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Statistics of Recommended Candidates of Territorial Army 2015 PIB

In case of emergency such as natural calamities, state violence, maintenance of essential services, the territorial Army plays an important role to help the regular Indian army.

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Statistics of Recommended Candidates of Territorial Army 2015 PIB

Statistics of Recommended Candidates of Territorial Army 2015 PIB

SSB recommendation for PIB Feb 2015 

  • Central Command – 143
  • Eastern Command – 115
  • Western Command – 153
  • Northern Command – 51
  • Southern Command – 34 (Pune centre) , 22 (Jaipur centre) , 17 (Hyderabad centre) , 17 (Bangalore centre)

Total no. of candidates – 552

SSB recommendation for PIB AUG 2015 

  • Central Command-113
  • Western Command-96
  • Northern Command-36
  • Eastern Command-62
  • Southern Command-291

Total No. Of Recommended Candidates-598

 

Training in Infantry TA is carried out on Urban and provincial systems

Urban systems of training : Training is carried out on weekends and holidays. Four hours training is counted as one day.

Recruit Training : 32 days in the first year only including a camp of not less than 4 days if the trainee volunteers with the written consent of his employer, if any.

Annual Training : A minimum of 30 days extendible up to a maximum of 60 days including a camp for 14 days.

Post Commission Training: All Officers are required to undergo 10 weeks of Post commission Training within two years of their commissioning.

Voluntary Training to gain additional military training, provided the trainee Volunteers with the written consent of the employer, if any.

Provincial systems of training

Recruit Training : For a continuous period of 30 days in the first year only.

Annual Training : For a continuous period of two calendar months in the first and subsequent years.

Post commission Training: 10 weeks post commission training is compulsory within two years of commissioning.

Voluntary Training to gain additional military training, provided the trainee volunteers with the written consent of his employer, if any.

Departmental TA

Recruit Training: This is carried out for a continuous period of 30 days in the first year in a camp. No recruit training is there for Medical and Nursing Officers of General Hospital (TA).

Annual Training: In the first and subsequent years annual training is carried out for a continuous period of 30 days in a camp. For Officers of General Hospital (TA), this is carried out on weekends, without a camp, four hours training being counted as one day.

Post Commission Training: 30 days post commission training within two years of commissioning is compulsory for all Departmental TA Officers, except Medical Officers of Railway (TA) units and Officers of General Hospitals (TA).

Voluntary Training : Departmental TA personnel who volunteer with the specific consent of their departments can be attached for voluntary training.

Following incentives and service benefits are available to Territorial Army

  • Promotion to higher as per authorization.
  • Free rations, CSD facilities and medical facilities to self and dependants when embodied for training, military service or when posted on permanent staff.
  • Facilities of leave, leave encashment, accommodation and leave travel concessions when embodied for training, military service or on Permanent Staff.
  • Entitlement to all medals and awards as applicable to the Regular Army.
  • Rank Pay as applicable to Regular Army.
  • DA as applicable during service embodiment.
  • Special increments on completion of 3 to 5 Annual Training Camps.
  • Entitlement to pension for officers with 20 years and JCOs and Other Ranks with 15 years aggregate embodied service (actual physical service).
  • Facilities of Army Welfare Housing Organisation after 10 years of embodied/physical service.
  • Terminal gratuity at the time of discharge/retirement (other than civil Govt employees).
  • Ex-servicemen status and free medical facilities to pensioners.

Certain State Govts and Departments give the following incentives to TA personnels :-

  • Cash award varying from Rs 2500/- to 5000/- by State Govts on award of TA Decoration/TA Medal.
  • Multi allowance and lump sum Daily allowance by departments like ONGC and IOC.

Territorial Army Service Embodiment

All personnel of infantry and Departmental TA will be called out for service embodiment by the Central Government or the authority empowered by it to do so, on the eve of national Emergency or for Internal Security duties and training exercises. Failure to report for service on such occasions is punishable under the Territorial Army Act 1948.

Territorial Army personnel are entitled to the following benefits from the Defence Estimates during embodiment for training and service embodiment:

  • A goods train manned by TA personnel during 1971 war operating in Eastern Sector.
  • Pay and allowances and Service Benefits – When embodied as applicable to Regular Army.
  • Camp allowance of Rs 10/- per day when attending camps or courses of instruction (For Officers).
  • Increment On completion of 365 days of physical service.
  • Bounty Rs 450/- to Officers Rs 300/- for JCOs and Rs 175/- to Other Ranks of infantry units, on completion of minimum 80% of annual training camp every year.
  • TA Group Insurance benefits to personnel of non-departmental TA units.
  • Terminal gratuity : After completing 5 years of physical service or 10 years of total service to personnel other than civil Govt. employees.
  • Pension : On Completion of 20 years physical service to officers and 15 years to JCOs/OR other than civil Govt. employees.
  • Family/disability Pension is also admissible as applicable to Regular Army.
  • Leave as admissible to Regular Army personnel during embodiment of service and appointment on permanent instructional staff.
  • Accumulation and encashment of leave accrued during the above period, as per terms and conditions laid down from time to time.
  • Ex-servicemen status to pensioners and disability pension holders and Gallantry award winners.
  • Free Medical treatment to self and dependants in respect of all pension holders.
  • Outfit allowance: @Rs 6000/- at the time of commissioning and after every 7 years of physical service or 10 years of commissioned service to officers, Rs 3200/- to Honorary Commissioned officers and Rs 500/- to JCOs.
  • Medals and Awards as applicable to Regular Army. In addition, TA officers are entitled to TA Decoration on completion of 20 years and JCOs and OR to TA medal on completion of 12 years meritorious service.
  • Comment (2)
  • I have a question. Is there any possibility for Permanent Commissioning through TA with the age less than 28 yrs??

  • I am a PACO at Postal Department,and I am retire as a JCO from territoral army at 31 may 2017 but my service book is not upto date due lake rule, about leave, and promotional benefits. I have attend Training Camp also but I am treat as out service. so please inform how can get benefits at Postal Department

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