Lok Sabha Question No. 144 (STARRED), answered on 2022-02-11
Subject: Army Recruitment Camps
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria, Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

MINISTER OF DEFENCE

- (a) to (e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 144

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

## ARMY RECRUITMENT CAMPS

## *144. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA: SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  organize  recruitment  camps  for  Army  across  the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise  including  Tonk  and  Sawai  Madhopur  districts  of Rajasthan;
- (c)  the  total  number  of  recruitment  camps  organized  along  with  the  recruitments  made  in  all three wings of the armed forces particularly from the rural and backward areas of the country during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the total number of recruitment centers existing at present, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to recruit youths in all three wings of armed forces from across the country particularly from rural areas during the current financial year?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

(SHRI RAJNATH SINGH)

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 144 FOR ANSWER ON 11.02.2022 REGARDING 'ARMY RECRUITMENT CAMPS';

- (a) & (b): No Sir. Recruitment rallies are suspended due to the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country since July, 2021.
- (c)  (i) The details of Army Recruitment rallies including rural and urban distribution is as under:
- (ii)  The  Indian  Navy  has  fully  migrated  to  an  online  application  based  process  called Indian  Navy  Entrance  Test.  Therefore,  no  recruitment  campaigns  are  organised  in  any State/UT.
- (iii) The Indian Air Force conducts recruitment by Schedule Test for Airmen Recruitment (STAR) online test every six months. In addition, recruitment rallies are conducted with a view  to  cover  low  represented,  low  response,  remote  areas  to  maintain  demographic balance and candidates only from designated districts covered in the rally are permitted to appear.
- (iv) Recruitment data - State/UT wise is placed at Annexure I.
- (d)  List of Army Recruiting Offices is placed at Annexure II.
- (e)  Recruitment activities have been suspended since July, 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

| Recruiting Year   |   No. of Rallies conducted | Total intake                              | Rural Areas (%)                           | Urban Areas (%)                           |
|-------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 2018-19           |                         92 | 53431                                     | 78.32                                     | 21.68                                     |
| 2019-20           |                         95 | 80572                                     | 77.20                                     | 22.80                                     |
| 2020-21           |                         47 | No Recruitment undertaken due to COVID-19 | No Recruitment undertaken due to COVID-19 | No Recruitment undertaken due to COVID-19 |

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c)  OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 144 FOR ANSWER ON 11.2.2022 REGARDING 'ARMY RECRUITMENT CAMPS'.

## STATE WISE INTAKE: LAST THREE YEARS

| Ser No                                             | RtgYear                                            | 2017-18                                            | 2018-19                                            | 2019-20                                            |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|                                                    | Vac Allotted                                       | 51845                                              | 57040                                              | 87152                                              |
| STATE WISE INTAKE DETAILS (EXCL GORKHA FROM NEPAL) | STATE WISE INTAKE DETAILS (EXCL GORKHA FROM NEPAL) | STATE WISE INTAKE DETAILS (EXCL GORKHA FROM NEPAL) | STATE WISE INTAKE DETAILS (EXCL GORKHA FROM NEPAL) | STATE WISE INTAKE DETAILS (EXCL GORKHA FROM NEPAL) |
| 1                                                  | Andaman Nicobar (UT)                               | 2                                                  | 7                                                  | 11                                                 |
| 2                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                     | 1431                                               | 1301                                               | 2426                                               |
| 3                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                  | 217                                                | 195                                                | 90                                                 |
| 4                                                  | Assam                                              | 900                                                | 631                                                | 1152                                               |
| 5                                                  | Bihar                                              | 2726                                               | 2199                                               | 4559                                               |
| 6                                                  | Chandigarh (UT)                                    | 3                                                  | 3                                                  | 6                                                  |
| 7                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                       | 606                                                | 372                                                | 622                                                |
| 8                                                  | Dadar, Nagar &Haveli                               | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 1                                                  |
| 9                                                  | Daman &Diu                                         | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 10                                                 | Delhi                                              | 166                                                | 167                                                | 337                                                |
| 11                                                 | Goa (UT)                                           | 1                                                  | 2                                                  | 6                                                  |
| 12                                                 | Gujarat                                            | 728                                                | 1346                                               | 1822                                               |
| 13                                                 | Haryana                                            | 3634                                               | 3210                                               | 5097                                               |
| 14                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                   | 2376                                               | 4202                                               | 5882                                               |
| 15                                                 | Jammu &Kashmir                                     | 1817                                               | 3672                                               | 3796                                               |
| 16                                                 | Jharkhand                                          | 925                                                | 663                                                | 985                                                |
| 17                                                 | Karnataka                                          | 1410                                               | 1680                                               | 2930                                               |
| 18                                                 | Kerala                                             | 1278                                               | 865                                                | 1846                                               |
| 19                                                 | Lakshadweep (UT)                                   | 7                                                  | 13                                                 | 9                                                  |
| 20                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                     | 2352                                               | 1570                                               | 3103                                               |
| 21                                                 | Maharashtra                                        | 3836                                               | 4050                                               | 6131                                               |
| 22                                                 | Manipur                                            | 400                                                | 311                                                | 543                                                |
| 23                                                 | Meghalaya                                          | 75                                                 | 89                                                 | 109                                                |
| 24                                                 | Mizoram                                            | 108                                                | 184                                                | 212                                                |
| 25                                                 | Nagaland                                           | 103                                                | 122                                                | 71                                                 |
| 26                                                 | Odisha                                             | 737                                                | 474                                                | 1055                                               |
| 27                                                 | Puducherry (UT)                                    | 1                                                  | 2                                                  | 5                                                  |
| 28                                                 | Punjab                                             | 4988                                               | 5843                                               | 7813                                               |
| 29                                                 | Rajasthan                                          | 4298                                               | 4172                                               | 6887                                               |
| 30                                                 | Sikkim                                             | 109                                                | 227                                                | 109                                                |
| 31                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                         | 1872                                               | 1530                                               | 3225                                               |
| 32                                                 | Telangana                                          | 643                                                | 693                                                | 1445                                               |
| 33                                                 | Tripura                                            | 55                                                 | 69                                                 | 91                                                 |
| 34                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                      | 6339                                               | 6322                                               | 8425                                               |
| 35                                                 | Uttarakhand                                        | 2384                                               | 3222                                               | 4366                                               |
| 36                                                 | West Bengal                                        | 1862                                               | 1471                                               | 3166                                               |
| 37                                                 | UT Ladakh                                          | @                                                  | @                                                  | 359                                                |
|                                                    | Total                                              | 48389                                              | 50879                                              | 78692                                              |

Note: * The  data  of  Recruiting  Year  2020-21  is  not  available  as  the  Combined  Entrance Examination for Recruiting Year 2020-21 is pending.

@UT of Ladakh is included in J&K

## ANNEXURE- II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d)  OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 144 FOR ANSWER  ON  11.2.2022 REGARDING 'ARMY RECRUITMENT CAMPS'.

## DETAILS OF ARMY RECRUITMENT OFFICES

|   Ser | Army Recruitment Office   | Distts. of State's covered by the AROs               |
|-------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | RO (HQ), Ambala           |                                                      |
|     2 | ARO, Rohtak               | Haryana (Except Distts of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Mewat, |
|     3 | ARO, Hisar                | Palwal) and UT of Chandigarh                         |
|     4 | ARO, CharkhiDadri         |                                                      |
|     5 | ARO, Palampur             | Himachal Pradesh                                     |
|     6 | ARO, Hamirpur             | Himachal Pradesh                                     |
|     7 | ARO, Shimla               | Himachal Pradesh                                     |
|     8 | ARO, Mandi                | Himachal Pradesh                                     |
|     9 | RO (HQ), Bangalore        | Karnataka                                            |
|    10 | ARO, Belgaum              | Karnataka                                            |
|    11 | ARO, Mangalore            | Karnataka                                            |
|    12 | ARO, Trivandrum           | Kerala                                               |
|    13 | ARO, Calicut              | Kerala and UT of Mahe& Lakshadweep                   |
|    14 | RO (HQ), Chennai          |                                                      |
|    15 | ARO, Tiruchirapalli       | Tamilnadu                                            |
|    16 | ARO, Coimbatore           |                                                      |
|    17 | ARO, Secunderabad         | Telangana                                            |
|    18 | ARO, Guntur               |                                                      |
|    19 | ARO, Vishakapatnam        | Andhra Pradesh                                       |
|    20 | RO (HQ), Danapur          |                                                      |
|    21 | ARO, Muzaffarpur          |                                                      |
|    22 | ARO, Gaya                 | Bihar                                                |
|    23 | ARO, Katihar              |                                                      |
|    24 | ARO, Ranchi               | Jharkhand                                            |
|    25 | RO (HQ), Jabalpur         |                                                      |
|    26 | ARO, Gwalior              |                                                      |
|    27 | ARO, Mhow                 | Madhya Pradesh                                       |
|    28 | ARO, Bhopal               |                                                      |
|    29 | ARO, Raipur               | Chhattisgarh                                         |
|    30 | RO (HQ) Jaipur            |                                                      |
|    31 | ARO, Alwar                |                                                      |
|    32 | ARO, Kota                 | Rajasthan                                            |
|    33 | ARO, Jodhpur              |                                                      |
|    34 | ARO, Jhunjhunu            |                                                      |

|   35. | RO (HQ), Jalandhar   | Punjab                                                 |
|-------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|    36 | ARO, Amritsar        | Punjab                                                 |
|    37 | ARO, Ferozpur        | Punjab                                                 |
|    38 | ARO, Patiala         | Punjab                                                 |
|    39 | ARO, Ludhiana        | Punjab                                                 |
|    40 | ARO, Jammu           | J&K                                                    |
|    41 | ARO, Srinagar        | J&K                                                    |
|    42 | RO (HQ), Kolkata     | West Bengal                                            |
|    43 | ARO, Barrackpore     | West Bengal                                            |
|    44 | ARO, Berhampore      | West Bengal                                            |
|    45 | ARO, Siliguri        | West Bengal &Sikkim                                    |
|    46 | ARO, Cuttack         | Orissa                                                 |
|    47 | ARO, Sambalpur       | Orissa                                                 |
|    48 | ARO, Gopalpur        | Orissa                                                 |
|    49 | RO (HQ), Lucknow     | UP                                                     |
|    50 | ARO, Meerut          | UP                                                     |
|    51 | ARO, Bareilly        | UP                                                     |
|    52 | ARO, Agra            | UP                                                     |
|    53 | ARO, Varanasi        | UP                                                     |
|    54 | ARO, Amethi          | UP                                                     |
|    55 | ARO, Lansdowne       | Uttarakhand                                            |
|    56 | ARO, Almora          | Uttarakhand                                            |
|    57 | ARO, Pithoragarh     | Maharashtra                                            |
|    58 | RO (HQ), Pune        | Maharashtra                                            |
|    59 | ARO, Mumbai          | Maharashtra                                            |
|    60 | ARO, Nagpur          | Maharashtra                                            |
|    61 | ARO, Aurangabad      | Maharashtra                                            |
|    62 | ARO, Kolhapur        | Maharashtra and Goa                                    |
|    63 | ARO, Ahmedabad       | Gujarat and UTs Daman, Dadra &Nagar Haveli             |
|    64 | ARO, Jamnagar        | Gujarat and UT of Diu                                  |
|    65 | RO (HQ), Shillong    | Meghalaya and Assam                                    |
|    66 | ARO, Jorhat          | Arunachal Pradesh and Assam                            |
|    67 | ARO, Narangi         | Assam                                                  |
|    68 | ARO, Rangapahar      | Nagaland and Manipur                                   |
|    69 | ARO, Silchar         | Assam and Tripura                                      |
|    70 | ARO, Aizawl          | Mizoram                                                |
|    71 | GRD, Kunraghat       | Nepal                                                  |
|    72 | GRD, Ghoom           | Nepal &Darjeeling                                      |
|    73 | IRO, Delhi Cantt     | Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Mewat and Palwal of Haryana |

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