MERCHANT NAVY IS GOOD OR BAD To answer the main question posed by you would be that not many students are aware of it. When a kid is on the 12th, all he thinks about is Engineering/commerce fields and also because of the societal pressure and obligations and as a result, he/she end up following the herd. Mumbai/Chennai/Kolkata/Delhi are some cities that account for the maximum Indian seafarers. Pros, · High salaries(not two times rather even 8 times that of a starter, my friends in TCS, Accenture, etc. cash in a salary of around 30k pm, whereas I cash in around 2.3 lakh pm. However, the current fall in the value of Rupee is responsible for it. Also, this salary is on a monthly basis for the time one is sailing and there's no basic salary paid when you are on vacation. Still, the remuneration is pretty good. · Port stays are good and ships might take you to the best places aroun...