Indian Army Rank Wise Salary, Grade Pay, Total Income Chart for Soldier GD Clerk

Salaries for Indian Army Soldiers, Clerks, GD, Ex-Army and all Posts Rank Wise Income, Grade Pay, Total Benefits Chart 2018-2019.

Indian Army Salaries 2018: Army Soldier Salary Slip Rank Wise Total Income

Every youngster always have a desire to have safe job which comes with complete benefits like job security, a nice salary and all the benefits it can cover for their safer life. Indian army part of Ministry of defense along with Indian Navy and Air force governed by the central government to secure the land border of the country. Indian army is the institution which comes with all this facilities along with many other great features.

Every youngster while studying once in his lifetime at a point he have a dream to join this institution for once whether it is for the glory, valor or it is about the salary. As we all know that India shares a vast border line with many country surrounding it which is needed to be protected at any cost and to perform this job they need huge number of people who are strong and are capable of carry the responsibilities for which they are assigned.

Indian Army Officers Salary Rank Wise

Every year Indian Army issues various notification for many post across the country for the every section of the society for different age group but their main aim is to attract youngster in this field. So they use different ways to attract as many youngster so that they can have a chance to help and serve their country. But to apply for the job one must have a list of complete details about that job so in future one must not face any type of problems

How To Join the Indian Army

Facing the fact that Indian army every year conducts various exams for the youngster. Exams like NDA, CDS and many other where NDA (National Defense Academy) is for the cadets level and CDS (Combined Defense Services) is a exam where you have two options either from their you can join the Indian Military Academy OR Officer Training Academy. Their are many other ways to enter in this vast institution like Direct recruitment or “Open Bharti” is conducted anytime in the year to fill up the small posts.

These both exams are conducted twice every year and each time whenever the notification drops thousands of candidates apply for this exam and sometime the number reaches in lakhs. Everyone who apply in this institution somewhere in their mind they always have a thought that what is the actual amount of salary which a soldier can get. Well we must tell you that the salary is not fixed in this institution it keeps on changing with time as you gain experience or their is an increase in your rank the salary keeps on getting change. So to know this you must have a proper knowledge about the various ranks of post in Army.

If you are joining army after your schooling you can start it from the post of rifleman but you can not reach further you can only reach till the post of subedar major but if you have completed your graduation you can reach on the higher and one of the most respected posts in this institution. Once you had the graduation degree you can reach to the post of Lieutenant and after that with your experiences you can reach to the post various from captain to lieutenant general.

Indian Army Soldiers Salary Structure 2018

As we know that it is the governmental institution so the income structure is little complex. Here you won’t get only salary but there are various things added in your salary. The salary includes various things like basic pay added with grade pay and the with other various monthly allowances. Now here basic pay is the different concept then grade pay. Basic pay is the  amount which is allotted to any candidates with adding any other allowance and it keeps on changing every year while grade pay is the amount which is calculated on the basis of your position in the department. It remains fixed every year and changes when their is change in your position or rank.

Along with these two there are various allowance which you can receive. According to 7th Commission a can get various allowances like

House Rent Allowance

House Rent Allowance or HRA is an allowance which a person receives if he is living in a rented house this allowance is calculated at a different rate which changes according to the number of persons living in the area. The area is classified in three categories X, Y and Z and the rates are 30%, 20% and 10% respectively which is calculated on the basis of their salaries

Other Various Allowances

There are many other allowance like Transport allowance, Field area allowance, High Alltitude, Siachen Allowance (only for the candidates posted in siachen) and many other as per allotted to different post and department. Along with these allowance there are many deduction which are made like DA, PF and many other which is calculated on the basis of the salary and it get collected and is given at the time of their retirement.

Now you must be having a gist about how the salary in this institution is calculated and distributed.

Indian Army Rank wise & Band wise Income chart

The post in army is divided in various bands 1 to 4. Band 1 & 2 are for the candidates those who get the job through the direct recruitment for this they need to get the education till high school and meet the eligibility criteria as set by the department.

Trainees

Candidates get the who are trainees in the department they do not get the salary but they receive a stipend which is around 15000 to 20000. As per the post he had applied.

Salaries according to the Pay Band 1&2

Under this band the post falls under below Officer rank or you can say JCO.

Sepoy (Rifleman)

The sepoy also known as rifleman is the initial rank in army but they still get fair salary as the basic pay they get around 5200 to 20200 along with the grade pay of 1800 and with other allowances they get total approx 25000 in hand.

Lance Naik & Naik

From sepoy the soldiers are promoted to lance Naik and then to Naik. The salary for the Lance naik is 5200 to 20200 with the grade pay of 2000 and adding their military service and the X group pay they get total of around 30000 while the naik get around 32000 to 35000.

Havildar

The person who is at the post of havildar get the salary of around 40000 where is income is same but the various allowance get increases like his grade pay gets to 2800 and his X military charge and the X group pay is 1400.

Pay Band 2

The pay band 2 includes the post Subedar, Naib Subedar and Subedar Major respectically. Here also the salary remains the same at 9000 to 34000 but the extra allowance keeps on changing.

Subedar

A Subedar gets a grade pay of 2800 and his military service is 2000 and X group pay is 1400 which takes his salary to 38000 to 40000.

Naib Subedar

A Subedar is promoted to Naib Subedar here he gets a grade pay of 4600 and his military service is 2000 and X group pay is 1400 which takes his salary around 45000.

Subedar Major

Subedar major is the promoted post of Naib Subedar where is salary is approx to 55000 to 60000 where his G.P. is increased to 4800 and rest remains the same.

Salary Of Indian Army officers

After the post of Subedar Major a person reaches to the post of Officers after here he gets more respect and receives high salaries. The post here comes in the band 3 & 4.

Band 3

Post which are of Lieutenant, captain, Major comes in this category. Here the salary gets increased to 15000 to 39000 but the various allowances fluctuates and the candidates does not receive the X group pay

Lieutenant

This is the first post at the officers level and here the grade pay is 5400 and the military service pay is 6000.

Captain

A Lieutenant is promoted to the post of captain and here his G.P. is 6100 and military service pay is 6000 and his total salary is 70000.

Major

A person who is at major have a great responsibilities and his salary gets spiked to 1,00,000 including his grade pay with 6600 and military service pay is 6000.

Band 4

The band 4 covers 4 post which are lieutenant colonel, colonel, brigadier and Major General where salary hiked upto 35000 to 60000

Lieutenant colonel

A person reaches at the post of lieutenant colonel after serving 12 to 13 years in the army here his grade pay increases to 8000 and his military service pay is 6000.

Colonel

After fulfilling certain criteria a person gets promoted to the post of colonel and here his G.P is 700 more while the Military service pay remains the same.

Brigadier

Brigadier is the post which is achieve after a long time serving the country here the grade pay is 8000 which makes his salary nearly 1,00,000 along with service pay

Major General

A major general is a very respected post not in India only but in the world here he gets grade pay of 10000 but he won’t receive any service pay but is salary spikes upto 1,00,000.

Lieutenant General

The post of lieutenant general is not easy it comes with great responsibility and it take a huge time to get here after giving many years to the country here he won’t get as much allowances as compared to the other post and his salary range between 67000 to 79000 but he gets the increment of 3% every year.

Indian Army Soldiers Salary Table of All Match

Here is the table for the various post of officers and the JCO’s. Now you must be having a brief idea about the salary structure of mostly every personnel in the army.

Rank	Pay Band	Grade Pay	Military Service Pay	Cash in Hand (app.)
Sepoy	5200-20200	1800	2000	25000
Lance Naik	5200-20200	2000	2000	30000
Naik	5200-20200	2400	2000	35000
Havaldar	5200-20200	2800	2000	40000
Naib Subedar	9000-34000	4200	2000	45000
Subedar	9000-34000	4600	2000	50000
Subedar Major	9000-34000	4800	2000	65000
Lieutenant	15000-39000	5400	6000	68000
Captain	15000-39000	6100	6000	75000
Major	15000-39000	6600	6000	100000
Lieutenant Colonel	37000-67000	8000	6000	112000
Colonel	37000-67000	8700	6000	130000
Brigadier	37000-67000	8900	6000	–
Major General	37000-67000	10000	–	–
Lieutenant General	60000-79000	–	–	–

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