The geographically small State of Uttarakhand continues to be among top ranked States when it comes to provide youngsters to serve the armed forces of the country. In the Passing out contingent of 139 regular and 122 Technical Graduate (TG) course, 29 Gentlemen Cadets (GCs) belong to the tiny State.
The Passing Out Parade (POP) of 401 GC would be held on Saturday at the Indian Military Academy. Uttar Pradesh (UP) tops the list of States with a contribution of 77 GCs to the passing out contingent. Another small state Haryana is on the second place in the list with 46 candidates while Uttarakhand is on third position with 29 GCs.
It is worth mentioning here that Uttarakhand had sent 52 youngsters in the last contingent of 595 GCs which passed out from the academy in June this year.
Incidentally Maharashtra which is one of a big state could contribute only 14 GCs in the passing out contingent of officers. The non inclination of the people of Gujarat in serving in the armed forces is clearly evident this time also as only four GCs are from this State. Another big state Andhra Pradesh also fares poorly in the list with only seven GCs. The list also shows that the youths of West Bengal are also not much interested to serve the armed forces as only four GCs from here would be part of the passing out contingent.
The states of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand which were created along with Uttarakhand in the year 2000 also has less representation with only seven and five GC this time. These states are much bigger in area and population than Uttarakhand.
The passing out contingent would have good participation from Bihar with 28, Rajasthan 26, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh with 24 GCs each.