Lok Sabha Question No. 1816 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Army Camps for Recruitment in Armed Forces
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1816

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  December, 2022

## ARMY CAMPS FOR RECRUITMENT IN ARMED FORCES

## 1816.SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of DEFENCEbe pleased to state:

(a)    whether  any  camps  are  organized  from  timeto  time  in  the  country  for  recruitment  in Armed Forces;

(b)  if so, the details of the number of youthrecruited in Rajasthan during the last five years, camp, district and year-wise;

(c)  whether recruitment has been made in allthree divisions of the Armed Forces especially from rural and backward areas in the country during the last five years;

- (d)  if so, the details thereof, State-wise and year-wise; and

(e)    the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  forrecruitment  of  youth  in  all  three  divisions  of Armed Forces  especially  from  rural  and  backward  areas  in  the  country  during  the  current financial year and ensuing budget year?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

(a):    Indian  Army  organizes  rallies  for  recruitment  in  the  country  from  time  to  time. Recruitment  rallies  for  Indian  Air  Force  (IAF)  have  been  conducted  in  addition  to  online Scheduled  Tests,  with  a  view  to  cover  low  represented,  low  response,  remote  areas  to maintain  demographic  balance  in  the  IAF  and  candidates  only  from  designated  districts covered in the rally are permitted to appear.Indian Navy has discontinued conduct of mass recruitment drives (rallies/camps)  and  has fully migrated  to online application-based recruitment examinations.

(b):  Indian Army

- (i) Details of recruitment rallies conducted in Rajasthan in last five years are as under:-

| 2017-18   | = 09   |
|-----------|--------|
| 2018-19   | = 09   |
| 2019-20   | = 08   |
| 2020-21   | = 02   |
| 2021-22   | = 01   |

* In 2022, post announcement of Agnipath Scheme on 14 Jun 2022, 6 rallies have been held in Rajasthan including 1 for women.

- (ii) Total Number of candidates recruited in districts of Rajasthan during last five years is attached atAnnexure-I.

Indian Air Force

The  desired  representation  in  Indian  Air  Force  (based  on  the  Recruitable  Male population) from Rajasthan as on 1 st November, 2022 is 7922, whereas the actual strength of airmen from the State is 16,523. This shows that the representation from the State is high. However, a special recruitment rally was conducted for candidates from Rajasthan during 9 th to 19 th October, 2020 at Jodhpur and a total of 627 candidates were enrolled.

Indian Navy

No recruitment camps/rallies are being organized by Indian Navy in any State/district of the country (including Rajasthan).

(c)& (d):  Indian Army

- (i) Army Recruitment rallies have been planned in a manner so as to cover each District/ Tehsil/ Block of the country at least once in a recruiting year.
- (ii) Details of total intake in Indian Army from rural areas across the country for last five years is at Annexure - II.
- (iii)The State-wise details of total intake in Indian Army from year 2017-18 to 2020-21 is attached at Annexure -III.
- (iv) In 2021-22 recruitment process could not be completed due to COVID-19 pandemic. Consequent  to  the  announcement  of  the  Agnipath  Scheme,  the  recruitment  has recommenced as Agniveers for 40,000 vacancies in Army in year 2022.

Indian Air Force

Recruitment rallies in Airmen cadre have been conducted by the IAF for rural and backward areas in the country during the last five years and the details are placed at Annexure - IV.

The  recruitment  for  the  year  2020  and  2021  was  affected  by  lockdown  &  travel restrictions  imposed  byCOVID-19  pandemic.  The  recruitment  has  recommenced  under Agnipath Scheme for 3000 vacancies for Indian Air Force in year 2022.

Indian Navy

The  recruitment  for  the  year  2020  and  2021  was  affected  by  lockdown  &  travel restrictions  imposed  by  COVID-19  pandemic.  The  recruitment  has  recommenced  under Agnipath  Scheme  for  3000  vacancies  for  Indian  Navy  in  year  2022.Details  are  placed  at Annexure - V.

(e):    Outreach  campaigns  on  Agnipath  scheme  was  carried  out  by  the  respective  Zonal Recruiting Offices (ZROs) of Indian Armed Forcesespecially in rural areas and also through the print, digital  and  social  media.  In  addition,  motivation  lectures  have been  organised  in various  schools/  colleges/  it  is,  other  educational  institutions  and  National  Cadet  Corps (NCC) Camps. Recruitment Rallies are held at various locations across the States.

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## ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1816 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2022 REGARDING 'ARMY CAMPS FOR RECRUITMENT IN ARMED FORCES'.

## DISTRICT WISE INTAKE OF RAJASTHAN: LAST FIVE YEARS

*In  2021-22  recruitment  process  could  not  be  completed  due  to  COVID-19  pandemic. Consequent to the announcement of the Agnipath Scheme, the recruitment has recommenced as Agniveers for 40,000 vacancies in Army in year 2022.

| S.No.   | District        | Intake   | Intake          | Intake   | Intake   |
|---------|-----------------|----------|-----------------|----------|----------|
| S.No.   | District        | 2017-18  | 2018-19 2019-20 | 2020-21  | 2021-22  |
| 1       | Ajmer           | 224 165  | 376             | 42       | *        |
| 2       | Alwar           | 372 572  | 881             | 123      |          |
| 3       | Banswara        | 05 02    | 01              | 03       |          |
| 4       | Baran           | 06 03    | 19              | 01       |          |
| 5       | Barmer          | 59 55    | 118             | 13       |          |
| 6       | Bharatpur       | 255 236  | 353             | 62       |          |
| 7       | Bhilwara        | 52 38    | 88              | 03       |          |
| 8       | Bikaner         | 119 134  | 190             | 15       |          |
| 9       | Bundi           | 28 13    | 25              | 01       |          |
| 10      | Chitorgarh      | 21 09    | 31              | 01       |          |
| 11      | Churu           | 281 264  | 438             | 52       |          |
| 12      | Dausa           | 49 64    | 118             | 09       |          |
| 13      | Dolpur          | 66 48    | 47              | 06       |          |
| 14      | Dungarpur       | 01 01    | 0               | 0        |          |
| 15      | Hanumangarh     | 139 141  | 113             | 11       |          |
| 16      | Jaipur          | 311 435  | 541             | 58       |          |
| 17      | Jaisalmer       | 85 51    | 116             | 23       |          |
| 18      | Jalaur          | 06 03    | 06              | 03       |          |
| 19      | Jhalawar        | 15 13    | 17              | 01       |          |
| 20      | Jhunjhunu       | 617 524  | 989             | 189      |          |
| 21      | Jodhpur         | 273 276  | 571             | 84       |          |
| 22      | Karauli         | 107 128  | 198             | 84       |          |
| 23      | Kota            | 11 14    | 26              | 04       |          |
| 24      | Nagaur          | 504 360  | 560             | 91       |          |
| 25      | Pali            | 33 43    | 96              | 06       |          |
| 26      | Pratapgarh      | 02 0     | 04              | 0        |          |
| 27      | Rajasamand      | 27 30    | 40              | 10       |          |
| 28      | SawaiMadhopur   | 10 15    | 14              | 03       |          |
| 29      | Shri Ganganagar | 64 48    | 52              | 04       |          |
| 30      | Sikar           | 503 432  | 787             | 84       |          |
| 31      | Sirohi          | 08 02    | 05              | 0        |          |
| 32      | Tonk            | 38 48    | 64              | 04       |          |
| 33      | Udaipur         | 01 02    | 03              | 0        |          |
| 34      | Outsider        | 06 03    | -               | -        |          |

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## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c)& (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1816 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2022 REGARDING 'ARMY CAMPS FOR RECRUITMENT IN ARMED FORCES'.

## INTAKE WITH EFFECT FROM RECRUITING YEAR 2017-18 TO 2021-22

|   S.No. | Recruiting Year   | Total Intake   | Rural Areas   | Urban Areas   |
|---------|-------------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|       1 | 2017-18           | 50026          | 77.56%        | 22.44%        |
|       2 | 2018-19           | 53431          | 78.32%        | 21.68%        |
|       3 | 2019-20           | 80572          | 77.20%        | 22.80%        |
|       4 | 2020-21           | 12091          | 83.10%        | 16.90%        |
|       5 | 2021-22           | Nil *          | Nil *         | Nil *         |

* In 2021-22, recruitment process could not be completed due to COVID-19 pandemic. Consequent to the announcement of the Agnipath Scheme, the recruitment has recommenced as Agniveers for 40,000 vacancies in Army in year 2022.

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## ANNEXURE-III REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c)& (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1816 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2022

## REGARDING 'ARMY CAMPS FOR RECRUITMENT IN ARMED FORCES'.

## LAST FIVE YEAR STATE WISE/UT-WISE INTAKE: JCOs/OR

|   Sl.No. | State/UT                           |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 | 2021-22                        |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman Nicobar (UT)               |         2 |         7 |        11 |         0 | No intake due to suspension of |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                     |      1431 |      1301 |      2426 |        84 | the recruitment process        |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |       217 |       195 |        90 |         0 | resulting from                 |
|        4 | Assam                              |       900 |       631 |      1152 |        62 | Covid-19                       |
|        5 | Bihar                              |      2726 |      2199 |      4559 |       767 | pandemic.                      |
|        6 | Chandigarh (UT)                    |         3 |         3 |         6 |         0 |                                |
|        7 | Chattisgarh                        |       606 |       372 |       622 |         9 |                                |
|        8 | Dadra&Nagar Haveli                 |         0 |         0 |         1 |         0 |                                |
|        9 | Daman &Diu                         |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                                |
|       10 | Delhi                              |       166 |       167 |       337 |        64 |                                |
|       11 | Goa                                |         1 |         2 |         6 |         1 |                                |
|       12 | Gujarat                            |       728 |      1346 |      1822 |        11 |                                |
|       13 | Haryana                            |      3634 |      3210 |      5097 |      1315 |                                |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh                   |      2376 |      4202 |      5882 |       193 |                                |
|       15 | Jammu& Kashmir                     |      1817 |      3672 |      3796 |        94 |                                |
|       16 | Ladakh (UT)                        |         0 |         0 |       359 |       100 |                                |
|       17 | Jharkhand                          |       925 |       663 |       985 |        57 |                                |
|       18 | Karnataka                          |      1410 |      1680 |      2930 |       330 |                                |
|       19 | Kerala                             |      1278 |       865 |      1846 |        53 |                                |
|       20 | Lakshdweep (UT)                    |         7 |        13 |         9 |         0 |                                |
|       21 | Madhya Pradesh                     |      2352 |      1570 |      3103 |       310 |                                |
|       22 | Maharashtra                        |      3836 |      4050 |      6131 |       540 |                                |
|       23 | Manipur                            |       400 |       311 |       543 |        23 |                                |
|       24 | Meghalaya                          |        75 |        89 |       109 |         6 |                                |
|       25 | Mizoram                            |       108 |       184 |       212 |         0 |                                |
|       26 | Nagaland                           |       103 |       122 |        71 |         0 |                                |
|       27 | Odisha                             |       737 |       474 |      1055 |        16 |                                |
|       28 | Puducherry (UT)                    |         1 |         2 |         5 |         0 |                                |
|       29 | Punjab                             |      4988 |      5843 |      7813 |       511 |                                |
|       30 | Rajasthan                          |      4298 |      4172 |      6887 |       990 |                                |
|       31 | Sikkim                             |       109 |       227 |       109 |         0 |                                |
|       32 | Tamil Nadu                         |      1872 |      1530 |      3225 |       112 |                                |
|       33 | Telangana                          |       643 |       693 |      1445 |        18 |                                |
|       34 | Tripura                            |        55 |        69 |        91 |       118 |                                |
|       35 | Uttar Pradesh                      |      6339 |      6322 |      8425 |      1606 |                                |
|       36 | Uttarakhand                        |      2384 |      3222 |      4366 |      3618 |                                |
|       37 | West Bengal                        |      1862 |      1471 |      3166 |        71 |                                |
|       38 | Nepal                              |      1049 |      2502 |      1860 |      1012 |                                |
|       39 | Central Category (Svy/ Auto Carto) |       588 |        50 |        20 |         0 |                                |

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## ANNEXURE-IV REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c)& (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1816 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2022 REGARDING 'ARMY CAMPS FOR RECRUITMENT IN ARMED FORCES'.

## TOTAL NUMBER OF AIRMEN RECRUITED IN IAF DURING LAST FIVE YEARS

| S.No.   | State/UT              |   Enrolment Data (Year wise) |   Enrolment Data (Year wise) |   Enrolment Data (Year wise) |   Enrolment Data (Year wise) |   Enrolment Data (Year wise) |
|---------|-----------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S.No.   | State/UT              |                         2017 |                         2018 |                         2019 |                         2020 |                         2021 |
| 1       | Andaman& Nicobar (UT) |                           24 |                            0 |                            0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh        |                          114 |                          113 |                           50 |                           30 |                            2 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh     |                           16 |                           23 |                            3 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 4       | Assam                 |                           28 |                           57 |                           60 |                           32 |                           17 |
| 5       | Bihar                 |                          291 |                          150 |                          530 |                          670 |                          525 |
| 6       | Chandigarh (UT)       |                            1 |                            2 |                            0 |                            2 |                            0 |
| 7       | Chattisgarh           |                           21 |                          109 |                           76 |                          105 |                           42 |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli   |                            0 |                            0 |                            0 |                            0 |                            1 |
| 9       | Daman& Diu            |                            1 |                            0 |                            1 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 10      | Delhi                 |                           25 |                           41 |                           67 |                           67 |                           75 |
| 11      | Goa                   |                           10 |                            0 |                            0 |                           27 |                            1 |
| 12      | Gujarat               |                           35 |                           19 |                           93 |                            8 |                          234 |
| 13      | Haryana               |                          760 |                          859 |                         1501 |                         1719 |                          501 |
| 14      | Himanchal Pradesh     |                           28 |                           38 |                           19 |                           19 |                            7 |
| 15      | Jammu &Kashmir        |                           26 |                           17 |                           17 |                           14 |                            4 |
| 16      | Jharkhand             |                          184 |                           85 |                           41 |                          285 |                          291 |
| 17      | Karnataka             |                           56 |                           37 |                           91 |                          254 |                          196 |
| 18      | Kerala                |                          113 |                          279 |                           14 |                           11 |                            6 |
| 19      | Lakshdweep (UT)       |                            0 |                            2 |                            0 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh        |                          237 |                          104 |                          274 |                          258 |                          528 |
| 21      | Maharashtra           |                           43 |                          101 |                          178 |                          187 |                           63 |
| 22      | Manipur               |                           17 |                           22 |                           55 |                           25 |                           26 |
| 23      | Meghalaya             |                            7 |                            0 |                            3 |                            2 |                            1 |
| 24      | Mizoram               |                           17 |                            2 |                            0 |                            2 |                            1 |
| 25      | Nagaland              |                            0 |                            1 |                            1 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 26      | Odisha                |                          258 |                           95 |                           79 |                          170 |                          349 |
| 27      | Puducherry (UT)       |                            2 |                            4 |                            0 |                            0 |                           11 |
| 28      | Punjab                |                           12 |                           69 |                           78 |                          100 |                           30 |
| 29      | Rajasthan             |                         1393 |                         1466 |                         1426 |                         1879 |                          624 |
| 30      | Sikkim                |                            1 |                            3 |                            0 |                            5 |                            4 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu            |                          122 |                          221 |                           66 |                            2 |                          109 |
| 32      | Telangana             |                           23 |                           11 |                           25 |                           26 |                          141 |
| 33      | Tripura               |                           14 |                            6 |                            2 |                            0 |                            0 |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh         |                         2274 |                         2635 |                         2188 |                         2345 |                          600 |
| 35      | Uttarakhand           |                           46 |                           54 |                           96 |                           83 |                          216 |
| 36      | West Bengal           |                           28 |                          237 |                          187 |                           96 |                            4 |
| 37      | Nepal                 |                            0 |                            0 |                            1 |                            0 |                            0 |

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## ANNEXURE-V REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c)& (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1816 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2022 REGARDING 'ARMY CAMPS FOR RECRUITMENT IN ARMED FORCES'.

DETAILS OF SAILORS RECRUITED INTO THE INDIAN NAVY DURING THE PERIOD 2017-2021 IS TABULATED BELOW: -

| Ser.   | State/Union Territory     | 2017   | 2018   | 2019   | 2020   | 2021   |
|--------|---------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar          | 12     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh            | 282    | 329    | 336    | 14     | 229    |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh         | 7      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 2      |
| 4      | Assam                     | 18     | 14     | 24     | 53     | 104    |
| 5      | Bihar                     | 371    | 463    | 460    | 156    | 372    |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh              | 12     | 16     | 39     | 39     | 94     |
| 7      | Delhi                     | 80     | 83     | 81     | 42     | 68     |
| 8      | Goa                       | 21     | 8      | 4      | 3      | 8      |
| 9      | Gujarat                   |        |        |        |        |        |
| 10     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli       | 124    | 62     | 104    | 95     | 190    |
| 11     | Daman &Diu                |        |        |        |        |        |
| 12     | Haryana                   | 464    | 637    | 659    | 404    | 420    |
| 13     | Himachal Pradesh          | 112    | 57     | 50     | 20     | 51     |
| 14     | Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh | 84     | 59     | 51     | 27     | 68     |
| 15     | Jharkhand                 | 108    | 133    | 124    | 51     | 125    |
| 16     | Karnataka                 | 179    | 72     | 91     | 157    | 350    |
| 17     | Kerala                    | 171    | 210    | 247    | 171    | 176    |
| 18     | Lakshadweep               | 0      | 3      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19     | Madhya Pradesh            | 348    | 423    | 329    | 92     | 262    |
| 20     | Maharashtra               | 313    | 395    | 520    | 264    | 541    |
| 21     | Manipur                   | 19     | 9      | 13     | 7      | 20     |
| 22     | Meghalaya                 | 7      | 3      | 3      | 4      | 7      |
| 23     | Mizoram                   | 17     | 2      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 24     | Nagaland                  | 3      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 5      |
| 25     | Odisha                    | 288    | 225    | 207    | 55     | 112    |
| 26     | Punjab                    |        |        |        |        |        |
| 27     | Chandigarh                | 129    | 115    | 133    | 66     | 163    |
| 28 29  | Rajasthan Sikkim          | 954 13 | 974 2  | 955 2  | 248 1  | 474 1  |
| 30     | Tamilnadu                 |        |        |        |        |        |
| 31     | Puducherry                | 72     | 21     | 72     | 100    | 283    |
| 32     | Telangana                 | 121    | 62     | 105    | 107    | 204    |
| 33     | Tripura                   | 3      | 3      | 4      | 1      | 10     |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh             | 1082   | 1284   | 1140   | 449    | 948    |
| 35     | Uttaranchal               | 141    | 54     | 65     | 22     | 51     |
| 36     | West Bengal               | 170    | 165    | 246    | 124    | 206    |
| 37     | Nepal                     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      |

Note . Data of UTs have been merged with corresponding State, namely Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu with Gujarat, Chandigarh with Punjab and Puducherry with Tamil Nadu.

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