There are number of employment opportunities in Army, Air force, Navy and other Para military services. The respective departments are organizing recruitment rallies in Andhra Pradesh every year. In Army alone there are nearly 4000 vacancies allotted for Andhra Pradesh and our youth are not utilizing these opportunities properly. Most of the vacancies are left unfilled due to the failure of candidates in written test. There are another 1000 vacancies in Air force and other pare military forces.

The written test for Army recruitment will be conducted in Hindi and English only and the youth of our state are feeling difficult to write the examination in other than Telugu. So to over come this situation, the departmenf of Youth Services is taking special interest to utilize all the employment opportunities available in Army and other services by giving training to the eligible unemployed youth.

Department of Youth Services is giving wide publicity to the Army recruitment rallies conducted by the Branch Recruiting Officers of Secunderabad, Guntur and Vizag in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The unemployed youth will be provided with all the information regarding Army and they are motivated to join into Army.

Prior to the recruitment rallies, the Department is selecting the eligible candidates as per Army recruitment norms for free training. These selections will be conducted at divisional level and the selected candidates will be imparted training for 30 days. The training will be conducted by NCC officers and Ex-Servicemen in Physical exercises as well as for written examination. During the training the candidates will be provided free food and accommodation. Required funds could be provided by Department of Youth Services and Rural Development.

During 2001-2005, 19005 candidates have undergone training and in which 6762 candidates have got selection into Army. Nearly Rs.3.00 Crores amount was spent on Army Recruitment training during the above period. Department of Youth Services has been organizing regular training programmes in all the districts and this training programme has achieved good results and since last two years, more number of youth has been recruited to Army.

This year it is proposed to organize training to 15000 youth with an expenditure of Rs.3.00 Crores for Army and allied services recruitment. For Army recruitment training , selection of candidates will commence in 10 districts for Karimnagar rally from 25th of April. Training would commence from 6th May and rally would take place from 6th to 14th June

During 2005-06, the schedule of Army recruitment is as follows.

SI. No.	Date of rally	Districts covered	Venue	Category
1.	6-14 June	Kurnool,   Medak, Mahaboobnagar, Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Hyderabad.	Karimnagar	Soldier     General Duty,         Soldier General         Duty (Non         Metric), Sodier Technical, Soldier, clerk/Store keeper  technical, Soldier Nursing Assistant        and Soldier tradesmen.
2.	8-15 July	Khammam, Vishakapatnam, vizianagaram, Srikakulam,   East Godavari        and West Godavari.	Vishakapatnam	-    DO -
3.	1-7 August	All    districts    of Andhra Pradesh	Secunderabad	Junior Commissioned Officer.

Airmen selection centre, Boinpally, Secunderabad is organizing Airforce recruitment rally exclusively for the ITI candidates from 8th to 14th June, 2005 at Secunderabad.

The candidates, who have passed ITI with 55% marks and have got pass marks in English in SSC examination, are eligible for recruitment. Candidates born between 1st January 1985 and 30th September 1988 are eligible. The minimum height of the candidates should be 152.5 cm and weight should be proportionate to the age. The written test will be conducted in objective type in Mathematical reasoning and English subjects in English medium.

ACTION PLAN OF PRE ARMY RECRUITMENT TRAINING FOR THE YEAR 2005-06
SI.No.	Name of the District	ARMY RECRUITMENT				Other armed forces		Total
		Target from CYS funds		Target from other Dept.funds		Physic al	Financial Rs. In lakhs
		Physical	Financial Rs.in lakhs	Physical	Financial Rs.in lakhs			Physica	Financial Rs.in lakhs
1	Srikakulam	200	4.00	200	4.00	200	4.00	600	12.00
2	Vizianagaram	200	4.00	200	4.00	200	4.00	600	12.00
3	Vishakapatnam	150	3.00	150	3.00	150	3.00	450	9.00
4	East Godavari	200	4.00	200	4.00	200	4.00	600	12.00
5	West Godavari	200	4.00	200	4.00	200	4.00	600	12.00
6	Krishna	150	3.00	150	3.00	150	3.00	450	9.00
7	Guntur	250	5.00	250	5.00	250	5.00	750	15.00
8	Prakasam	200	4.00	200	4.00	200	4.00	600	12.00
9	Nellore	150	3.00	150	3.00	150	3.00	450	9.00
10	Chittoor	200	4.00	200	4.00	200	4.00	600	12.00
11	Cuddapah	250	5.00	250	5.00	250	5.00	750	15.00
12	Kurnool	250	5.00	250	5.00	250	5.00	750	15.00
13	Anantapur	200	4.00	200	4.00	200	4.00	600	12.00
14	Karimnagar	275	5.50	275	5.50	275	5.50	825	16.50
15	Nizamabad	275	5.50	275	5.50	275	5.50	825	16.50
16	Adilabad	275	5.50	275	5.50	275	5.50	825	16.50
17	Rangareddy	100	2.00	100	2.00	100	2.00	300	6.00
18	Medak	275	5.50	275	5.50	275	5.50	825	16.50
19	Warangal	275	5.50	275	5.50	275	5.50	825	16.50
20	Khammam	275	5.50	275	5.50	275	5.50	825	16.50
21	Mahaboobnaga	275	5.50	275	5.50	275	5.50	825	16.50
22	Nalgonda	275	5.50	275	5.50	275	5.50	825	16.50
23	Hyderabad	100	2.00	100	2.00	100	2.00	300	6.00
	TOTAL	5000	100.00	5000	100.00	5000	100.00	15000	300.00

DETAILS OF PRE-ARMY RECRUITMENT TRAINING 2001-2005

SI. No.	Name of the District	No. of Youth Trained	Youth Finally Selected
1	SRJKAKULAM	34	12
2	V1Z1ANAGARAM	436	268
3	VISAKHAPATNAM	471	256
4	EAST GODAVARI	400	157
5	WEST GODAVARI	286	78
6	KRISHNA	706	34
7	GUNTUR	518	46
8	PRAKASHAM	995	703
9	NELLORE	480	60
10	CHITTOOR	972	521
11	CUDDAPAH	3062	936
12	KURNOOL	875	357
13	ANANTHAPUR	400	289
L4	KAR1MNAGAR	840	246
15	N1ZAMABAD	844	295
16	AD1LABAD	382	265
17	RANGA REDDY	754	96
18	MEDAK	813	244
19	WARANGAL	1242	480
20	KHAMMAM	1796	624
21	MAHABUBNAGAR	867	377
22	NALGONDA	1363	304
23	HYDERABAD	469	114
TOTAL		19005	6762