Women aspirants hoping to get into National Defence Academy and the NavalAcademy can now apply for the entrance examinations to these, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced on Friday.
“In compliance with the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India’s interim direction permitting the women candidates to take part in the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (II), 2021 by its order dated 18/08/2021 in WP (C). No.1416/2020 filed by Kush KalraVs. UoI& Others, the Union Public Service Commission has decided to open the online portal of application on its website (upsconline.nic.in) for this Examination to enable the unmarried women candidates ONLY by issuing a corrigendum to the Notice No. 10/2021-NDA-II, which was published on 09/06/2021,” UPSC said in a statement.
Aspirants can apply on this link by clicking here. The application window opened September 24 will close on October 8.
The announcement came days after the Supreme Court rejected a request from the central government to delay the first-ever examination for women candidates for their entry into the NDA. The top court also directed that they shall be allowed to sit for the upcoming exam on November 14.