The Territorial Army which is also known as TA is an excellent opportunity for civilians who are gainfully employed in their respective fields and want to help the nation by joining the Indian army without losing their current job. When you join Territorial Army, you become an additional force for Indian army which is being utilized as and when required. So it is a matter of pride to become a part of the great Indian army and helping it. In this article we are going to discuss more about how one could one join the Indian Territorial Army.

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Pay and Allowances and privileges will be same as Regular Army Officers when embodied for training and military service. Promotions upto Lt Col by time scale subject to fulfilling laid down criteria. Promotion to Colonel and Brigadier by selection.

Territorial Army Incentives and Service Benefits

• 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.