Hello Aspirant,

According to the eligibility criteria of NDA 2021 as released by UPSC the candidate should be in between the age of 16.5-19.5 years you can only appear for upcoming NDA 2021 attempt because in 2022 your age will cross 19.5 years so you will not be eligible for NDA 2022 and accordingly 2021 is the last year for appearing in NDA for you. As soon as you will cross 19.5 years, you will not be considered eligible for further attempts of NDA.

Apart from the age criteria there are some other eligibility criteria which you need to satisfy in order to be eligible for NDA :-

** A candidate should be

A Citizen of India

A subject of Nepal

A subject of Bhutan

A Tibetan refugee who moved to India, before January 1, 1962, with the intention of settling here permanently

A person of Indian origin who has migrated from the below-specified countries, with the intention of permanently settling in India.

• Pakistan
• Burma
• Sri Lanka
• East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia
• Vietnam

**Candidate should be unmarried.

**Only male candidates are allowed for NDA exam.

For complete eligibility criteria of NDA kindly check out the link given below :-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/nda-eligibility-criteria

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!