CDS Salary 2023, Perks, Allowances 2023 for OTA, Navy, Army & Air Force

CDS Salary 2023: Indian Military Academy (IMA), Indian Naval Academy (INA), Indian Air Force Academy (IAFA) and Officers Training Academy (OTA) provide great perks and salary, apart from a well-reputed profile, to the entry-level officers selected through Combined Defence Services (CDS) exam.

Here we’ve got mentioned CDS salary and perks offered to the officers selected in IMA, INA, IAFA, and OTA. So, have a look at the complete CDS salary structure of the officer Ranks selected through Combined Defence Services exam beneath IMA, INA, IAFA & OTA. We’ve got also compiled below the gross salary, in-hand salary of CDS officers together with other perks and benefits offered beneath these posts.

CDS Salary and Allowances 2023 Details:

Pay scale of Army Officers and equivalent ranks in Air Force and Navy:

Rank	Level	(Pay in Rs.)
Lieutenant	Level 10	56,100 -1,77,500
Captain	Level 10 B	61,300- 1,93,900
Major	Level 11	69,400 – 2,07,200
Lieutenant Colonel	Level 12A	1,21,200 – 2,12,400
Colonel	Level 13	1,30,600-2, 15,900
Brigadier	Level 13A	1,39,600-2,17,600
Major General	Level 14	1,44,200-2,18,200
Lieutenant General HAG Scale	Level 15	1, 82, 200-2,24,100
HAG+Scale	Level 16	2,05,400 – 2,24,400
VCOAS/Army Cdr/ Lieutenant General (NFSG)	Level 17	2,25,000/-(fixed)
COAS	Level 18	2,50,000/-(fixed)

MSP to the officer is as follows:-

Military Service Pay(MSP) to the officers from the rank of Lieutenant to Brigadier

Rs 15.500 p.m. fixed

Fixed Stipend for cadet Training:-

Stipend to Gentlemen or Lady Cadets during the entire duration of training in Service academies i.e. during training period at IMA and OTA.

Rs 56,100/-p.m.* (Starting pay in Level

*On successful commissioning, the pay in the Pay matrix of the Officer commissioned shall be  fixed  in  first  Cell  of  Level  10  and  the  period  of  training  shall  not  be  treated  as commissioned service and arrears on account of  admissible allowances, as applicable, for the training period shall be paid to cadets.

CDS Qualification Pay & Grant:

Qualification Grant

Abolished as a separate allowance. Eligible employees to be governed  by  newly proposed Higher Qualification Incentive (HQI). Order for HQI is yet to be issued by MoD.

(ii)  Flying allowance :-

The Army Aviators (Pilots) serving in the Army Aviation Corps are entitled to flying allowing as under:-

Lieutenant and above

Level 10 and above

Rs 25,000/- p.m. fixed (R1H1 of Risk and Hardship Matrix)

Other Allowances:-

(a)	Dearnes Allowance	Admissible at the same rates and under the same condition as are applicable to the civilian personnelfrom time to time
(b)	Kit maintenance allce	Subsumed into the newly proposed Dress Allowancei.e Rs 20,000/-per year

Depending upon rank and area of posting, officer posted to  Field  Areas  will be eligible for the following Field Area allces :-

Rank	Level	HAFA	Fd Area Allce	Mod Fd Area Allce
Lieutenant and above	Level 10 and above	16900 R1H2	10500 R2H2	6300 60%R2H2

 High Altitude Allowance:

Rank	Level	CAT-I (PM)	CAT-II (PM)	CAT-III (PM)
Lieutenant and above	Level 10 and above	3,400 (R3H2)	5,300 (R3H1)	25,000 (R1H1)

Siachen Allowance:

Siachen Allowance will be Rs. 42,500/- per month.

 Uniform allowance:

Subsumed into the newly proposed Dress Allowance i.e. Rs. 20,000/- per year.

 Free Rations:

In Peace and Field areas

Transport Allce (TPTA).

Pay Level	Higher TPTA Cities (Rs. Per month)	Other Places (Rs. Per month)
9 and above	Rs. 7200+DA thereon	Rs. 3600+DA thereon

 Note :-

• Higher Tpt Cities (UA). Hyderabad, Patna, Delhi, Ahmadabad, Surat, Bengaluru, Kochi, Kozhikode, Indore, Greater Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Jaipur, Chennai, Coimbatore, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Kolkata.
• The allowance shall not be admissible to those service personnel whohave been provided with the facility of Government 

ALSO READ: CDS 2023 RESULT.

Children Education Allowance (CEA):

• Children Education Allowance. 2250/- per month per  child  for  two eldest surviving only. CEA is admissible from Nursery to 12th classes.
• Reimbursement should be done just once a year,  after  completion of the financial year (which for most schools coincides with the Academicyear).
• Certificate from the head of institution where the ward of government employee studies should be sufficient for  this  purpose.  The certificate should confirm that the child studied in the  school  during the previous academic