Lok Sabha Question No. 5048 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: NCC Cadets
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: RAMA DEVI, RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY, ANTO  ANTONY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5048

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2016

## NCC CADETS

5048.  SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI: SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY: SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  record  regarding  the  number  of  the  enrolled NCC cadets in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State / UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  strength  of  NCC  cadets  is  decreasing  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the present cadet strength is not enough to cater to the increasing demands from students to join NCC; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken by the Government to enhance the cadet strength of NCC?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

( डा . सुभाष भामरे )

- (a) & (b): The State / UT-wise details of enrolled NCC cadet strength as on 30 th September, 2016 is given in the Annexure.
- (c) No, Madam.
- (d) & (e): In  order to  cater  to  increasing  demands  from students to  join NCC,  the  authorized  cadet  strength  of  NCC  has  been  increased  from 13 lakh to 15 lakh cadets in five phases @ 40,000 cadets in each phase.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PARTS (a) & (b) of LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5048 FOR ANSWER ON 16.12.2016

## ENROLLED NCC CADET STRENGTH AS ON 30.9.2016

| Sl. No.   | States / UT          |   Enrolled Strength |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh       |               66137 |
| 2.        | Telangana            |               48248 |
| 3.        | Bihar                |               56919 |
| 4.        | Jharkhand            |               23801 |
| 5.        | Delhi                |               37575 |
| 6.        | Gujarat              |               52322 |
| 7.        | Dadra & Nagar Haweli |                 350 |
| 8.        | Diu Daman            |                 343 |
| 9.        | Jammu & Kashmir      |               20286 |
| 10.       | Karnataka            |               72458 |
| 11.       | Goa                  |                3864 |
| 12.       | Kerala               |               74766 |
| 13.       | Lakshadweep          |                 687 |
| 14.       | Maharashtra          |               94609 |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh       |               70575 |
| 16.       | Chhattisgarh         |               20002 |
| 17.       | Arunachal Pradesh    |                5998 |
| 18.       | Assam                |               43561 |
| 19.       | Manipur              |                8248 |
| 20.       | Meghalaya            |                5732 |
| 21.       | Mizoram              |                4968 |
| 22.       | Nagaland             |                9647 |
| 23.       | Tripura              |                5279 |
| 24.       | Odisha               |               53644 |
| 25.       | Punjab               |               55461 |
| 26.       | Haryana              |               34725 |
| 27.       | Himachal Pradesh     |               23731 |
| 28.       | Chandigarh           |                4926 |
| 29.       | Rajasthan            |               44674 |
| 30.       | Tamil Nadu           |               95126 |
| 31.       | Puducherry           |                3382 |
| 32.       | Andaman & Nicobar    |                1263 |
| 33.       | Uttar Pradesh        |              121805 |
| 34.       | Uttarakhand          |               29846 |
| 35.       | West Bengal          |               82546 |
| 36.       | Sikkim               |                3794 |
|           | TOTAL                |             1281298 |

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