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Defence Personnel means personnel of armed forces (viz. Army, Navy and Air Force) and covers widows / dependents of those who died in war, war disabled, disabled during performance of official duty, widows / dependent of those members of Armed Forces who died in harness due to attributable causes and disabled in peace due to attributable causes and ex-servicemen.

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Hello,

Defence Personnel means Defence's employees, officers, contractors (including subcontractors), agents and representatives and includes the employees, officers, agents and representatives of contractors.

The army is an all-volunteer force and comprises more than 80% of the country's active defence personnel. It is the largest standing army in the world, with 1,237,117 active troops and 960,000 reserve troops.

If you want to know who are dependents of defence personnel then visit the link below.

https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=HZA9swE9S8C/No48VamWIA==&ParentID=I6NVahXIO4xM04yk6TQe5A==

There are many colleges in India which have defense quota. There is Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) or DTU, which has 10 % quota which is generally for children or/ and widows of personnel of Armed/Para-Military forces with highest priority. IP University (Indraprast) in Delhi has Delhi quota.

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