Dear Mansi,

SC (Supreme Court)has announced today that girls' can also participate to take NDA exam. Basic eligibility criteria is :

• candidate should be passed 10+2 exam
• age must be between 16-20 years (approx.)

So, you are eligible if you have given 10+2 exam and qualified . Be sure that you have applied for the exam, if not .. don't worry , wait for the reopening of application . Visit the official website regularly (UPSC) .

You can read the latest announcement from here :

https://news.careers360.com/nda-2021-sc-allows-women-appear-in-national-defence-academy-exam-slams-army-for-gender-discrimination

Hope this helps !

best wishes !!