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      Training in Infantry TA is carried out on Urban and provincial systems.

  • Urban systems of training :  Training is carried out on weekends and holidays.  Four hours training is counted as one day.
  • Recruit Training : 32 days in the first year only including a camp of not less than 4 days if the trainee volunteers with the written consent of his employer, if any.
  • Annual Training :   A minimum of 30 days extendable upto a maximum of 60 days including a camp for 14 days.
  • Post Commission Training:   All Officers are required to undergo 10 weeks of Post commission Training within two years of their commissioning.
  • Voluntary Training to gain additional military training, provided the trainee Volunteers with the written consent of the employer, if any.

Provincial systems of training

  • Recruit Training : For a continuous period of 30 days in the first year only.
  • Annual Training :  For a continuous period of two calendar months in the first and subsequent years.
  • Post commission Training:  10 weeks post commission training is compulsory within two years of commissioning.
  • Voluntary Training  to gain additional military training, provided the trainee volunteers with the written consent of his employer, if any.

Departmental TA

  • Recruit Training: This is carried out for a continuous period of 30 days in the first year in a camp. No recruit training is there for Medical and Nursing Officers of General Hospital (TA).
  • Annual Training:  In the first and subsequent years annual training is carried out for a continuous period of 30 days in a camp.  For Officers of General Hospital (TA), this is carried out on weekends, without a camp, four hours training being counted as one day.
  • Post Commission Training:  30 days post commission training within two years of commissioning is compulsory for all Departmental TA Officers, except Medical Officers of Railway (TA) units and Officers of General Hospitals (TA).
  • Voluntary Training :  Departmental TA personnel who volunteer with the specific consent of their departments can be attached for voluntary training.
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