Lok Sabha Question No. 3733 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Army Recruitment Drives
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil, Talari Rangaiah, Asaduddin Owaisi, Hanuman Beniwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3733

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  MARCH, 2022

## ARMY RECRUITMENT DRIVES

## 3733.  COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL:

DR. TALARI RANGAIAH:

SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:

Will the Minister of Defence be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  total  number  of  army  recruitment  drives  conducted  during  the  last  seven  years  in  the country along with the number of candidates recruited, State/UT wise including Rajasthan;
- (b) whether a large number of posts in the armed forces are lying vacant in the country;
- (c)  if  so,  whether  the  recruitment  drives  have  been  postponed in several  States due to Corona pandemic and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan and Maharashtra;
- (d) whether the army recruitment drives held in the past have been completed in all aspects, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons for pendency along with the timeline for completion of the recruitment process;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to start recruitment drives across various States during the coming years to fill up the vacancies in all three wings of the defence forces, if so, the details thereof, State/UT wise including Rajasthan; and
- (f) whether the absence of recruitment drives has been affecting the Indian army and if so, the measures taken to address the shortage of manpower in the defence forces?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

(a):  578 army recruitment drives conducted.  Number of recruited candidates, State/UT-wise is placed at Annexure.

- (b) &  (c):   No,  Sir.  Planned  Army  Recruitment  Rallies  are  suspended  due  to  COVID19.  Recruitment Rallies' Details for Recruiting Years 2020-21 and 2021-22 are:-

| Recruitment year           |   Rallies planned |   Rallies conducted | Common Entrance Examination (CEE) conducted   |
|----------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 2020-21 (Apr' 20 -Mar' 21) |                97 |                  47 | 4                                             |
| 2020-21 (Apr' 21 -Mar' 22) |                47 |                   4 | NIL                                           |

- (d):  Recruitment process up to Recruiting Year 2019-20 is fully completed, except one Rally by Army Recruitment Office, Agra, where Common Entrance Examination is pending.
- (e):  Yes, Sir. Contingent to improvement of the present COVID-19 situation.
- (f):   No, Sir.

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## ANNEXURE REFERS TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3733  FOR  ANSWERED  ON  25.03.2022  REGARDING  'ARMY RECRUITMENT DRIVES'.

| Sl   | States/UT             | INTAKE   | INTAKE   | INTAKE   | INTAKE   | INTAKE   |
|------|-----------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| No   | States/UT             | 2015-16  | 2016-17  | 2017-18  | 2018-19  | 2019-20  |
| 1    | Andaman Nicobar (UT)  | 65       | 13       | 2        | 7        | 11       |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh        | 2277     | 1389     | 1431     | 1301     | 2426     |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh     | 254      | 156      | 217      | 195      | 90       |
| 4    | Assam                 | 1227     | 829      | 900      | 631      | 1152     |
| 5    | Bihar                 | 3865     | 2932     | 2726     | 2199     | 4559     |
| 6    | Chandigarh (UT)       | 2        | 2        | 3        | 3        | 6        |
| 7    | Chhattisgarh          | 852      | 817      | 606      | 372      | 622      |
| 8    | Dadra, Nagar & Haveli | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 1        |
| 9    | Daman &Diu            | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        |
| 10   | Delhi                 | 806      | 798      | 166      | 167      | 337      |
| 11   | Goa (UT)              | 50       | 16       | 1        | 2        | 6        |
| 12   | Gujarat               | 1214     | 1257     | 728      | 1346     | 1822     |
| 13   | Haryana               | 4340     | 3538     | 3634     | 3210     | 5097     |
| 14   | Himachal Pradesh      | 3072     | 2174     | 2376     | 4202     | 5882     |
| 15   | Jammu &Kashmir        | 2504     | 1954     | 1817     | 3672     | 3796     |
| 16   | Ladakh (UT)           | 0        | 0        | 0        | 0        | 359      |
| 17   | Jharkhand             | 879      | 687      | 925      | 663      | 985      |
| 18   | Karnataka             | 1691     | 1142     | 1410     | 1680     | 2930     |
| 19   | Kerala                | 2425     | 1584     | 1278     | 865      | 1846     |
| 20   | Lakshadweep (UT)      | 6        | 15       | 7        | 13       | 9        |
| 21   | Madhya Pradesh        | 3413     | 2281     | 2352     | 1570     | 3103     |
| 22   | Maharashtra           | 6106     | 3980     | 3836     | 4050     | 6131     |
| 23   | Manipur               | 359      | 247      | 400      | 311      | 543      |
| 24   | Meghalaya             | 141      | 86       | 75       | 89       | 109      |
| 25   | Mizoram               | 123      | 200      | 108      | 184      | 212      |
| 26   | Nagaland              | 128      | 112      | 103      | 122      | 71       |
| 27   | Odisha                | 1533     | 642      | 737      | 474      | 1055     |
| 28   | Puducherry (UT)       | 21       | 3        | 1        | 2        | 5        |
| 29   | Punjab                | 5046     | 4616     | 4988     | 5843     | 7813     |
| 30   | Rajasthan             | 5384     | 4658     | 4298     | 4172     | 6887     |
| 31   | Sikkim                | 155      | 39       | 109      | 227      | 109      |
| 32   | Tamil Nadu            | 2536     | 1870     | 1872     | 1530     | 3225     |
| 33   | Telangana             | 1226     | 515      | 643      | 693      | 1445     |
| 34   | Tripura               | 153      | 89       | 55       | 69       | 91       |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh         | 10128    | 6245     | 6339     | 6322     | 8425     |
| 36   | Uttarakhand           | 4390     | 3360     | 2384     | 3222     | 4366     |
| 37   | West Bengal           | 4397     | 2116     | 1862     | 1471     | 3166     |

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| Total                                                                                                       | Total                                                                                                       | 71804                                                                                                       | 52447                                                                                                       | 50026                                                                                                       | 53431                                                                                                       | 80572                                                                                                       |
| Note : Recruitment process for the Recruiting Year 2020-21 and 2021-22 is on hold due to COVID-19 Pandemic. | Note : Recruitment process for the Recruiting Year 2020-21 and 2021-22 is on hold due to COVID-19 Pandemic. | Note : Recruitment process for the Recruiting Year 2020-21 and 2021-22 is on hold due to COVID-19 Pandemic. | Note : Recruitment process for the Recruiting Year 2020-21 and 2021-22 is on hold due to COVID-19 Pandemic. | Note : Recruitment process for the Recruiting Year 2020-21 and 2021-22 is on hold due to COVID-19 Pandemic. | Note : Recruitment process for the Recruiting Year 2020-21 and 2021-22 is on hold due to COVID-19 Pandemic. | Note : Recruitment process for the Recruiting Year 2020-21 and 2021-22 is on hold due to COVID-19 Pandemic. |

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