Lok Sabha Question No. 611 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Raising New Regiments
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Anubhav Mohanty, Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.611

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 th  November, 2019

## RAISING NEW REGIMENTS

611. SHRI ANUBHAV MOHANTY: SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  maintain  State-wise  records  of  personnels  in  Defence forces and if so, the details thereof including Odisha;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  raise  new  regiments  named  Kalinga Regiment and Birsa Munda Regiment to provide employment to the people of Odisha and tribal youth respectively; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be done?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

रक्षा राज्य मंत्री

( श्री श्रीपाद नाईक )

- (a) Details of State-wise records of personnels in Defence forces is listed at Annexure.
- (b)  &  (c):    Post  Independence,  it  has  been  the  policy  of  the  Government  not  to raise/name  any  new  Regiment  on  the  basis  of  a  particular  class,  creed,  community, religion or region.

No such proposal exists in the Indian Army.

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## ANNEXURE  IN  RESPECT  OF  PARTS  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  611  REGARDING  'RAISING  NEW  REGIMENTS'  FOR ANSWER ON 20.11.2019

## (a) Details of State-wise records of personnels in Defence Forces are as under:-

Army:State-wise strength of officers of Indian Army is not maintained. Statewise strength of JCOs/ORs is as under:-

|   Sl. No. | State/UT          |   JCOs |    ORs |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|--------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |   3303 |  44190 |
|         2 | Arunahcal Pradesh |    104 |   2887 |
|         3 | Assam             |   1346 |  19181 |
|         4 | Bihar             |   7116 |  70546 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh      |    358 |   9289 |
|         6 | Goa               |     11 |    239 |
|         7 | Gujarat           |    766 |  22928 |
|         8 | Haryana           |   7294 |  58897 |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh  |   5046 |  40780 |
|        10 | Jammu &Kashmir    |   3759 |  43729 |
|        11 | Jharkhand         |    939 |  15432 |
|        12 | Karnataka         |   2084 |  32851 |
|        13 | Kerala            |   4440 |  36321 |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh    |   3022 |  46772 |
|        15 | Maharashtra       |   6109 |  83975 |
|        16 | Manipur           |    707 |   7158 |
|        17 | Meghalaya         |    114 |   1553 |
|        18 | Mizoram           |    131 |   2941 |
|        19 | Nagaland          |    152 |   3730 |
|        20 | Odisha            |   3068 |  22572 |
|        21 | Punjab            |   7579 |  82314 |
|        22 | Rajasthan         |   8014 |  73325 |
|        23 | Sikkim            |     38 |   1556 |
|        24 | Tamil Nadu        |   5345 |  49441 |
|        25 | Telengana         |    449 |   9524 |
|        26 | Tripura           |     88 |   2016 |
|        27 | Uttar Pradesh     |  18463 | 155846 |
|        28 | Uttarakhand       |   6770 |  53996 |
|        29 | West Bengal       |   4987 |  54707 |
|        30 | Andaman &Nicobar  |     25 |    588 |

: 2 :

| 31    | Chandigarh          |     16 |     259 |
|-------|---------------------|--------|---------|
| 32    | Dadar &Nagar Haveli |      1 |       1 |
| 33    | Daman &Diu          |      2 |      10 |
| 34    | Delhi               |    303 |    2723 |
| 35    | Lakshadweep         |      1 |     146 |
| 36    | Puducherry          |     19 |     210 |
| Total | Total               | 101969 | 1052633 |

## Navy:-

|   Sl. No. | State/UT               | Officers   |   Sailors |
|-----------|------------------------|------------|-----------|
|         1 | Andaman &Nicobar       | 23         |       126 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh         | 685        |      3606 |
|         3 | Arunahcal Pradesh      | 6          |         5 |
|         4 | Assam                  | 52         |       781 |
|         5 | Bihar                  | 515        |      6158 |
|         6 | Chandigarh             | 53         |        14 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh           | 43         |       148 |
|         8 | Delhi                  | 540        |       450 |
|         9 | Goa, Daman &Diu        | 38         |       100 |
|        10 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | -          |         1 |
|        11 | Gujarat                | 74         |       443 |
|        12 | Haryana                | 727        |      6114 |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh       | 262        |      2218 |
|        14 | Jammu &Kashmir         | 138        |      1084 |
|        15 | Jharkhand              | 108        |      1130 |
|        16 | Karnataka              | 517        |       799 |
|        17 | Kerala                 | 1092       |      2170 |
|        18 | Lakshadweep            | -          |        20 |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh         | 404        |      2531 |
|        20 | Maharashtra            | 767        |      1959 |
|        21 | Manipur                | 58         |       503 |
|        22 | Meghalaya              | 9          |        86 |
|        23 | Mizoram                | 1          |       145 |
|        24 | Nagaland               | 2          |       158 |
|        25 | Odisha                 | 265        |      2970 |
|        26 | Puducherry             | 13         |        06 |
|        27 | Punjab                 | 394        |      1378 |
|        28 | Rajasthan              | 360        |      7239 |
|        29 | Sikkim                 | 3          |       177 |

| 30    | Tamil Nadu    |   616 |   789 |
|-------|---------------|-------|-------|
| 31    | Telengana     |    32 |   137 |
| 32    | Tripura       |     5 |    21 |
| 33    | Uttar Pradesh |  1434 | 11256 |
| 34    | Uttarakhand   |   367 |  1663 |
| 35    | West Bengal   |   280 |  1747 |
| 36    | Misc          |   231 |    08 |
| Total | Total         | 10114 | 58140 |

## Air Force:-

|   Sl. No. | State/UT                  |   Officers |   Airmen |
|-----------|---------------------------|------------|----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh            |        559 |     4049 |
|         2 | Assam                     |         69 |     1344 |
|         3 | Andaman &Nicobar          |          5 |      146 |
|         4 | Arunahcal Pradesh         |          5 |       74 |
|         5 | Bihar                     |        520 |    22565 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                |         97 |       82 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh              |         85 |      812 |
|         8 | Daman &Diu                |          2 |        2 |
|         9 | Delhi                     |        703 |      938 |
|        10 | Gujarat                   |        145 |     1033 |
|        11 | Goa                       |         29 |       21 |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh          |        289 |     2061 |
|        13 | Haryana                   |       1040 |    13524 |
|        14 | Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh |        201 |     2000 |
|        15 | Jharkhand                 |        173 |     2678 |
|        16 | Karnataka                 |        583 |     1432 |
|        17 | Kerala                    |        751 |     5556 |
|        18 | Madhya Pradesh            |        518 |     3169 |
|        19 | Maharashtra               |        794 |     1881 |
|        20 | Meghalaya                 |          8 |       54 |
|        21 | Manipur                   |         65 |     1350 |
|        22 | Mizoram                   |          5 |       78 |
|        23 | Nagaland                  |          6 |       40 |
|        24 | Odisha                    |        235 |     4251 |

: 4 :

| 25    | Puducherry    | 23    |     53 |
|-------|---------------|-------|--------|
| 26    | Punjab        | 626   |   1878 |
| 27    | Rajasthan     | 517   |  12453 |
| 28    | Sikkim        | 7     |     54 |
| 29    | Tamil Nadu    | 644   |   1343 |
| 30    | Tripura       | 9     |    220 |
| 31    | Telengana     | 26    |   1080 |
| 32    | Uttar Pradesh | 2130  |  32817 |
| 33    | Uttarakhand   | 608   |   5436 |
| 34    | West Bengal   | 302   |   4715 |
| 35    | Lakshadweep   | -     |     13 |
| Total | Total         | 11779 | 129202 |

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