Territorial Army – TA Army Employment in Departmental & Non-Departmental Units

Employment Notification Highlights

1 Territorial Army ( TA) : A Voluntary, Part Time Citizen’s Army. TA: a Part of Indian Army.
2 Units of Territorial Army:
3 Territorial Army: Jobs and Employment Opportunities:
- 3.1 How to Join Territorial Army?
  - 3.1.1 Recently Published and Related Vacancy in Govt Sectors of India:

Territorial Army ( TA) : A Voluntary, Part Time Citizen’s Army. TA: a Part of Indian Army.

The Indian Territorial Army is a second line of defence after the Regular Indian Army and it was founded on 9th October 1949. There are more than 200000 troops in Territorial Army (TA). TA has shown immense engagements in the times of calamities.

It is only meant for those people who are already in mainstay civilian professions; in fact, gainful employment or self-employment in a civil profession is a prerequisite for joining the Territorial Army. Volunteers of the Territorial Army usually serve in uniform for a few days every year, so that they can bear arms for national defence in times of dire need or national emergencies.

Units of Territorial Army:

Non Departmental Units
Departmental Units

Non Departmental Units:

Infantry battalion: There are 40 units affiliated to various regiments of the Indian Army.

H& H TA: These battalions are based on the concept of sons of the soil.

Engineer TA: These battalions are deployed for maintenance of the line of control.

Departmental Units:

Ecological TA
Indian Oil Corporation
Indian Railways
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

TA Group Headquarters:

TA GP HQ, Southern Command – Pune, Maharashtra
TA GP HQ, Eastern Command – Kolkata, West Bengal
TA GP HQ, Western Command – Chandigarh, (Union Territory)
TA GP HQ, Central Command – Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
TA GP HQ, Northern Command – Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir

Territorial Army: Introduction:

The Territorial Army is part of the regular Indian Army. The Territorial Army in its current form came into being when the Territorial Army Act was enacted on Aug 18, 1948. Initially, the Territorial Army consisted of Infantry, Armoured Corps, Air Defence Artillery, Signals, Supply and other departmental units.

The Territorial Army has a strength of approximately 40,000 first line troops (and 160,000 second line troops) comprising departmental Territorial Army units such as Railway, IOC, ONGC, telecommunication and General Hospital, and the non-departmental Territorial Army units of infantry battalions and ecological battalions affiliated to various infantry regiments.

TA Departmental units

969 Railway Engineers Regiment (TA) – Jamalpur
970 Railway Engineers Regiment (TA) – Jhansi
1031 Railway Engineers Regiment (TA) – Kota
1032 Railway Engineers Regiment (TA) – Adra
1101 Railway Engineers Regiment (TA) – Chandigarh (Union Territory)
1105 Railway Engineers Regiment (TA) – Hyderabad
General Hospital (TA) (500 Beds) – Kolkata
General Hospital (TA) (400 Beds) – Allahabad
General Hospital (TA) (300 Beds) – Jaipur
General Hospital (TA) (300 Beds) – Patiala
General Hospital (TA) (300 Beds) – Guwāhāti
General Hospital (TA) (300 Beds) – Ahmadabad
General Hospital (TA) (400 Beds) – Rohtak (Haryana)
414 ASC Battalion Marketing (TA) – Kamptee
777 Signal Regiment Telecom (TA) – Mhow
801 Engineer Regiment Refineries & Pipelines (TA) – Agra
811 Engineer Regiment ONGC (TA) – Baroda

TA: Non-departmental units

101 Infantry Battalion (TA) Maratha Light Infantry – Pune
102 Infantry Battalion (TA) Punjab – Kalka
103 Infantry Battalion (TA) Sikh Light Infantry – Ludhiana
105 Infantry Battalion (TA) Rajputana Rifles – Delhi Cantonment
106 Infantry Battalion (TA) Para – Bengaluru
107 Infantry Battalion (TA) 11 Gorkha Rifles – Darjeeling
108 Infantry Battalion (TA) Mahar – Dehradun
109 Infantry Battalion (TA) Maratha Light Infantry – Kolhapur
110 Infantry Battalion (TA) Madras – Coimbatore
111 Infantry Battalion (TA) Kumaon – Allahabad
112 Infantry Battalion (TA) Dogra – Jalandhar
113 Infantry Battalion (TA) Rajput – Kolkata
114 Infantry Battalion (TA) Jat – Fatehgarh
115 Infantry Battalion (TA) Mahar – Belgaum
116 Infantry Battalion (TA) Para – Devlali
117 Infantry Battalion (TA) Guards – Tiruchirappalli
118 Infantry Battalion (TA) Grenadiers – Nagpur
119 Infantry Battalion (TA) Assam – Shillong
120 Infantry Battalion (TA) Bihar – Bhubaneswar
121 Infantry Battalion (TA) Garhwal Rifles – Kolkata
122 Infantry Battalion (TA) Madras – Kannur
123 Infantry Battalion (TA) Grenadiers – Jaipur
124 Infantry Battalion (TA) Sikh – New Delhi
125 Infantry Battalion (TA) Guards – Secunderabad
126 Infantry Battalion (TA) Jammu and Kashmir Rifles – c/o 56 APO
150 Infantry Battalion (TA) Punjab – Delhi
151 Infantry Battalion (TA) Jat – Muzaffarpur
152 Infantry Battalion (TA) Sikh – Ludhiana
153 Infantry Battalion (TA) Dogra – Meerut
154 Infantry Battalion (TA) Bihar – Brichgunj (Port Blair)
155 Infantry Battalion (TA) Jammu and Kashmir Rifles – Sujanpur
156 Infantry Battalion (TA) (H&H) Punjab – Rajouri
157 Infantry Battalion (TA) (H&H) Sikh – BD Bari
158 Infantry Battalion (TA) (H&H) Sikh Light Infantry – Janlot
159 Infantry Battalion (TA) (H&H) Dogra – Thalela
160 Infantry Battalion (TA) (H&H) Jammu and Kashmir Rifles – Kupwara
161 Infantry Battalion (TA) (H&H) Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry – Baramulla
162 Infantry Battalion (TA) (H&H) Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry – Srinagar
163 Infantry Battalion (TA) (H&H) Sikh Light Infantry
164 Infantry Battalion (TA) (H&H) Naga Regiment – Zakhama
165 Infantry Battalion (TA) (H&H) Assam – Imphal
166 Infantry Battalion (TA) (H&H) Assam – Tezpur
172 Infantry Battalion (TA) Madras – Campbell Bay
Ecological Task Forces (Ecological Battalions)
127 Infantry Battalion (TA) Garhwal Rifles Eco – Dehradun
128 Infantry Battalion (TA) Rajputana Rifles Eco – Jaisalmer
129 Infantry Battalion (TA) JAK LI Eco – Samba
130 Infantry Battalion (TA) Kumaon Eco – Pithoragarh
132 Infantry Battalion (TA) Rajput Eco – New Delhi
133 Infantry Battalion (TA) Dogra Eco – Shimla
134 Infantry Battalion (TA) Assam Eco – Tawang
135 Infantry Battalion (TA) Assam Eco – Tezpur
136 Infantry Battalion (TA) Mahar Eco – Aurangabad

Prominent Personalities in TA:

There are several eminent personalities who joined Territorial Army and were awarded Hony ranks. Currently, you may have seen MS Dhoni (Prominent cricketer) serving in TA.

Kapil Dev as Lt Coy (Hony) Kapil Dev
MS Dhoni Lt Col (Hony) MS Dhoni
Mohanlal Lt Col (Hony) Mohanlal
Sachin Pilot Lt Sachin Pilot
Abhinav Bindra Lt Col (Hony) Abhinav Bindra

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Territorial Army Official Website : https://www.jointerritorialarmy.gov.in
Telephone No – 011-23094365.
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