Lok Sabha Question No. 4338 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Recruitment in Army
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: SAVITRI THAKUR, DEEPENDER SINGH HOODA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4338

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  AUGUST, 2017

## RECRUITMENT IN ARMY

4338.  SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR:

SHRI DEEPENDER SINGH HOODA:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Army has scaled up recruitments for various non-commissioned posts in the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the number of recruitments done by the Army in last five financial years and the current year, State / UT-wise; and
- (c) the  other  steps  taken  by  the Government to meet the shortage of soldiers in the Armed Forces?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

- (a) Recruitment in Army is undertaken on basis of vacancies arising on account of retirement, release or due to accretions in force level from time to time.
- (b) State  /  UT  wise  details  of  youth  recruited  into  the  Indian  Army  as Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) and Other Ranks (OR) in the last five years is attached at Annexure.

For the recruiting year 2016-17, a total of 53786 vacancies have been allotted.

- (c) The Armed Forces have undertaken sustained image projection and publicity campaign to create awareness among the youth on the advantages of taking up a challenging and satisfying career.  Awareness campaigns, participation in career fairs and exhibitions, advertisements in print  and  electronic  media,  motivational  lectures  in  schools,  colleges  are also some of the other measures taken in this direction.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PART (b) OF LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4338 FOR ANSWER ON 11.8.2017

## RECRUITMENT OF JCOs/ORs IN INDIAN ARMY IN VARIOUS

## STATES/UTs DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS

| S.No.   | Name of the State/UT                               | Recruiting Year   | Recruiting Year   | Recruiting Year   | Recruiting Year   | Recruiting Year   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of the State/UT                               | 2011-12           | 2012-13           | 2013-14           | 2014-15           | 2015-16           |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                                     | 2890              | 3540              | 2088              | 2145              | 2277              |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh                                  | 190               | 490               | 267               | 101               | 254               |
| 3       | Assam                                              | 1019              | 1051              | 867               | 1082              | 1227              |
| 4       | Bihar                                              | 4540              | 3195              | 3708              | 3595              | 3865              |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh                                       | 622               | 448               | 394               | 860               | 852               |
| 6       | Delhi                                              | 865               | 1212              | 1105              | 1043              | 806               |
| 7       | Goa                                                | 47                | 20                | 2                 | 25                | 50                |
| 8       | Gujarat, Dadra Nagar Haveli (UT), Daman & Diu (UT) | 2205              | 2305              | 1406              | 1855              | 1214              |
| 9       | Haryana                                            | 2452              | 2770              | 2536              | 3533              | 4340              |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh                                   | 1687              | 2317              | 2448              | 3207              | 3072              |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir                                    | 2085              | 2699              | 2057              | 2844              | 2504              |
| 12      | Jharkhand                                          | 1140              | 707               | 1480              | 1042              | 879               |
| 13      | Karnataka and Lakshadweep (UT)                     | 1671              | 2033              | 1091              | 1613              | 1697              |
| 14      | Kerala                                             | 2077              | 2700              | 2067              | 2571              | 2425              |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh                                     | 2761              | 3150              | 2644              | 2840              | 3413              |
| 16      | Maharashtra                                        | 5312              | 5424              | 3797              | 5207              | 6106              |
| 17      | Manipur                                            | 587               | 456               | 687               | 268               | 359               |
| 18      | Meghalaya                                          | 91                | 75                | 117               | 145               | 141               |
| 19      | Mizoram                                            | 94                | 293               | 405               | 102               | 123               |
| 20      | Nagaland                                           | 134               | 127               | 165               | 137               | 128               |
| 21      | Odisha                                             | 945               | 1505              | 1073              | 1085              | 1533              |
| 22      | Punjab and Chandigarh (UT)                         | 3752              | 4701              | 5684              | 5988              | 5048              |
| 23      | Rajasthan                                          | 3602              | 3647              | 3034              | 4967              | 5384              |
| 24      | Sikkim                                             | 108               | 462               | 182               | 72                | 155               |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, A&N Islands (UT)           | 2377              | 3081              | 2200              | 2567              | 2622              |
| 26      | Telangana                                          | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 820               | 153               |
| 27      | Tripura                                            | 104               | 56                | 133               | 110               | 1226              |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh                                      | 7600              | 7086              | 8587              | 8410              | 10128             |
| 29      | Uttarakhand                                        | 2585              | 3036              | 2022              | 2704              | 4390              |
| 30      | West Bengal                                        | 3535              | 3289              | 3113              | 3630              | 4397              |
| Total   | Total                                              | 57077             | 61875             | 55359             | 64568             | 70768             |

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