QUALITATIVE REQUIREMENTS (QRs) FOR DEPUTATION TO NSG

Abbreviations Used in This Document

Army		CPOs
JCO	Junior Commissioned Officer	SO	Subordinate Officer
NCO	Non Commissioned Officer	UO	Under Officer
OR	Other Ranks	Insp	Inspector
CE*	Certificate Education	Sub Insp	Sub Inspector
ACR*	Annual Confidential Report	Consts	Constables
* For both Army and CPOs

QRs for Deputation to NSG

Ser No	Rank / Designation		Ranger Group	Administrative Group	Remarks
1	Age Factor (in years)
	(a)	Sepoys / Consts	Below 30	Below 35	(No restriction in case of security aide)
	(b)	NCOs / UOs	Below 38	Below 40
	(c)	JCOs / SOs
		(i) Insp	Below 43	Below 43
		(ii) Sub Insp	Below 40	Below 40
	(d)	Officers
		(i) Team Commander	Below 38	Below 38
		(ii) Squadron Commander	Below 42	Below 42
		(iii) Group Commander	Below 47	Below 47
2	Service Experience Factor (in terms of minimum years of service)
	(a)	Sepoys / Consts	Two	Five
	(b)	NCOs / UOs	One	Three (as NCO / UO)	(As NCO / UO for direct appointees and no restriction for promotes)
	(c)	JCOs / SOs	One	Three (as JCOs / SOs)	(As JCOs / SOs for direct appointees and no restriction promotes)
	(d)	Officers	No restriction	No restriction
3	Education Factor
	(a)	Sepoys / Consts	8th / 3rd CE	6th / 3rd CE
	(b)	NCOs / UOs	8th / 3rd CE	6th / 3rd CE
	(c)	JCOs / SOs	10th / 1st CE	10th / 1st CE
4	Physical Standards
	(a)	Serving officers and JCOs / SOs	No restriction
	(b)	OR	As laid down in the recruitment rules in respective Para-Military / Police Organisations without any condonation
5	Health Factor		Medical Category ‘A’ for all categories and ranks
6	Training Factor		Preference will be given to those who have done professional / technical training courses in recognized training institutions
7	Service Factor
	(a)	Punishment	Punishment free record for three years and no major punishment during entire service
	(b)	General ACR	Categorization : not below ‘good’