Lok Sabha Question No. 3764 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Gender Ratio in NCC
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3764

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  MARCH, 2022

## GENDER RATIO IN NCC

## 3764. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of Defence be pleased to state:

(a) whether the annual report of 2018-19 of the Ministry indicates that the gender ratio among the National  Cadet  Corps  (NCC)  is  heavily  male  biased  with  only  25  to  33  percent  of  the corps being girls from the three services, with Navy being the worst performing;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Ministry to address this problem;

(c) the details of gender ratio among NCC cadres in various States, State-wise; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to resolve the skewed gender ratio in future?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

(a)  to  (d):    As  per  Annual  Report  2018-19,  against  the  total  enrolled  strength  of  13,29,202 cadets, Girl Cadets were 4,23,464  constituting 31.8 % of the total enrolled cadets.

To encourage enrolment of girl cadets in NCC, 'Mixed Unit' Concept was introduced in the year 2005. Before that, NCC had only Boys unit and Girls unit. Now NCC units are either Girls unit which allows girls only or Mixed units which enrolls both Boys and Girls. There is no 'Boys Only' unit.

While raising new NCC units, there have been conscious efforts to raise more number of girls units. Since the year 2010, nine girls Battalions have been raised.

In order to ensure safety and security of girls cadets in NCC camps and training venues, Girl  Cadet  Instructors  (GCI) are appointed.  Being  escorted  by  GCI  instills  confidence in  girls and encourages them to join NCC.

Starting from 2020-21, sanction has been accorded for recruitment of 637 GCIs in phased manner.

As per latest data available, the girl cadet strength in NCC is 35.48 % of total enrolment. The  details  of  gender  ratio  among  NCC  cadres  in  various  States,  State-wise;  are  attached  at Annexure.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3764  FOR  ANSWER  ON  25.03.2022  REGARDING 'GENDER RATIO IN NCC'.

Details of gender ratio among NCC cadres in various States, State-wise;

| Sl. No.   | State Dte                                        |   Boys |   Girls |   Total |   Boys % |   Girls % |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|---------|----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh& Telangana                        |  67819 |   39504 |  107323 |    63.19 |     36.81 |
| 2         | Bihar and Jharkhand                              |  64204 |   26350 |   90554 |    70.9  |     29.1  |
| 3         | Delhi                                            |  26559 |   11503 |   38062 |    69.78 |     30.22 |
| 4         | Gujarat                                          |  44373 |   22432 |   66805 |    66.42 |     33.58 |
| 5         | Jammu and Kashmir                                |  18204 |    6591 |   24795 |    73.42 |     26.58 |
| 6         | Karnataka and Goa                                |  48299 |   31688 |   79987 |    60.38 |     39.62 |
| 7         | Kerala and Lakshadweep                           |  48889 |   38993 |   87882 |    55.63 |     44.37 |
| 8         | Maharashtra                                      |  64803 |   33314 |   98117 |    66.05 |     33.95 |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh                  |  63384 |   36224 |   99608 |    63.63 |     36.37 |
| 10        | North Eastern Region                             |  49164 |   36343 |   85507 |    57.5  |     42.5  |
| 11        | Odisha                                           |  40466 |   18988 |   59454 |    68.06 |     31.94 |
| 12        | Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh |  81679 |   53165 |  134844 |    60.57 |     39.43 |
| 13        | Rajasthan                                        |  37191 |   18579 |   55770 |    66.69 |     33.31 |
| 14        | Tamilnadu, Puducherry and Andaman &Nicobar       |  75174 |   27937 |  103111 |    72.91 |     27.09 |
| 15        | Uttar Pradesh                                    |  91031 |   47401 |  138432 |    65.76 |     34.24 |
| 16        | Uttarakhand                                      |  21452 |   13514 |   34966 |    61.35 |     38.65 |
| 17        | West Bengal and Sikkim                           |  66742 |   37612 |  104354 |    63.96 |     36.04 |
| Total     | Total                                            | 909433 |  500138 | 1409571 |    64.52 |     35.48 |

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