Medical Standards

Height and Weight Standards for Female Candidates joining(Army)

(a) The minimum height required for entry into the Armed Forces for female Candidates is 152 cm. Gorkhas and candidates belonging to Hills of North Eastern region of India, Garhwal and Kumaon will be accepted with a minimum height of 148 cm. An allowance for growth of 02 cm will be made for candidates below 18 yrs at the time of examination. The minimum height requirement for the Flying Branch is 163 cm. Flying Branch also requires other anthropometric standards like sitting height, leg length and thigh length.

(b) Weight for height charts given below is for all categories of personnel. This chart is prepared based on the BMI. The chart specifies the minimum acceptable weight that candidates of a particular height must have. Weights below the minimum specified will not be acceptable in any case. The maximum acceptable weight of

wrestling, and boxing at the National level. In such cases the following criteria will have to be met. (i) Body Mass Index should be below 25. (ii) Waist Hip ratio should be below 0.9 for male and 0.8 for female. (iii) Waist Circumference should be less than 90 cm for male and 80 cm for female. (iv) All biochemical metabolic parameters should be within normal limits. Note: The height and weight for candidates below 17 years will be followed as per guidelines by ‘Indian Academy of Paediatrics growth charts for height, weight and BMI for 05 Years to 16 Years old children’ amended from time to time, height has been specified in age wise categories. Weights higher than the acceptable limit will be acceptable only in the case of candidates with documented evidence of body building

Height and Weight Standards for Male Candidates joining (Army):

Height requirement varies as per the stream of entry. Weight should be proportionate to height as per the chart given below

PHYSICAL STANDARDS FOR OFFICERS (MALE/ FEMALE) ON ENTRY

Height-Weight Chart : Navy

Height And Weight Standards For Indian Air Force  

- Male

Height And Weight Standards For Indian Air Force  

(Female)

Vision

Distant Vision 6/6 without spectacles.
Near Vision N-5 each eye.
Color Vision CP-1(ML T).
Manifest Hyper metropia must not exceed + 2.00 Dsph "Myopia - Nill" and Astigmatism
+ 0.75 DSph.
Vision Standards for the Flying Branch Short Service Commission:-
Visual Acuity 6/6 in one eye and 6/9 in other, correctable to 6/6 only for hypermetropia.
Manifest Myopia - Nil.
LASIK Surgery for correction of vision is admissible in Transport and Helicopter streams of Short    service Commission (Flying Branch)

INDIAN NAVY
Visual Standards for Navy:-
(a) Uncorrected without glass 6/12
(b) Corrected with glass 6/6
(c) Limits of Myopia -3.5
(d) Limits of Hypermetropia +2.5
(e) Binocular vision III
(f) Limits of Colour Perception I

INDIAN ARMY
The candidate should be able to hear  forced whisper at 610 cm distance, Distant Vision in better eye  must  be 6/6   (corrected)  and  worse  eye  6/18  (corrected),  and myopia or hypermetropia of not more than 3.5 D in any one meridian. Colour vision should be defective safe and normal field of vision.