Indian Army Bharti 2023 | Dates, Schedule, Registration & More

Last Updated on July 31, 2023 by Vishnu Nambiar

Do you want to become a Soldier or JCO in the Indian Army? If yes, this guide will be of help to you. Here, I’ve provided all the details you need to know about Indian Army Open Rally Bharti for the term 2022.

Indian Army personnel can be broadly classified into the following three posts –

• Commissioned Officers
• JCOs
• Soldiers

  Indian Army recruits Soldier and JCO candidates through recruitment rallies. Such rallies are conducted each year across India. You may also check – SSB Interview tips and PABT tips.   Army recruitment rally is known popularly by terms such as – Open Bharti, Bharti Rally and Open Rally Bharti. Such Open Rallied are conducted each year.   Indian Army conducts Open Bharti in a systematic manner. Each year, the rally is conducted across all States and UTs.   How to take part in Army Bharti? How to register and apply for the rally? Where’s the registration form available? You will find answers to these questions in the following sections.   Let us check out the Open Bharti process associated with each JCO and Soldier post. Here they are –

Indian Army Bharti 2022

1 JCO Open Rally Bharti in 2022

Indian Army conducts open rally each year to recruit candidates to fill JCO posts. Eligibility criteria may vary from one JCO post to another.   Without wasting more time, let us move to the meat of the matter – JCO recruitment. You will find details such as eligibility criteria and age limit in the table provided below –

  Let us talk about selection process now. I’ve listed down the main steps involved in JCO and Soldier selection below –  

JCO Selection process

• Learn more about the Open Rally (starting date of registration)
• Apply for Open Rally
• Document verification (on venue site)
• Physical Fitness Test (PFT) – consists of 1.6 Km run, pull-ups, balance and 9 feet ditch
• Medical Test
• Common Entrance Exam (CEE) – consists of subjects such as GK, Mathematics and Science
• Publication of final merit list

  Once the Rally starts and you reach the venue, your important documents will be verified. After verification, the following tests will be conducted –

• PFT (Physical Fitness Test)
• Medical Test
• CEE (Common Entrance Exam)

  PFT consists of the following activities –

• 1.6 Km run
• Pull ups
• Balance
• 9 feet ditch

  Medical tests will be conducted to determine if the candidate is medically and physically fit or not. CEE is a written test.   On completion of the above mentioned tests, a final merit list is prepared. Marks scored by candidates in PFT, Medicals and CEE are used to create the merit list.  

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  Deserving candidates, who feature in the merit list, are selected for training (depending upon the vacancy).   Let us check out the medical standards required to pass the medical test –

JCO Medical standards

• A candidate should have robust physique and good mental health
• Chest should be well developed having minimum 5 cms expansion
• Should have normal hearing with each ear and good binocular vision in both eyes. He should be able to read 6/6 in distant vision chart with each eye. Colour vision should be CP – III (able to recognize white, red and green signal colors correctly as shown by Martin’s Lantern at 1.5 mtrs)
• Should have sufficient number of natural healthy gum and teeth i.e. minimum 14 dental points
• Should not have diseases like deformity of bones, hydrocele and varicocele or piles
• Soldier General Duty for infantry should have 6/6 eye sight

2 Soldier Open Rally Bharti in 2022

  Let us talk about selection process now. I’ve listed down the main steps involved in Soldier recruitment below –  

Soldier Selection process

• Learn more about the Open Rally (starting date of registration)
• Apply for Open Rally
• Document verification (on venue site)
• Physical Fitness Test (PFT) – consists of 1.6 Km run, pull-ups, balance and 9 feet ditch
• Medical Test
• Common Entrance Exam (CEE) – consists of subjects such as GK, Mathematics and Science
• Publication of final merit list

  Once the Rally starts and you reach the venue, your important documents will be verified. After verification, the following tests will be conducted –

• PFT (Physical Fitness Test)
• Medical Test
• CEE (Common Entrance Exam)

  PFT consists of the following activities –

• 1.6 Km run
• Pull ups
• Balance
• 9 feet ditch

  Medical tests will be conducted to determine if the candidate is medically and physically fit or not. CEE is a written test.   On completion of the above mentioned tests, a final merit list is prepared. Marks scored by candidates in PFT, Medicals and CEE are used to create the merit list.   Deserving candidates, who feature in the merit list, are selected for training (depending upon the vacancy).   Let us check out the medical standards required to pass the medical test –  

Soldier Medical standards

• A candidate should have robust physique and good mental health
• Chest should be well developed having minimum 5 cms expansion
• Should have normal hearing with each ear and good binocular vision in both eyes. He should be able to read 6/6 in distant vision chart with each eye. Colour vision should be CP – III (able to recognize white, red and green signal colors correctly as shown by Martin’s Lantern at 1.5 mtrs)
• Should have sufficient number of natural healthy gum and teeth i.e. minimum 14 dental points
• Should not have diseases like deformity of bones, hydrocele and varicocele or piles
• Soldier General Duty for infantry should have 6/6 eye sight

Documents verified at venue of Rally

JCO and Soldier applicants are supposed to furnish some important documents at the Open rally venue. Here are those documents –

• Educational Certificate / Marksheet issued by the Recognized Education Board
• Residence Certificate with photograph issued by the authorised signatory of the State Government / Tehsildar / SDM
• Caste Certificate with photograph to be signed by Village Sarpanch except in the case of SIKH (Mazbi and Ramdasia), Gujjar and Gorkha candidates wherein it is reqd to be signed by the authorised signatory of the State Government / Tehsildar / SDM. Candidates belonging to Dogra Community to produce certificate with photograph issued by Tehsildar / Authorised Government Signatory
• Religion Certificate issued by the authorised signatory of the State Government / Tehsildar / SDM
• School Character Certificate issued by the Schools / Colleges Principal / Headmaster
• Character Certificate with photograph issued by the Village Sarpanch / Municipal Corporation / Police issued within last six months
• Unmarried Certificate with photograph issued by Village Sarpanch / District Administration issued within last six months (If candidate is below 21 years of age)
• Relationship Certificate issued by concerned Records Office (Applicable for only the Son of Serving Soldiers / Widows / War Widows and Ex-servicemen)
• NCC A / B / C Certificates. In case of NCC Certificate holders relevant certificates and certificate for participation in Republic Day Parade to be produced for dispensation
• Sports Certificate to be produced if represented in the following – International level, National Level, Represented District at National Level, Represented University Team or Regional Team at District Level
• Candidates having O+ Level Computer Certificate ‘Business Professional Programmer’ issued by the DOEACC Society
• Latest passport size photographs. Both the ears of the candidates must be visible and SIKH (Mazbi and Ramdasia) candidates must have photograph in turban and without turban
• Kandi area certificate for applicable candidates to be issued by Tehsildar / Authorised Government Signatory

Important Army Recruitment Rally Dates

Indian Army conducts Open Rally across all the States and UTs across India. Details about the Open Rally schedule are published on the joinindianarmy.nic.in website as well as newspapers.

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