Defence: Vacancy in the Army

Defence

Vacancy in the Army

Ministry of Defence

24 JUNE

The total posts vacant in the Army as on 01.01.2019 are 45,634, including 7,399 posts which are above the rank of Second Lieutenant. Recruitment in the Army is a continuous process and vacancies occur due to various reasons like accretions of posts from time to time, tough selection procedures, difficult service conditions coupled with perceived high degree of risk involved in the service career as also inherent limitation of number that could be trained without compromising the quality of training. Vacancies are filled progressively through recruits who complete training.

Publicity expenditure for recruitment in Army including recruitment notifications during the last three years is as follows:

S.No.	Financial Year	Amount (in Rs. lakhs)
1	2016-17	378.87
2	2017-18	199.47
3	2018-19	216.19

This information was given by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh in a written reply to Shri Rakesh Sinhain Rajya Sabha today.

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Recruitment in Army

Recruitment in Army

Recruitment in Army is undertaken on basis of vacancies arising on account of retirement, release or due to accretions in force level from time to time.

State / UT wise details of youth recruited into the Indian Army as Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) and Other Ranks (OR) in the last five years is as under:-

RECRUITMENT OF JCOs/ORs IN INDIAN ARMY IN VARIOUS

STATES/UTs DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS

S.No.	Name of the State/UT	Recruiting Year
		2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
1	Andhra Pradesh	2890	3540	2088	2145	2277
2	Arunachal Pradesh	190	490	267	101	254
3	Assam	1019	1051	867	1082	1227
4	Bihar	4540	3195	3708	3595	3865
5	Chhattisgarh	622	448	394	860	852
6	Delhi	865	1212	1105	1043	806
7	Goa	47	20	2	25	50
8	Gujarat, Dadra NagarHaveli (UT), Daman & Diu (UT)	2205	2305	1406	1855	1214
9	Haryana	2452	2770	2536	3533	4340
10	Himachal Pradesh	1687	2317	2448	3207	3072
11	Jammu & Kashmir	2085	2699	2057	2844	2504
12	Jharkhand	1140	707	1480	1042	879
13	Karnataka and Lakshadweep (UT)	1671	2033	1091	1613	1697
14	Kerala	2077	2700	2067	2571	2425
15	Madhya Pradesh	2761	3150	2644	2840	3413
16	Maharashtra	5312	5424	3797	5207	6106
17	Manipur	587	456	687	268	359
18	Meghalaya	91	75	117	145	141
19	Mizoram	94	293	405	102	123
20	Nagaland	134	127	165	137	128
21	Odisha	945	1505	1073	1085	1533
22	Punjab and Chandigarh (UT)	3752	4701	5684	5988	5048
23	Rajasthan	3602	3647	3034	4967	5384
24	Sikkim	108	462	182	72	155
25	Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, A&N Islands (UT)	2377	3081	2200	2567	2622
26	Telangana	0	0	0	820	153
27	Tripura	104	56	133	110	1226
28	Uttar Pradesh	7600	7086	8587	8410	10128
29	Uttarakhand	2585	3036	2022	2704	4390
30	West Bengal	3535	3289	3113	3630	4397
Total		57077	61875	55359	64568	70768

For the recruiting year 2016-17, a total of 53786 vacancies have been allotted.

The Armed Forces have undertaken sustained image projection and publicity campaign to create awareness among the youth on the advantages of taking up a challenging and satisfying career.  Awareness campaigns, participation in career fairs and exhibitions, advertisements in print and electronic media, motivational lectures in schools, colleges are also some of the other measures taken in this direction.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shrimati Savitri Thakur and Shri Deepender Singh Hooda  in Lok Sabha today.

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