Question : Recruitment in Army

(a) the details of Army recruitment made by the Army Recruiting centres in various States during the last three years and the current year, year-wise and State-wise;
(b) whether there are any plans to conduct more number of camps and if so, the details thereof State-wise including Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Telangana and if not, the reasons therefor; and
(c) the criteria being adopted in conducting the camps and number of youth selected during the last three years and the current year, district-wise in AP and Telangana?

MINISTER OF STATE (SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)
IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
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(a) The details of Army recruitment made in various States during the last three years are given in Annexure-A.
(b) Yes, Sir. The details of recruitment rallies planned for the recruiting year 2020-21 State-wise including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are given in Annexure-B. During 2020-21, two recruitment rallies are planned in Andhra Pradesh and one rally in Telangana.

(c) (i) Recruiting Organisation conducts recruitment rallies for Indian Army with an endeavour to cover each district of the country, at least once in a year. The location of recruitment rally is decided from amongst the districts under jurisdiction of the Army Recruiting Office in consultation with the Civil Administration.
(ii) Since 18 July, 2015, the recruitment process has shifted from ‘Open Rally System’ to Online Registration by the candidates, wherein, applications are invited from candidates and then they are called in batches for further screening. Participants may apply online to register themselves to take part in recruitment rally and therefore, the location of rally does not have any material effect on numbers recruited from a particular location since all eligible candidates can apply online on the Recruiting Directorate Website (www.joinindianarmy.nic.in).
(iii) District wise intake details in respect of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are given in Annexure-C.
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