About Indian Army Soldier Entry :

Recruitment in the Army is broad based. Every male citizen, irrespective of caste, class, religion and domicile, is eligible for recruitment in the Army, provided he meets the laid down age, educational, physical and medical standards.

Recruitment in the Army is carried out through out the year through an open rally system. The recruitment programme is published in local newspapers, one month prior to the conduct of the rally by the concerned Zonal Recruiting Offices.

The process of screening and enrolment is as follows:-

Checking of documents.
Physical fitness test.
Physical measurement.
Medical Exam.
Written Exam.
Preparation of merit list and allotment of arms and services.
Enrolment & Despatch of selected candidates to Training Centres.

Categories of Entry & their Eligibility Conditions :

Category	Education	Age
Soldier (General Duty ) (All Arms)	SSLC/Matric with 45% marks in aggregate, and 32% in each subject. No % required if higher qualification, then only pass in Matric i.e 10+2 and above	17½ - 21 Yrs
Soldier Clerk/ Store Keeper Technical (All Arms)	10+2/Intermediate exam pass in any stream (Arts, Commerce, Science) in aggregate and min 40% in each subject (Core subjects). No stipulation of marks for higher qualification.	17½ - 23 Yrs
Soldier Nursing Assistant (Army Medical Corps)	10+2/Intermediate exam pass in Science with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English with min 50% marks in aggregate and min 40% in each subject.	17½ - 23 Yrs
Sol Tradesmen	Non Matric	17½ - 23 Yrs
Sol (General Duty) Non Matric (All Arms)	Non Matric	17½ - 21 Yrs
Surveyor Auto Carto(Engineers)	BA/B.Sc with Maths having passed Matric and 10 + 2 with Maths and Science	20 – 25 Yrs
Havildar Education (Army Education Corps)	Gp X – MA/M Sc or BA/B Sc with B Ed Gp Y - Graduate (w/o B Ed)	20 – 25 Yrs
Junior Commissioned officer Religious Teacher (All Arms)	Graduate in any discipline. In addition qualification in his own religious denomination	27 – 34 Yrs
Junior Commissioned officer Catering (Army Service Corps)	10+2, Diploma/Certificate Course of a duration of one year or more in Cookery/ Hotel Management and Catering Tech from a recognized University. AICTE recognition is not mandatory	21 – 27 Yrs

Physical Standards :

The country has been divided into six geographical regions to facilitate laying down of physical standards :-

The minimum physical standards for the various regions are : -

Region	States	Height (Cms)	Chest (Cms)	Weight (Kgs)
Western Himalayan Region	J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab Hills (Area South and West of the Inter State Border between Himachal Pradesh and Punjab and North and East of Road of Mukerian Hoshiarpur, Garh Shankar and Ropar) Garhwal and Kumaon (Uttaranchal)	166# 163*	77	48
Eastern Himalayan Region	Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam and Hill Region of West Bengal (Darjeeling and Kalimpong Districts)	160# 157*	77	48
Western Plains Region	Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Western UP , (Meerut and Agra Divisions)	170# *	77	50
Eastern Eastern Region	UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Plains Jharkhand and Orissa	169# *	77	50
Central Region	Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu	168# 167*	77	50
Southern Region	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and Pondicherry	166# 165*	77	50