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The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is the youth wing of the Indian Armed Forces with its headquarters in New Delhi, India. It is open to school and college students on voluntary basis as a Tri-Services Organisation, comprising the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. Cadets are given basic military training in small arms and drill.
Havildar. Havildar or havaldar ( Hindustani: हविलदार or हवलदार ( Devanagari), حوالدار ( Perso-Arabic)) is a rank in the Indian, Pakistani and Nepalese armies, equivalent to sergeant. It is not used in cavalry units, where the equivalent is daffadar. Like a British sergeant, a havildar wears three rank chevrons. [1]
Junior commissioned officer ( JCO) is a group of military ranks which is higher than havildar ( non-commissioned officer) and lower than lieutenant ( commissioned officer ). The term is only used by Nepal, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. [1] Senior havildars are promoted to JCO rank on the basis of merit and seniority, restricted by the number ...
The Indian Ordnance Factories Service ( IOFS) is a civil service of the Government of India. IOFS officers are Gazetted (Group A) defence-civilian officers under the Ministry of Defence. They are responsible for the administration of the Indian Ordnance Factories, which provide the indigenous defence production capabilities of India.
General is a four-star general officer rank in the Indian Army. It is the highest active rank in the Indian Army. General ranks above the three-star rank of lieutenant general and below the five-star rank of field marshal, which is largely a war-time or ceremonial rank. A general may be referred to as a full general or four-star general to ...
In India, the Central Armed Police Forces ( CAPF) is the collective designation for the central police organizations under the Ministry of Home Affairs. [ 2] These forces, previously known as the Central Para-Military Forces, are technically paramilitary in nature. Since 2011, the term "central armed police forces" has been adopted, replacing ...
11th Gorkha Rifles. The 11 Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha regiment of the Indian Army that was re-raised after independence. The regiment consists of primarily the Kirant Tribes Rai, Limbu, Yakkha, Sunuwar of Eastern Nepal, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Dooars of West Bengal, Sikkim and other parts of Northeast India. [2] [3] Though it is considered to be ...
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services (AFHQCS) is a Group A Central Civil Services with induction at Group B grade, responsible for policy formulation, implementation and providing administrative support through civilian officers and staff to the Tri-services headquarters of Indian Armed Forces and Inter-Services Organizations (ISOs) such as DRDO, DGQA, DGAQA, DGNCC etc under the Ministry ...