Vacant Posts in the Armed Forces in the Country – Rajya Sabha QA

Vacant Posts in the Armed Forces in the Country along with their respective sanctioned strength – Rajya Sabha QA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 846
TO BE ANSWERED ON 25th July, 2022

VACANT POSTS IN THE ARMED FORCES IN THE COUNTRY

846. SHRI DEEPENDER SINGH HOODA:

Will the Minister of Defence be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of posts of commissioned and non-commissioned staff lying vacant in the armed forces in the country along with their respective sanctioned strength;

(b) the details of recruitment rallies conducted during each of the last five years along with the total number of aspirants recruited during this period, State/UT-wise including Haryana;

(c) whether Government proposes to conduct recruitment campaigns, if so, the details thereof and the time schedule, State/UT-wise including Haryana; and

(d) whether the recruitment process has resumed, if so, the details thereof?

A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE (SHRI AJAY BHATT) IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(a): The details regarding vacant posts in the armed forces in the country along with the sanctioned strength are as under:

Indian Army:

Category	Sanctioned Strength	Posts lying vacant
Officers	56,972	7,308
MNS Officers	4396	471
JCO/OR	1241768	108685

Indian Navy:

Category	Sanctioned Strength	Posts lying vacant
Officers	11821	1446
Sailors	75866	12151

Indian Air Force:

Category	Sanctioned Strength	Posts lying vacant
Officers	12745	572
Airmen & Non Combatants (Enrolled)	156362	6323

 

(b): No rallies are conducted by Indian Air Force and Indian Navy as they follow centralized recruitment system. The details of recruitment rallies conducted by Indian Army are as follows:

Recruitment Year	No. of Rallies
2017	106
2018	92
2019	95
2020	47*
2021	4*

*Rally process could not be completed due to COVID-19.

The details of the number of candidates recruited by the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force during the last five years are at Annexure ‘I’.

(c) & (d): The Indian Army has recommenced the recruitment rallies and the schedule of their rallies is at Annexure ‘II’.

The process of recruitment by Indian Navy starts well before the planned date of induction and is spread over a period of one year. The recruitment process for Year 2022 has already commenced.
The IAF has also opened the online registration of candidates for the year 2022.

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ANNEXURE-I

REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 846 FOR ANSWER ON 25.07.2022 REGARDING ‘VACANT POSTS IN THE ARMED FORCES IN THE COUNTRY’.

LAST FIVE YEARS STATE/UT WISE INTAKE

Indian Army:
S. No	State/UTs	RtgYr					Remarks
		2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21*	2021-22*
1	Andaman & Nicobar	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	3	3	6	–	–
7	Chhattisgarh	605	372	622	–	–
8	Dadra &Nagar Haveli	0	0	1	–	–
9	Daman & Diu	0	0	0	–	–
10	Delhi	166	167	337	–	–
11	Goa	1	2	6	–	–
12	Gujarat	728	1346	1822	–	–
13	Haryana	3634	3210	5097	–	–
14	Himachal Pradesh	2376	4202	5882	–	–
15	J & K	1817	3672	3796	–	–
16	Ladakh	0	0	359	–	–
17	Jharkhand	925	663	985	–	–
18	Karnataka	1410	1680	2930	–	–
19	Kerala	1278	865	1846	–	–
20	Lakshadweep	7	13	9	–	–
21	Madhya Pradesh	2352	1570	3103	–	–
22	Maharashtra	3836	4050	6131	–	–
23	Manipur	400	311	543	–	–
24	Meghalaya	75	89	109	–	–
25	Mizoram	108	184	212	–	–
26	Nagaland	103	122	71	–	–
27	Orissa	737	474	1055	–	–
28	Puducherry	1	2	5	–	–
29	Punjab	4988	5843	7813	–	–
30	Rajasthan	4298	4172	6887	–	–
31	Sikkim	109	227	109	–	–
32	Tamil Nadu	1872	1530	3225	–	–
33	Telangana	643	693	1445	–	–
34	Tripura	55	69	91	–	–
35	Uttar Pradesh	6339	6322	8425	–	–
36	Uttarakhand	2384	3222	4366	–	–
37	West Bengal	1862	1471	3166	–	–
38	Nepal	1049	2502	1860	–	–
	Total	49438	53381	80552	–	–
39	CF Vac	0	0	0	–	–
40	Central Cat (Svy Auto Carto)	588	50	20	–	–
	G/Total	50026	53431	80572	12091*

* 51 rallies were conducted during 2020-21 and 2021-22. However, the process was not fully completed due to COVID-19

Indian Navy (Sailors):

Ser.	State/UT	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
(a)	Andaman & Nicobar	12	0	0	0	2
(b)	Andhra Pradesh	282	329	336	14	229
(c)	Arunachal Pradesh	7	0	2	0	2
(d)	Assam	18	14	24	53	104
(e)	Bihar	371	463	460	156	372
(f)	Chhattisgarh	12	16	39	39	94
(g)	Delhi	80	83	81	42	68
(h)	Goa	21	8	4	3	8
(j)	Gujarat	124	62	104	95	190
(k)	D&N Haveli
(l)	Daman & Diu
(m)	Haryana	464	637	659	404	420
(n)	Himachal Pradesh	112	57	50	20	51
(o)	J & K and Ladakh	84	59	51	27	68
(p)	Jharkhand	108	133	124	51	125
(q)	Karnataka	179	72	91	157	350
(r)	Kerala	171	210	247	171	176
(s)	Lakshadweep	0	3	0	0	0
(t)	Madhya Pradesh	348	423	329	92	262
(u)	Maharashtra	313	395	520	264	541
(v)	Manipur	19	9	13	7	20
(w)	Meghalaya	7	3	3	4	7
(x)	Mizoram	17	2	1	0	0
(y)	Nagaland	3	2	1	0	5
(z)	Orissa	288	225	207	55	112
(aa)	Punjab	129	115	133	66	163
(ab)	Chandigarh
(ac)	Rajasthan	954	974	955	248	474
(ad)	Sikkim	13	2	2	1	1
(ae)	Tamil Nadu	72	21	72	100	283
(af)	Puducherry
(ag)	Telangana	121	62	105	107	204
(ah)	Tripura	3	3	4	1	10
(aj)	Uttar Pradesh	1082	1284	1140	449	948
(ak)	Uttarakhand	141	54	65	22	51
(al)	West Bengal	170	165	246	124	206
(am)	Nepal	0	0	0	0	1
Total		5725	5885	6068	2772	5547

Indian Air Force (Airmen):

State / UTs	Enrolment Data (Year wise)
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Andaman & Nicobar	24	0	0	0	0
Andhra Pradesh	114	113	50	30	2
Arunachal Pradesh	16	23	3	0	0
Assam	28	57	60	32	17
Bihar	291	150	530	670	525
Chandigarh	1	2	0	2	0
Chhattisgarh	21	109	76	105	42
Dadra & Nagar Havelli	0	0	0	0	1
Daman & Diu	1	0	1	0	0
Delhi	25	41	67	67	75
Goa	10	0	0	27	01
Gujarat	35	19	93	8	234
Haryana	760	859	1501	1719	501
Himachal Pradesh	28	38	19	19	07
J & K	26	17	17	14	04
Jharkhand	184	85	41	285	291
Karnataka	56	37	91	254	196
Kerala	113	279	14	11	06
Lakshadweep	0	2	0	0	0
Madhya Pradesh	237	104	274	258	528
Maharashtra	43	101	178	187	63
Manipur	17	22	55	25	26
Meghalaya	7	0	3	2	01
Mizoram	17	2	0	2	01
Nagaland	0	1	1	0	0
Nepal	0	0	1	0	0
Odisha	258	95	79	170	349
Pondicherry	2	4	0	0	11
Punjab	12	69	78	100	30
Rajasthan	1393	1466	1426	1879	624
Sikkim	1	3	0	5	04
Tamil Nadu	122	221	66	2	109
Telangana	23	11	25	26	141
Tripura	14	6	2	0	0
Uttar Pradesh	2274	2635	2188	2345	600
Uttarakhand	46	54	96	83	216
West Bengal	28	237	187	96	04
Total	6227	6862	7222	8423	4609

 

ANNEXURE-II

REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 846 FOR ANSWER ON 25.07.2022 REGARDING ‘VACANT POSTS IN THE ARMED FORCES IN THE COUNTRY’.

Recruitment rallies and the schedule of rallies

Indian Army:

Sl. No.	Host ARO	Venue	Schedule
		Ambala
1	Hisar	Hisar	12 to 26 Aug 2022
2	Hamirpur	SujanpurTira	29 Aug to 08 Sep 2022
3	Palampur	Palampur	11 to 24 Sep 2022
4	Mandi	Mandi	28 Sep to 09 Oct 2022
5	Shimla	Rampur /Bushahar	12 to 21 Oct 2022
6	RO (HQ) Ambala	Karnal	24 Oct to 04 Nov 2022
7	RO (HQ) Amabala (for Agniveer WMP)	Karnal	05 to 09 Nov 2022
8	CharkhiDadri	Bhiwani	12 to 25 Nov 2022
9	Rohtak	Rohtak	28 Nov to 11 Dec 2022
		Bangalore
1	RO (HQ), Bangalore	Hassan	10 to 22 Aug 2022
2	Mangalore	Haveri	01 to 20 Sep 2022
3	Calicut	Calicut	01 to 20 Oct 2022
4	RO (HQ), Bangalore	Bangalore (WMP)	01 to 03 Nov 2022
5	Trivandrum	Kollam	15 to 30 Nov 2022
6	Belgaum	Bidar	05 to 22 Dec 2022
		Chennai
1	Vizag	Vizag	14 to 31 Aug 2022
2	Trichy	Nagercoil	21 Aug to 01 Sep 2022
3	Guntur	Nellore	15 to 26 Sep 2022
4	Coimbatore	Tiruppur	20 Sep to 01 Oct 2022
5	Secunderabad	Suryapet	15 to 31 Oct 2022
6	RO (HQ) Chennai	Vellore	15 to 25 Nov 2022
		Danapur
1	Ranchi	Ranchi	05 to 22 Sep 2022
2	RO (HQ) Danapur	Danapur	07 to 23 Oct 2022
3	Gaya	Gaya	02 to 15 Nov 2022
4	Muzaffarpur	Muzaffarpur	21 Nov to 04 Dec 2022
5	Katihar	Muzaffarpur	07 to 20 Dec 2022
		Jabalpur
1	Mhow	Dhar	01 to 10 Sep 2022
2	RO (HQ) Jabalpur	Jabalpur/ Rewa	15 to 25 Sep 2022
3	Gwalior	Sagar/ Gwalior	07 to 16 Oct 2022
4	RO (HQ) Jabalpur (for Agniveer WMP)	Jabalpur	19 to 22 Oct 2022
5	Bhopal	Vidisha/Shehore	27 Oct to 06 Nov 2022
6	Raipur	Jagdalpur	13 to 22 Nov 2022
		Jaipur
1	Jhunjhunu	Bikaner	04 to 26 Sep 2022
2	Alwar	Alwar	10 to 24 Sep 2022
3	RO (HQ), Jaipur	Jaipur	29 Sep to 14 Oct 2022
4	Kota	Kota	01 to 14 Nov 2022
5	Jodhpur	Jodhpur	28 Nov to 12 Dec 2022
		Jalandhar
1	Ludhiana	CG Complex, Ludhiana	10 to 20 Aug 2022
2	Amritsar	Tibir Mil Stn, Gurdaspur	01 to 14 Sep 2022
3	Srinagar	Haiderbeig, Pattan	17 to 30 Sep 2022
4	Patiala	1 ADSR Opp Flying Club Patiala	17 to 30 Sep 2022
5	Jammu	Joravar Stadium Sujunjuwan Mil Stn Jammu	07 to 20 Oct 2022
6	Ferozepur	Capt Sunder Singh Stadium, FirozepurCantt	01 to 16 Nov 2022
7	RO (HQ) Jalandhar	APS Pry Wg, Jalandhar Cantt	21 Nov to 05 Dec 2022
		Kolkata
1	Siliguri (Sikkim)	Gangtok/Namchi	01 to 05 Sep 2022
2	Sambalpur	Sambalpur	09 to 14 Sep 2022
3	Barrackpore	Barrackpore	18 to 26 Sep 2022
4	Cuttack	Paradip	07 to 14 Oct 2022
5	Gopalpur	Gopalpur	01 to 07 Nov 2022
6	Berhampore	Krisha Nagar	16 to 24 Nov 2022
7	Siliguri (WB)	Sevoke Road Siliguri	28 Nov to 05 Dec 2022
8	RO (HQ) Kolkata	Kharagpur	10 to 19 Dec 2022
		Lucknow
1	Lansdowne	Kotdwar	19 to 31 Aug 2022
2	Bareilly	Fatehgarh	19 Aug to 15 Sep 2022
3	Almora	Ranikhet	20 to 31 Aug 2022
4	Pithoragarh	Pithoragarh/Champawat	05 to 12 Sep 2022
5	Meerut	Muzaffar Nagar	20 Sep to 10 Oct 2022
6	Agra	Agra	20 Sep to 10 Oct 2022
7	RO (HQ) Lucknow	Kanpur	20 Oct to 10 Nov 2022
8	Amethi	Faizabad	16 Nov to 06 Dec 2022
9	Varanasi	Varanasi	16 Nov to 06 Dec 2022
10	RO (HQ) Lucknow	Lucknow (WMP)	30 Nov to 10 Dec 2022
		Pune
1	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	13 Aug to 08 Sep 2022
2	RO (HQ) Pune	Ahmednagar	23Aug to 11 Sep 2022
3	Nagpur	Nagpur	17 Sep to 07 Oct 2022
4	Mumbai	Thane	20 Sep to 10 Oct 2022
5	Jamnagar	Jamnagar	20 Oct to 12 Nov 2022
6	Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	15 Oct to 08 Nov 2022
7	Kolhapur	Kolhapur	22 Nov to 11 Dec 2022
8	RO HQ Pune	BEG & C, Kirkee (WMP)	06 to 11 Dec 2022
		Shillong
1	RO (HQ) Shillong	Shillong	07 to 14 Sep 2022 (Megh)
2	Rangapahar	Rangapahar	07 to 15 Sep 2022 (Nag)
3	Jorhat	Jorhat	07 to 15 Sep 2022 (Assam)
4	Rangapahar	Imphal	15 to 23 Sep 2022 (Mani)
5	RO (HQ) Shillong	Shillong	13 to 25 Sep 2022 (Assam)
6	Aizawl	Aizwal	04 to 09 Oct 2022 (Mizoram)
7	Narangi	Tamulpur	25 Oct to 24 Nov 2022 (Lower Assam)
8	Silchar	Agartala	02 to 08 Nov 2022 (Tripura)
9	Silchar	Agartala	02 to 16 Nov 2022 (Assam)
10	Narangi	Tamulpur (WMP)	26 to 30 Nov 2022 (NE States)
11	Jorhat	Rupa	06 Dec to 12 Dec 2022 (Arunachal)
		IRO Delhi Cantt
1	IRO	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Bawana, Delhi	07 to 27 Sep 2022
		GRD
1	Ghoom (IDG Rally)	Ghoom (Darjeeling /WB)	01 Nov to 05 Nov 2022
2	Kunraghat NDG Rallies	Bhutwal	25 Aug to 07 Sep 2022
3	Ghoom (NDG Rally)	Dharan	19 to 28 Sep 2022

 

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Source: Rajya Sabha