SHORTAGE OF OFFICERS IN INDIAN ARMED FORCES!!!

A statement on the shortage of officers, Persons Below Officers Rank (PBOR) including the shortage of pilots in the Airforce as on date service-wise is given hereunder:

The extent of shortage of officers is around 12,349 in the Army, 1,818 in the Navy and 837 in the Air Force. The shortage of Pilots in Air Force is about 426. There is no significant problem of shortage of Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) in the Armed Forces.

The recruitment of officers in the Armed Forces is done on All India basis and not state-wise. The data relating to recruitment of officers and PBOR during the last two years and the current year are given at Appendix I and II respectively.

The existing recruitment centres for recruitment of PBOR are considered sufficient. Therefore, at present, there is no proposal to open new recruitment centres for recruitment of PBOR in the three Services.

A number of steps have been taken to reduce shortage of officers and to motivate the youth to join the Armed Forces. All officers including those in Short Service Commission (SSC) are now eligible to hold substantive rank of Captain, Major and Lieutenant Colonel after 2, 6 and 13 years of reckonable services respectively. The tenure of SSC officers has been increased from 10 years to 14 years. A total number or 750 posts of Lt. Colonel have been upgraded to Colonel towards implementation of AV Singh Committee Report (Phase-I). Further, 1896 additional posts in the ranks of Colonel, Brigadier, Major General and Lieutenant General and their equivalents in the other two Services have been upgraded towards implementation of AV Singh Committee Report (Phase-ll). It has been decided to increase intake of Short Service Commissioned officers which alongwith other measures is expected to reduce shortage of officers in the Armed Forces.

The implementation of recommendations of the VI Central Pay Commission with substantial improvement in the pay structure of officers of Armed Forces has made the Services more attractive.

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 in this direction.

(Appendix-I)

NUMBER OF OFFICERS RECRUITED DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THE CURRENT YEAR

	2009	2010	2011
Army	1919	1488	-
Navy	526	540	-
Air Force	604	656	-

(Appendix-II)

NUMBER OF PERSONNEL RECRUITED BELOW OFFICER RANK IN ARMY. NAVY AND AIR FORCE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THE CURRENT YEAR (STATE-WISE):

s. No.	Name of the State & UT	Army			Navy			Air force
s. No.	Name of the State & UT	2008 -09	2009-10	2010-11	2009	2010	2011	2009	2010	2011 *
1.	Assam	534	1009	NA	106	79	NA	56	79	02
2.	Andhra Pradesh	2170	3744	-do-	196	277	-do-	293	421	126
3.	Arunachal Pradesh	27	248	-do-	-	-	-do-	03	-	-
4.	Bihar	2639	3916	-do-	395	379	-do-	832	587	227
5.	Chhattisgarh	394	548	-do-	08	07	-do-	31	24	-
6.	Delhi	547	963	-do-	11	13	-do-	38	31	14
7.	Gujarat	1112	1281	-do-	14	35	-do-	32	111	17
8.	Goa	16	01	-do-	04	07	-do-	-	01	-
9.	Himachal Pradesh	1189	1220	-do-	127	280	-do-	200	316	173
10.	Haryana	1383	2216	-do-	372	423	-do-	647	601	233
11.	Jharkhand	548	953	-do-	120	135	-do-	103	72	09
12.	Jammu & Kashmir	1212	1511	-do-	119	206	-do-	284	137	78
13.	Karnataka	1645	1871	-do-	34	37	-do-	66	97	06
14.	Kerala	1348	2373	-do-	255	259	-do-	379	855	60
15.	Madhya Pradesh	1969	3004	-do-	139	183	-do-	91	745	153
16.	Maharashtra	4763	5371	-do-	76	74	-do-	208	210	03
17.	Manipur	287	573	NA	61	34	NA	44	267	37
18.	Meghalaya	31	90	-do-	04	15	-do-	01	06	02
19.	Mizoram	67	240	-do-	14	27	-do-	-	08	-
20.	Nagaland	103	451	-do-	26	27	-do-	-	03	-
21.	Orissa	926	1347	-do-	309	307	-do-	41	56	38
22.	Punjab	3830	3681	-do-	51	258	-do-	183	110	07
23.	Rajasthan	1401	3431	-do-	430	515	-do-	695	564	288
24.	Sikkim	30	71	-do-	25	30	-do-	06	01	-
25.	Tamil Nadu	2274	3105	-do-	48	28	-do-	74	57	15
26.	Tripura	116	83	-do-	01	04	-do-	02	10	-
27.	Uttar Pradesh	5797	8873	-do-	621	570	-do-	2157	1650	413
28.	Uttarakhand	2082	1967	-do-	133	130	-do-	687	819	206
29.	West Bengal	1887	2449	-do-	122	122	-do-	112	170	20
30.	Puducherry	14	04	-do-	-	-	-do-	01	02	-
31.	Andaman & Nicobar	71	104	-do-	02	07	-do-	02	-	-
32.	Daman & Diu	-	-	-do-	-	-	-do-	-	-	-
33.	Lakshadweep	-	07	-do-	-	01	-do-	07	04	-
34.	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	-	-	-do-	-	-	-do-	-	-	-
35.	Chandigarh	-	01	-do-	-	-	-do-	15	-	-

* As on 01.03.2011 ; NA – Not Available

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