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We are middle class family can we afford the money required to join indian navy or not? I desperately want to make my career in this sector for my country.

Yes definitely a candidate from middle class family can join Indian Navy or any other wings of defense to serve the country as the selection procedure for these are monitered by Central Government with the help of Union Public Service Commission ( UPSC ) and hence the whole selection procedure is free and fair totally dependent on the merit of candidates.

Basically to join Indian Navy you have to options with you. One is through National Defense Academy ( NDA ) and other through Combined Defense Services ( CDS ). For joining any of the above academy you will have to clear their respective entrance examination which are NDA examination and CDS examination respectively.

--> Both the examinations are conducted twice every year by UPSC in two stages which are called as Written examination and Service Selection Board interview respectively.

--> The qualifications required for appearing in the same examination for joining Indian Navy are as here under :-

* For both the examinations, you must have the nationality of India. But for * NDA examination you must be an unmarried male too.

* For both the examinations, you must be physically and mentally tough as per the service requirement norms,

* For NDA examinations your age must be within 16.5 years to 19 years where as for CDS examination your age must lie within 19 years to 22 years.

* For NDA examination you must have done your higher secondary school degree or any other equivalent degree course with PCM as the main subjects from a recognized institute where as for CDS examination you must have done your bachelor degree course with Physics or Mathematics or any Engineering trade from a recognized university. Students pursuing their final years of same degree courses are also eligible for the same examinations.

For further details you can log on to the official link of UPSC i.e; www.upsc.gov.in.

It is good to see your interest towards the Indian Navy.Indian Navy comes under the govt section. The fee require during this course is such that , that any one can afford.

For joining in the Indian navy basically one has to give the following two entrances (any one)

1.NDA.
2.CDS.

NDA is national defense academy.This is an entrance exam which is conducted by the Upsc every year for the following three wings:-


1. Indian Air force.
2. Indian Army.
3. Indian Navy.

The basic eligibility criteria for this exam is to have a +2 course in any stream from a recognised board with good percentile. The appearing aspirant's age must be lie in between 16.5 years to 19 years to be eligible for this exam completely.


Second exam is CDS.This exam is also conducted by the Upsc every year. This exam can be given after completing the bachelor degree. This exam is done for the following academies.

1. Office Trainings Academy.
2. Indian Naval Academy.
3. Indian Air Force Academy.
4. Indian Army Academy.


The basic eligibility criteria for this exam for the naval academy is, to have a bachelor degree in the engineering stream or in the science stream. You must have either B.E./B.tech or B.SC degree as your bachelor degree.

For being completely eligible in this exam it is must to lie the aspirants age between 19 years to 22 years for the naval academy.

Yes surely any one belonging to any economical class can join Indian Navy as the selection procedure is completely free and fair.

But to join Indian Navy one has two options. One is by joining National Defense Academy ( NDA ) by clearing NDA examination and other is by joining Combined Defense Services ( CDS ) by clearing CDS examination. Both the examinations are organised by Union Public Service Commission ( UPSC ) twice every year.

Also the forms are very cheap as it costs only Rs. 100 for male candidates and is free for women candidates so that each econimic class can afford it.

For details about the eligibility, syllabus, question pattern, notifications of the same examination you must visit the official website of UPSC i.e; www.upsc.gov.in.