Lok Sabha Question No. 3282 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: Servicemen in Armed Forces from Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3282

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 th  August, 2022

## SERVICEMEN IN ARMED FORCES FROM ANDHRA PRADESH

## 3282. SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of servicemen employed in the armed forces from Andhra Pradesh along with the candidates recruited from Andhra Pradesh since 2000, year-wise and district-wise including Srikakulam;
- (b) the total number of applications to join the armed forces received from Andhra Pradesh along withthe recruitment rallies held in Andhra Pradesh since 2014, year-wise and districtwise including Srikakulam;
- (c)  the  total  number  of  servicemen  belonging  to  Andhra  Pradesh  who  are  martyred  since 1990, particularly from Srikakulam district; and
- (d) the total number of ex-servicemen from Srikakulam district along with the number of exservicemen employed in the private sector?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

MINISTER OF STATE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

## IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

- (a):  The total number of servicemen (JCOs/OR & equivalent) employed in the three Armed Forces since 2000 from Andhra Pradesh are as per annexure.
- (b):   There was restriction on recruitment rallies in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19. The details till 2019-20 are given as under:-

Indian  Army:    The  details  of  attendance  of  applicants  to  join  the  Indian  Army received from Andhra Pradesh are as under:-

| Years   |   Rally Attendance |
|---------|--------------------|
| 2014-15 |              93205 |
| 2015-16 |              72413 |
| 2016-17 |              55944 |
| 2017-18 |              66841 |
| 2018-19 |              56263 |
| 2019-20 |              60235 |

The  details  of  recruitment  rallies  conducted  in  Andhra  Pradesh  since  2014  are  as under:-

| Years   |   Recruitment Rallies | Venue                              |
|---------|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
| 2014-15 |                    04 | Kurnool, Guntur, Vizag, Srikakulam |
| 2015-16 |                    02 | Tirupati, Vizag                    |
| 2016-17 |                    02 | Guntur, Kakinada                   |
| 2017-18 |                    02 | Cuddapah, Vizianagaram             |
| 2018-19 |                    02 | Kurnool, Kakinada                  |
| 2019-20 |                    02 | Ongole, Srikakulam                 |

Indian Air Force:  Till 2017, Scheduled Test was conducted offline by the Indian Air Force for which candidates used to apply offline. Online examination started in the IAF from the year 2018.  The State-wise data  of number of  candidates  registered from the year from 2014-2017  is  not  maintained  by  the  IAF.  However,  the  registration  data  in  respect  of  the candidates from Andhra Pradesh from 2018 to 2019 is as under:-

|   Years |   Registration Data |
|---------|---------------------|
|    2018 |               15967 |
|    2019 |               18032 |

Three  recruitment  rallies  were  also  conducted  by  the  IAF  during  2014-2017  in addition  to  Scheduled  Tests,  with  a  view  to  cover  low  represented,  low  response,  remote areas to maintain demographic balance in the IAF, the details of which are as under:

|   Year | Place      |   No. of candidates appeared |   No. of candidates enrolled |
|--------|------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|   2014 | Kurnool    |                         7313 |                          240 |
|   2016 | Kadapa     |                         5962 |                          109 |
|   2017 | Vijayawada |                         7752 |                           77 |

Indian Navy: The State-wise data of number of candidates registered from the year 2014 to 2016 is not maintained by the Indian Navy.  However, the number of applications received from Andhra Pradesh to join the Indian Navy as Sailor since 2017 is as under:

|   Years |   No. of Applications |
|---------|-----------------------|
|    2017 |                 41824 |
|    2018 |                 47560 |
|    2019 |                 68790 |

The Indian Navy has since discontinued conduct of mass recruitment drives (rallies) and has fully migrated to online application-based recruitment examinations.  No recruitment rallies  are  therefore  being  organized  in  any  State/district  of  the  country  including  Andhra Pradesh.

(c):  As per the record maintained by theNational War Memorialsince 1947, the total number of Army personnel belonging to Andhra Pradesh martyred is 318.  This data is based on the addresses of NoKs residing in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

The  number  of  IAF  personnel  who  have  died/Killed/  Killed  in  Air  Crash  during service since 1 st January, 1990 from Andhra Pradesh are 40.

A total  of  06  naval  personnel  belonging  to  Andhra  Pradesh  have  been  declared  as 'Battle Casualty' since 1990.

(d):    The  total  number  of  Ex-servicemen  as  on  30 th June,  2022  from  Srikakulam  district, Andhra Pradesh is 6641.  The data of Ex-servicemen employed in the private sector is not available with the Government.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3282 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2022 REGARDING 'SERVICEMEN IN ARMED FORCES FROM ANDHRA PRADESH'.

## JCOs/OR & EQUIVALENT EMPLOYED IN ARMED FORCES FROM ANDHRA PRADESH SINCE 2000

| Years   |   No of candidates recruited |
|---------|------------------------------|
| 2000    |                         3978 |
| 2001    |                         7081 |
| 2002    |                         7784 |
| 2003    |                         6288 |
| 2004    |                         4590 |
| 2005    |                         2246 |
| 2006    |                         1924 |
| 2007    |                         2166 |
| 2008    |                         2390 |
| 2009    |                         4233 |
| 2010    |                         4983 |
| 2011    |                         3477 |
| 2012    |                         4233 |
| 2013    |                         2466 |
| 2014*   |                         2561 |
| 2015    |                         2826 |
| 2016    |                         1792 |
| 2017    |                         1827 |
| 2018    |                         1743 |
| 2019    |                         2812 |

* Telangana formed

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