Medical Standards

 The general medical standards required as per Defence Standards are as follows:

• Good physical and mental health.
• No bone/joint defects.
• Minimum acceptable height is 157.5cm (162.5cm for Air Force).
• Not overweight.
• No sign of functional or organic disease of heart and normal blood pressure.
• No hydrocele, vericele etc.
• Eye sight should be 6/6 with/ without glasses. Myopia not more than 2.5 D and Hypermetropia not more than 3.5D.
• Should not have undergone radial keratotomy for eye correction. However, any lasik done is acceptable.
• Color vision standard C.P-II and able to recognized red and green colors.
• Minimum of 14 dental points and not suffering from severe pyorrhea.
• No visible tattoo on the body.