Additional Secretary, Department of Military Affairs, Lt Gen Anil Puri addressed the media on Sunday and issued a clarification on the newly introduced Agneepath Recruitment Scheme.
The country is filled with massive violent protests in various states, as military candidate Public property was vandalized, railway coaches set on fire, disrupting railway services in the country.
A 19-year-old man has died in the violence in Secunderabad, Telangana.
On Sunday, Anil Puri, who was closely involved in the production of Agneepath Scheme Addressed a press conference.
Puri strongly defended the scheme, saying that the idea of reducing the age of the three services was on for a long time and even the Kargil Review Committee had commented on it.
In a press conference, Lt Gen Puri said that the government is moving ahead to implement the Agneepath scheme and appealed to the youth to end their protest.
During the conference, he said that the candidates who are willing to apply through short term contract Agneepath Scheme A written undertaking must be submitted that they were not involved in violent protests against the plan.
“The foundation of the Indian Army is in discipline. There is no room for arson, sabotage. Every person will give a certificate that they were not part of the protest or sabotage. Police verification is 100%, without it no one can join “
“And if an FIR is lodged against them, they cannot join… They (aspirants) will be asked to write as part of the nomination form that they were not part of the arson, their police verification will be done. ,” What was said. Additional Secretary, Department of Military Affairs, Lt Gen Anil Puri.
Giving details of the Navy’s plan to induct Agniveers under the scheme, Vice Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said the Naval Headquarters would come up with a comprehensive guideline for recruitment by June 25. The first batch of recruits will join the training program till November 21. Told.
He said that the Navy is recruiting both men and women as Agniveers under this scheme.
Regarding the plan to include Indian Air Force recruitments under the Agneepath scheme, Air Marshal SK Jha said that the registration process will start from June 24 and the process of online examination for the first phase of recruitment will start from July 24.
“We are planning to start training by December 30 for the first batch of recruits,” Air Marshal Jha said.
On the Army’s recruitment plan, Lt Gen Bansi Ponnappa said the Army will issue a draft notification on Monday and later from July 1, the notification will be issued by various recruiting units of the force.
The recruitment rallies under the Agneepath scheme will be held in August, September and October across India.
Lt Gen Ponnappa said the first batch of 25,000 personnel would be involved in the training program in the first and second week of December. The second batch of recruits will join their training around February 23.
He said that a total of 83 recruitment rallies would be organized across the country to select around 40,000 personnel.