Army recruitment rally receives overwhelming response

Jalandhar, October 5, 2013: An overwhelming response was received from the youths of Punjab during the ongoing Army open recruitment rally, which is being organised by Army Recruiting Office, Jalandhar under the aegis of HQ Recruiting Zone (Punjab and J&K) at Guru Nanak Stadium, Kapurthala wef 04 Oct 2013 to 09 Oct 2013.

Brigadier Udai Yadav, Deputy Director General (Recruiting) Punjab and J&K, HQ Recruiting Zone, Jalandhar Cantt was the Chief guest on the occasion, today.  While briefing about the Recruitment Rally Brigadier Udai Yadav, told that 4500 candidates were appeared from Districts of Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar on 04 Oct 2013, whereas 6000 candidates appeared from Hoshiarpur District on 05 Oct 2013.  He said that Physical Fitness Test (PFT) and Physical Measurement Test (PMT) was almost completed whereas the  Medical Examination for the successful candidates will continue upto 09 Oct 2013.   

Brigadier Udai Yadav further told that basically, this Recruitment Rally is meant for four districts namely Jalandhr, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur and Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar for Soldier general Duty (GD).  In addition to the above, this Recruitment Rally was also open for all districts of Punjab for Soldier technical, Soldier Nursing Assistance and Soldier Clerk/Store Keeper technical.

The officer stressed that there is an overwhelming response from Hoshiarpur district.  Response from other three districts i.e Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar has also improved as compared to the previous rallies conducted.

He conveyed his sincere gratitude to Punjab State Government, Deputy Commissioner, Kapurthala, Commissioner of Police and all other departments of civil administration for providing an excellent support in terms of Crowd and Traffic Control, maintaining the Law and Order and Medical support for this Army Recruitment Rally.  He further added that they are also obliged to entire Print and Electronic Media for creating an awareness amongst the target population of Punjab about the employment avenues which the army provides for the benefit of unemployed and highly motivated youth of Punjab.