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Join as a Jawan / JCO

Join as a Jawan / JCO

Eligibility

Age: 18 to 42 years

Education: Matriculation (dispensation for lower education qualification in specified cases exists).

Process

Applicant to report to the unit or the Recruiting Office on designated dates as advertised in Newspaper and Indian Army Website for tests as per laid down procedures. Selected candidates have to go through the Medical Board and Police Verification.

Click below for latest recruitments of JCO and Jawan schedule:

  1. ADVERTISEMENT FOR RECRUITMENT IN INFANTRY BATTALION (TERRITORIAL ARMY) FOR UNITS UNDER TERRITORIAL ARMY GROUP HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN COMMAND.
  2. RECRUITMENT RALLY IN 137 COMPOSITE ECOLOGICAL TASK FORCE BATTALION (TERRITORIAL ARMY) 39 GORKHA RIFLES.
  3. ADVERTISEMENT FOR RECRUITMENT IN INFANTRY BATTALION (TERRITORIAL ARMY).
  4. ADVERTISEMENT FOR RECRUITMENT IN INFANTRY BATTALION (TERRITORIAL ARMY) UNITS CENTRAL COMMAND.
  5. ADVERTISEMENT FOR RECRUITMENT IN INFANTRY BATTALIONS / HOME & HEARTH BATTALIONS (TERRITORIAL ARMY).
  6. TERRITORIAL ARMY GROUP HEADQUARTER, NORTHERN COMMAND ADVERTISEMENT FOR RECRUITMENT IN INFANTRY BATTALION / HOME & HEARTH BATTALIONS / IKHWAN BATTALION / ENGINEER REGIMENT.
  7. BIHAR & UTTAR PRADESH TERRITORIAL ARMY RECRUITMENT RALLY.

Jawan Recruitment Schedule: https://joinindianarmy.nic.in/latest-rally-jcos-or.htm

Note: Recruitment in TA is carried out on a Zonal basis.

Recruitment Zones

  1. Zone-I: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and the Union Territories of Delhi & Chandigarh.
  2. Zone-II: Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
  3. Zone-III: Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
  4. Zone-IV: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Pondicherry.

Additional Directorate General of Territorial Army

GS Branch, L Block, Church Road, New Delhi-01

Join as a JCO

Call on Queries Related to Junior Commissioned Officers and Other Ranks: 011-23092827

Territorial Army Group Headquarters

Western Command, Building No 750, Sector 8-B, Chandigarh (UT) — Tele: 0172-2781957, 0172-2781859

Central Command, Lucknow — Tele: 0522-2292245, 0522-2292250

Eastern Command, Fort William, Kolkata — Tele: 033-22313227

Southern Command, Pune — Tele: 020-2680123

Northern Command, Udhampur — Tele: 01992-243592