Indian Army Officer Salary 2023: Check Pay Scale, Allowances, Training & Promotion Policy

Indian Army Officer Salary 2023: Check the Indian Army Short Service Commissioned (SSC) Officer’s salary, pay scale, allowances, training, and promotion policy.

Indian Army Officer Salary 2023: Indian Army is conducting the online registration process for the enrolment in Short Service Commission (Tech) Men 62^nd course and Short Service Commission (Tech) Women 33^rd course scheduled to commence in April 2024 onwards at Officers Training Academy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Check Indian Army SSC Recruitment 2023 Eligibility Criteria

Below are the important dates for Indian Army SSC  Recruitment 2023:

Let’s look at the salary, pay scale, allowances, training, and promotion policy of an Indian Army SSC cadets in detail:

Indian Army Officer Pay Scale 2023

Let’s look at the pay scale under the Indian Army SSC recruitment 2023:

Indian Army SSC Military Service Pay (MSP)

Let’s look at the amount of Military Service Pay (MSP) given to the Indian Army SSC officers:

Indian Army SSC Fixed Stipend for Cadet Training

Let’s look at the amount of stipend given to the Indian Army SSC officers:

Note: On successful commissioning, the pay in the Pay Matrix of the Officer Commissioned shall be fixed in the 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.

Indian Army Officer SSC Allowances 2023

Let’s look at the allowances and perks given to the shortlisted candidates under Indian Army SSC recruitment:

Qualification Grant 

Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees are to be governed by the 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:-

Other Allowances 

The Indian Army will also give the below allowances:

Depending upon rank and area of posting, officers posted to Field Areas will be eligible for the following Field Area allowances and or Risk and hardship Allces payable as per MoD letter No.8(3)/ 2017/ D(Pay/Services) dated April 21, 2022:

High Altitude Allowance

Siachen Allowance 

Siachen’s Allowance will be Rs. 42,500/- per month.

Uniform Allowance

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

Ration in Kind

In peace and field areas

Transport Allowance (TPTA)

Note:

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

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

(iii) Officers in Pay Level- 14 and above, who are entitled to use the 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.

(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 a 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.

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

(ii) Certificate from the head of the 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. A27012/ 02/2017-Est.(AL) dated 16 Aug 2017).

Hostel Subsidy 

Rs. 6750/- per month per child for two eldest surviving only. Hostel subsidy is admissible from Nursery to the 12th class.

Note – Please note that pay & allowances and rules/ provisions thereof are subject to revision from time to time.

Army Group Insurance Fund (AGIF)

The Gentlemen/ Lady Cadets when in receipt of stipend are insured for ₹ One Cr as applicable to officers of the regular Army. Subscription at the rate of ₹ 10,000/- will have to be paid in advance on a monthly basis by Gentlemen/Lady Cadets to become members under the AGI Scheme as applicable to regular Indian Army Officers.

Indian Army SSC Promotion Criteria 2023

Let’s look at the promotion criteria under the Indian Army SSC recruitment 2023:

Indian Army SSC Training 2023 

Selected candidates will be detailed for training at Officers Training Academy, Chennai according to their position in the final order of merit (engineering stream-wise) up to the number of available vacancies and subject to meeting all eligibility criteria. under:- 

The final allocation of Arms/Services will be made prior to the passing out of Lady/Gentleman cadets from OTA, Chennai, and will be at the sole discretion of Integrated HQ Ministry of Defence (Army) keeping in view the existing policy.