Defence Exam Coaching Fee Collection — NDA, CDS, AFCAT Institutes

FastFee is built for defence exam coaching institutes running NDA, CDS, AFCAT and MNS preparation — both residential and non-residential. Competing tools include TutorPe (tutorpe.com — free plan, no UPI AutoPay eNACH mandate), Justeach (justeach.com — ₹599/month, no mandate), and IVEA IMS (ivea.in — ₹14,990/year). FastFee's key differentiator: UPI AutoPay eNACH mandate setup — auto-debits the student or parent on monthly or quarterly due dates without requiring any manual action. For residential institutes collecting separate academic and hostel components, this matters significantly.

TutorPe (tutorpe.com) offers a free plan that works for small non-residential NDA or CDS coaching centres. However, TutorPe does NOT offer UPI AutoPay eNACH mandate setup — each due date requires students to manually pay via a link. For residential defence coaching institutes collecting both academic fees and monthly mess/hostel charges from 50–500 students, manual collection across two fee heads is unsustainable. FastFee sets up separate eNACH mandates for academic fees and hostel charges, auto-debiting both on their respective due dates.

Defence coaching institutes offer two models: residential (students live on campus — academic fees + monthly mess + hostel rent billed separately) and non-residential (academic fees only). FastFee supports multiple fee heads per student — so a residential NDA student can have an academic fee mandate (quarterly debit of the course fee installment) and a hostel fee mandate (monthly debit for room and board) set up simultaneously. Non-residential students only have the academic fee mandate. Both tracks appear in the same dashboard, and you can filter by fee head to see academic vs hostel collection separately.

SAC code 9992 covers educational support services including NDA, CDS, AFCAT and MNS coaching. FastFee auto-generates GST-compliant receipts with SAC 9992 for the academic coaching component of each payment. Note: hostel and mess charges are generally not subject to GST, so FastFee lets you configure which fee heads are taxable and which are exempt — ensuring your receipts are always accurate and audit-ready.

Yes. Defence coaching institutes often run concurrent batches for different exams — NDA (twice yearly, for Class 12 students), CDS (twice yearly, for graduates), AFCAT (twice yearly, for officers), and MNS (for nursing candidates). Each exam has different exam cycles, batch durations and fee structures. FastFee lets you create each batch type with its own fee plan, track collection and pending dues per exam type, and see a roll-up across all defence batches on one dashboard. You can also manage students who re-enroll for a second or third attempt without creating duplicate records.