Lok Sabha Question No. 2588 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Army Recruitment Camps
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Anurag Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2588

TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 th  August, 2021

## ARMY RECRUITMENT CAMPS

2588. SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

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

- (a) the number of recruitments for Armed Forces made by Army Recruiting Offices in different states during the last three years and the current year and the State-wise details thereof;
- (b) the number  of  recruitment camps  organized in Uttar Pradesh, especially in Bundelkhand during the last five years, district-wise;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  organize  new  army  recruitment  camps  in Bundelkhand;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the criteria to be adopted for organizing the camps and the number of selected youths in Uttar Pradesh during the said period, and the district-wise details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

- (a) The number of recruitments for Armed Forces made by Army Recruiting Offices in different  states  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  and  State-wise  are  at Annexure A .

## (b) Recruitment Rallies conducted in Uttar Pradesh in last five Years:-

| Year    |   Uttar Pradesh |   Bundelkhand Area |
|---------|-----------------|--------------------|
| 2016-17 |              10 |                  2 |
| 2017-18 |               9 |                  2 |
| 2018-19 |               9 |                  2 |
| 2019-20 |               8 |                  2 |

(c ) to (e ): Yes, Sir.  Subject to COVID-19.

(f)  The  location  of  Recruitment  Rally  is  decided  from  amongst  the  districts  under jurisdiction  of  the  Army  Recruiting  Office  (ARO)  in  consultation  with  the  civil administration.  Recruitment  of  personnel  below  officers  rank  from  different  states  is being done in proportion to the Recruitable Male Population (RMP) of those states. The details of recruitment done in Uttar Pradesh in the last three years is as under:

| Year   |   Recruitment |
|--------|---------------|
| 2018   |          7600 |
| 2019   |          8098 |
| 2020   |          7162 |
| Total  |         22860 |

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## ANNEXURE-A  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2588 FOR ANSWER ON 04.08.2021 REGARDING 'ARMY RECRUITMENT CAMPS'.

## The State-wise strength of recruited (JCOs/OR) in the Indian Army*

| S. No   | STATE / UTs         |   2018 RECTS |   2019 RECTS |   2020 RECTS |   TOTAL |
|---------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------|
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar    |           36 |           13 |           22 |      71 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh      |         2139 |         2714 |         2399 |    7252 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh   |          254 |          167 |           63 |     484 |
| 4       | Assam               |         1104 |          752 |         1086 |    2942 |
| 5       | Bihar               |         4223 |         2402 |         3405 |   10030 |
| 6       | Chandigarh          |           63 |           71 |           24 |     158 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh        |          793 |          715 |          591 |    2099 |
| 8       | Dadar& Nagar Haveli |            0 |            0 |            0 |       0 |
| 9       | Daman &Diu          |           51 |            0 |           12 |      63 |
| 10      | Delhi               |          213 |          256 |          230 |     699 |
| 11      | Goa                 |           26 |           13 |            6 |      45 |
| 12      | Gujarat             |         2125 |          980 |         1478 |    4583 |
| 13      | Haryana             |         4994 |         3859 |         3825 |   12678 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh    |         3266 |         3309 |         3571 |   10146 |
| 15      | Jammu &Kashmir      |         3466 |         1562 |         2834 |    7862 |
| 16      | Jharkhand           |         1519 |         1285 |          755 |    3559 |
| 17      | Karnataka           |         1730 |         1738 |         2852 |    6320 |
| 18      | Kerala              |         2210 |         1203 |         1847 |    5260 |
| 19      | Lakshadweep         |            7 |           14 |            6 |      27 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh      |         3238 |         2009 |         1951 |    7198 |
| 21      | Maharashtra         |         4356 |         4238 |         3941 |   12535 |
| 22      | Manipur             |          477 |          382 |          568 |    1427 |
| 23      | Meghalaya           |           94 |          126 |           68 |     288 |
| 24      | Mizoram             |          242 |           58 |          288 |     588 |
| 25      | Nagaland            |          166 |           92 |           56 |     314 |
| 26      | Orissa              |         1251 |          586 |         1113 |    2950 |
| 27      | Pondicherry         |            5 |           13 |            7 |      25 |
| 28      | Punjab              |         7079 |         5117 |         5821 |   18017 |
| 29      | Rajasthan           |         5617 |         5569 |         4868 |   16054 |
| 30      | Sikkim              |          231 |           23 |          194 |     448 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu          |         3404 |         2363 |         2050 |    7817 |
| 32      | Telangana           |         1311 |         1252 |         1639 |    4202 |
| 33      | Tripura             |           47 |          633 |           37 |     717 |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh       |         7600 |         8098 |         7162 |   22860 |
| 35      | UttraKhand          |         3482 |         3494 |         2805 |    9781 |
| 36      | West Bengal         |         2497 |         1906 |         2707 |    7110 |
| Total   | Total               |        69316 |        57012 |        60281 |  186609 |

*status as on 31 Dec 2020