subject to a minimum of Rs. 2,250/-  + DA per month.

 

Children Education Allowance:  

Rs. 2,250/- per month per child for two eldest surviving children only. CEA is admissible from Nursery to 12th Classes.

 

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

 

Certificate from the head of institution where the ward of government employee studies should be sufficient for this purpose. The certificate should confirm that the 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-Est.(AL) dated 16 Aug 2017).

 

Army Group Insurance Fund (AGIF):  

The Gentlemen Cadets when in receipt of stipend are insured for Rs 75 lac wef 01 Oct 2016.  Those who are invalidated out from Academy 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 years 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, Gentleman 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 5,000/- will have to be paid in advance on monthly basis by the Gentlemen Cadets 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.