MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI PRANAB MUKHERJEE)
(a) A Statement at Annexure-A is attached.
(b) While no recruitment office has been opened during the last
three years in the Air Force and Navy; in the Army, new Branch
Recruiting Offices (BROs) have been approved for opening at Cuddapah
(Andhra Pradesh), Aizawl (Mizoram), Behrampore (West Bengal),
Udhampur (Jammu & Kashmir) and Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) in 2004-
2005. The Branch Recruitment Office at Behrampore has been opened
in 2005.
(c) A Statement at Annexure-B is attached.
(d) & (e): Recruitment in the defence forces is carried out to
cover all areas in the country, including areas where traditional
warrior communities live, in accordance with criteria placed at
Annexure-A.
ANNEXURE-A REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 1303 FOR 10.3.2005
The criteria adopted for selecting places for establishing
recruitment offices in the armed forces are as under:-
In the Army:
(i) Location, preferably in Military Stations.
(ii) Proximity to the state/district administration.
(iii) Availability of land/accommodation.
(iv) Number of districts covered by the centre.
(v) Communication facilities should be adequate.
(vi) Adequacy of security arrangements.
In the Air Force:
The location and commitment of the nearest Airmen Selection
Centre (ASC) and availability of accommodation and other support
services in the proposed place are also taken into account.
In the Navy:
The recruitment of sailors into the Indian Navy is conducted by
Naval Recruitment Organization under Integrated Headquarters,
Ministry of Defence, New Delhi. The criteria adopted for deciding
the location of a recruitment examination centre are as under:-
(i) Convenience of candidates of a particular region.
(ii) Availability of place and infrastructure for conducting recruitment test, and
(iii) Number of applications from a particular region.
ANNEXURE-B REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1303 FOR 10.3.2005
Name of 2002 2003 2004
States/UTs Army Navy Air Army Navy Air Army Navy Air Force Force Force
Andhra Pradesh 6614 323 268 7193 303 337 5648 317 748
A & Nicobar 49 03 05 22 03 18 22 08 00
Assam 1555 27 20 1650 65 52 1618 55 36
Arunachal Pr. 191 02 02 61 01 00 82 00 00
Bihar 5105 814 1762 6895 605 838 5707 588 2265
Chandigarh 11 01 12 07 00 00 04 01 02
Chhattisgarh 1030 14 10 1183 34 54 1072 21 16
D & N Haveli 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Daman & Diu 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Delhi 1210 82 74 1460 46 35 1388 43 40
Gujarat 1899 12 18 3656 14 03 2128 01 55
Goa 140 09 03 20 05 00 125 02 00
Haryana 3922 418 333 3099 674 168 2927 493 473
Himachal Pr. 2747 59 45 2884 133 40 2336 99 79
J & K 3638 66 47 4266 125 16 3261 55 297
Jharkhand 1574 56 234 1987 40 153 1715 34 230
Karnataka 3994 06 38 3077 39 16 4686 18 101
Kerala 3037 318 292 3529 229 242 2599 180 334
Lakshadweep 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00
Madhya Pradesh 4084 41 60 4726 55 16 4011 68 103
Maharashtra 7998 103 36 10290 86 51 6723 80 60
Manipur 644 16 17 302 57 99 371 38 43
Meghalaya 120 04 00 139 05 07 119 05 03
Mizoram 296 02 04 178 01 27 329 04 05
Nagaland 578 02 02 253 31 06 528 16 02
Orissa 1929 261 208 2460 247 54 1814 198 225
Pondicherry 06 03 01 23 01 01 06 00 02
Punjab 6995 59 32 5843 158 08 7944 101 71
Rajasthan 6595 229 211 7271 345 121 5566 371 420
Sikkim 62 15 02 64 13 00 64 15 02
Tamil Nadu 5462 61 82 5615 39 52 4492 49 127
Tripura 157 00 00 151 00 54 159 00 36
Uttar Pradesh 12562 598 1352 16442 629 680 12650 656 848
Uttaranchal 5966 95 149 3698 88 195 4077 75 200
West Bengal 4760 133 149 5417 129 92 4258 193 217
Nepal 1880 01 00 1542 01 00 1412 00 00
Total 96810 3833 5468 105421 4201 3435 89841 3784 7040
