NDA Brief Particulars of the service

NDA Brief Particulars of the service etc. (Pay and other allowances)

1. Before a candidate joins the Academy, the parent or guardian will be required to sign: —

(a) A certificate to the effect that he fully understands that he or his son or ward shall not be entitled to claim any compensation or other relief from the Government in respect of any injury which his son or ward may sustain in the course of or as a result of the training or where bodily infirmity or death results in the course of or as a result of a surgical operation performed upon or anaesthesia administered to him for the treatment of any injury received as aforesaid or otherwise.

(b) A bond to the effect that if, on account of his dismissal or discharge or withdrawal from National Defence Academy for knowingly furnishing false particulars or suppressing material information in his application for admission to the said National Defence Academy or in the event of his being dismissed or discharged or withdrawn on disciplinary grounds from the said, National Defence Academy or for any reason not beyond the control of the cadet, he does not complete the prescribed period of training, or he, the cadet, does not accept a Commission if offered as conventated above, then the Guarantors and the cadet shall jointly and severally be liable to pay forthwith to Government in cash sums as the Government shall fix but not exceeding such expenses as shall have been incurred by the Government on account of the Cadet on his training and all the money received by the Cadets as pay and allowance from the Government together with interest on the said money calculated at the rate in force for Government loans.

2. The cost of training including accommodation, books, uniforms, boarding and medical treatment will be borne by the Government. Parents or guardians of cadets, will, however, be required to meet their pocket and other private expenses. Normally these expenses are not likely to exceed Rs. 3000.00 p.m. If in any case a cadets’s parents or guardian is unable to meet wholly or partly even this expenditure financial assistance of Rs. 1000.00 p.m. for the period of training may be granted by the Government whose parents’ income is less than Rs. 21,000/- per month. Cadet whose parent’s or guardian’s income exceeds Rs. 21,000/- per month will not be liable for the assistance. If more than one son/ward simultaneously undergoing training at NDA, IMA, OTA and corresponding training establishment in the Navy and Air Force, then BOTH would be eligible for the financial assistance. The parent/guardian of a candidate desirous of having financial assistance from the Government should immediately after his son/ward having been finally selected for training at the National Defence Academy submit an application through the District Magistrate of his District who will forward the application with his recommendation to the Commandant, National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune-411023.

3. Candidates

finally selected for training at the Academy will be required to deposit the following amount with the Commandant, National Defence Academy, on their arrival there: —

(a) Pocket allowance for five months Rs. 15000.00

@ Rs. 3000.00 per month.

(b) For items of clothing and equipment Rs. 21381.00

(d) Clothing items required at the time Rs. 8681.00

of joining

(e) Incidental Expenditure during Rs. 7138.00

1st Semester

Total Rs. 59850.00

Out of the amount mentioned above the following amount is refundable to the candidates in the event of financial aid being sanctioned to them: —

(a) Pocket allowance for five months Rs. 2000.00

at Rs. 400.00 per month

(Corresponding to Govt. Financial Assistance)

(b) For items of clothing and equipment approx. Rs. 13935.00

NOTE: Apart from above some Scholarships/Financial Assistance are tenable at the National Defence Academy.