Recruitment in Army completely impartial: Defence Minister

Recruitment in Indian Army is completely impartial and around 60,000 people are hired by force every year, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Singh said recruitment in Indian Army is based on annual wast rate, recruitable male population (RMP) of states and union territories as well as intake pattern of previous years into Army.

" recruitment process in Army is completely impartial. Around 60,000 youths are recruited by Army every year," he said during Question Hour. minister said each district of country is linked to one of 59 recruitment centres located in different parts of India.

" RMP is reckoned as 10 per cent of total male population of a state or union territory, based on Census of India Report 2011," he said. Singh said RMP factor for a state or UT is calculated as proportion of RMP of state or UT to RMP of India. This policy is being implemented since 1966 and is uniformly enforced in all states and UTs, he said. 

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