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Message Title: Change of Home Town while availing LTC – Army Officers

Message : CGDA Office vide their letter No. AT/IV/4462/Claim/III dated 17/07/2019 have clarified to accept change of Home Town in respect of Army Officers at par with Defence Civilians, and for making the similar provisions of Defence Civilians at Rule 190(5) (ii) TR applicable to Army Officers also. Hence, such cases will be regulated as under:

a. Home town once declared will be treated as final, and the same will be referred to while admitting Home Town LTC claims.

b. In case any change is to be notified through Part II orders and Home Town LTC claim submitted for the changed Home Town, the sanction of Head of Department, or if the officer himself is the Head of Department then sanction of MoD will invariably be enclosed with LTC claim.

c. The change of Home Town is permissible in exceptional circumstances and the change will not be made more than once in the entire service of the officer.

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In Army (excluding Army Medical Corps, Army Dental Corps and Military Nursing Service), as on 01.07.2015, against the authorized strength of 49,631 officers, held strength of officers was 40,525 with a shortage of 9,106 officers.

Age limit for entry into various entry schemes in Army is as under:

S. No. Entry scheme Age limit
(i) National Defence Academy 16½  to 19½ years
(ii) Combined Defence Services 19 to 22 years
(iii) Technical Graduate Course Entry 20 to 27 years
(iv) National Cadet Corps Special Entry [Short Service Commission (Non Technical)] 19 to 25 years
(v) University Entry Scheme 18 to 24 years (pre-final year) 

19 to 25 years (final year)
(vi) Short Service Commission (Non Technical) 19 to 25 years
(vii) Short Service Commission (Technical) 20 to 27 years
(viii) 10 + 2 (Technical Entry Scheme) 16½  to 19½  years
(ix) Army Cadet College (from Other Ranks) 20 to 27 years
(x) Special Commissioned Officers (from Other Ranks). 28 to 35 year

Presently, there is no proposal to lower the age limit for entry of officers in Indian Army.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Kirti Azad in Lok Sabha today.

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