Bengaluru urban district has most number of ex-servicemen in the State; Yadgir lowest

There are astir 94,376 registered ex-servicemen successful Karnataka of which a bulk of them are surviving successful Bengaluru Urban district.

As per accusation fixed by the Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth successful a reply to a question successful the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing wintertime league of Parliament, determination are 31,999 registered ex-servicemen from the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force residing successful Bengaluru Urban territory arsenic of June 30, 2025. Yadgir with 66 radical is the territory with the slightest fig of registered ex-servicemen.

As per data, of the 31,999 ex-servicemen astir 21,742 are erstwhile Army personnel, 1,691 are erstwhile Navy unit and 8,566 are erstwhile Air Force personnel.

The territory with the 2nd highest fig of ex-servicemen is Belagavi, with 22,869 followed by Kodagu with 4,578 ex-servicemen, Dharwad with 3,440 ex-servicemen, Mysuru with 3,413 ex-servicemen, and Bagalkot with 3,262 ex-servicemen.

Of the 94,376 registered ex-servicemen residing successful the State, 78,633 are from the Army, 3,133 from the Navy, and 12,610 from the Air Force.

In Chickballapur territory determination are nary ex-Navy unit portion successful Yadgir territory determination is lone 1 ex-Air Force personnel.

The Minister to a question connected whether immoderate region-specific skilling and entrepreneurship enactment has been provided nether the Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) said that the DGR runs resettlement schemes and accomplishment improvement grooming for ex-servicemen, disabled soldiers, widows and their dependents to supply occupation opportunities based connected the region-specific skilling/entrepreneurships facilities arsenic good arsenic the demand.

Further, courses person been conducted for the ex-servicemen successful Bengaluru by the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) and Indian Institute of Management successful 2024-25 and 2025-26, grooming 240 ex-servicemen.

Eight courses were conducted successful the NIESBUD during this period, grooming 160 unit successful the Entrepreneurship Development Programme. The IIM besides conducted 2 courses during this period, grooming 80 unit successful certificate courses successful Business Management.