Lok Sabha Question No. 3479 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-02
Subject: Recruitment Drive
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI, PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3479

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  JANUARY, 2019

## RECRUITMENT  DRIVE

3479.  SHRI  HARISH  CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH  DWIVEDI: SHRI  PRATAPRAO  JADHAV:

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

- (a) the  number of  recruitment drives  conducted to  recruit  youths  in  Army,  location and State-wise including Maharashtra;
- (b) whether  the Government  proposes  to  conduct such recruitment drives for recruitment of youth in the army particularly in backward districts;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  any  new  proposal  for  conducting  such  recruitment  drives  in  various districts  where  such  drives  were  not  organized  so  far  has  been  received  by  the  Union Government; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken thereon, so far?

## 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)     Details  of  recruitment  rallies  held  during  the  year  2017-18  including Maharashtra to recruit youths in Army are at Annexure.
- (b) to (e): The  recruitment  in  the  Army  is  done  regularly  as  per  preplanned schedule for every recruiting  year, commencing from 1 st April  of a  year  to  31 st March  of  the  next  year.  Every  district  of  the  country  is covered at least once in a year for recruitment. Candidates aspiring to join Army register themselves online for recruitment, after which they are called for screening at nominated recruitment venues on specified date and time. Every  candidate  irrespective  of  class/caste/community/religion    is  given equal opportunity in recruitment.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  THE  REPLY  GIVEN  IN  PART  (a)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3479 FOR ANSWER ON 2.1.2019

Number of Rallies conducted State wise in the recruiting year 2017-18

| State                      |   Rallies conducted |
|----------------------------|---------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh & Telangana |                  03 |
| Arunachal Pradesh          |                  02 |
| Assam                      |                  04 |
| Andaman & Nicobar          |                  01 |
| Bihar                      |                  05 |
| Chhattisgarh               |                  02 |
| Delhi                      |                  02 |
| Gujarat                    |                  02 |
| Haryana                    |                  04 |
| Himachal Pradesh           |                  04 |
| Jammu & Kashmir            |                  03 |
| Jharkhand                  |                  01 |
| Karnataka                  |                  04 |
| Kerala                     |                  02 |
| Madhya Pradesh             |                  04 |
| Maharashtra including Goa  |                  05 |
| Manipur                    |                  01 |
| Meghalaya                  |                  02 |
| Mizoram                    |                  01 |
| Nagaland                   |                  01 |
| Odisha                     |                  03 |
| Punjab                     |                  05 |
| Rajasthan                  |                  09 |
| Sikkim                     |                  01 |
| Tamil Nadu                 |                  04 |
| Tripura                    |                  01 |
| UT of Lakshadweep          |                  01 |
| Uttar Pradesh              |                  09 |
| Uttarakhand                |                  04 |
| West Bengal                |                  07 |
| Total:                     |                  97 |

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