Salary Structure of Indian Army Personnel That You Should Know

Every year, there are advertisements for recruitment notifications for the Indian Army. Many people have shown their interest in joining the world’s second biggest standing army .

Indian Army selects candidates for the soldier and constable posts with the direct recruitment process via recruitment rallies. However, it is a different case for officer cadres as they have to go through entrance tests followed by a rigorous training period.

Depending on candidates' qualification and aptitude, they will be recruited as Officer, Junior Commissioned Officer, or as an Other Rank.

When you are a part of the Indian Army, you can get lucrative salary packages as well as remuneration benefits. Going into more details, here are the gross salary structure as well as the pay scale of multiple ranks.

Before jumping to the main part, you should take note that these details are based on information given by several sources and the Indian Army.

Gross Pay & Allowances for Indian Army Officers

Gross Pay & Allowances for the Junior Commissioned Officers & Other Ranks

Other prominent perks allowed for the Indian Army Personnel

Not just salary, the Indian Army personnel will also be able to get several other allowances & perks such as annual leave for 2 months, casual leave of 20 days, life long pension, study leave up to two years with a full pay & benefits, Death Cum Retirement Gratuity & foreign postings, encashment of leave up to 300 days of the last pay drawn, MBA Program for Retired Officers. Cadet Training Wing at MCTE, MCME, and CME as well as Cadets at the OTA, IMA can get fixed stipend of Rs. 21,000 every month.

Aside from the mentioned allowances, officers in the Army are also eligible for many other innumerable benefits such as free hospital facilities, canteen facilities, low interest loans, rations, rail'air travel concesion, and more.