There has been an increase in the intake of cadets by the National Defense Academy (NDA), Pune, in order to cater to the shortfall of officers in the armed forces. This year the intake will be increased to 400 cadets. This decision was also made by keeping the demand to train the foreign cadets, and the ground duty cadets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in mind. The Institution currently has 18 squadrons with 120 cadets each, NDA is training around 2,020 cadets currently. The institution will add two more squadrons to the existing number. Last month the government sanction