Top officials of the three services are addressing a press conference on Sunday amid protests against the Agneepath scheme in different parts of the country.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting on Agneepath scheme at his residence today. The chiefs of the three armies participated in the meeting. It is learned that the meeting focused on ensuring speedy implementation of the ‘Agneepath’ scheme.
Here are the top 10 developments
Indian Army’s Adjutant General Lt Gen Bansi Ponnappa, Navy Chief of Personnel Vice Admiral Dinesh Tripathi and Air Force Personnel In-charge Air Marshal Suraj Jha are giving information about the Agneepath plan.
The IAF will start the registration process under the Agneepath scheme from June 24. The online examination process will start from July 24.
The service conditions of ‘Agnivar’ will be similar to that of regular soldiers, says Defense Ministry.
Air Marshal SK Jha told that the registration process of Agniveer batch number 1 will start from June 24 and the online examination process of Phase 1 will start from July 24. The enrollment of the first batch will start by December and the training will start by December 30.
– A worrying factor in the aging of the armed forces; Even Kargil Review Committee talked about it: Officials on Agneepath scheme
– approximately 17,600 workers take premature retirement annually; It is not that the exit will happen only under the Agneepath scheme.
Taking a significant step, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday announced the important decision to reserve 10 per cent vacancies in the Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles for Agniveers.
In a series of tweets, the Ministry of Home Affairs said, “Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to reserve 10 per cent vacancies for Agniveers for recruitment in CAPFs and Assam Rifles.”
“MHA has also decided to give 3 years relaxation from the prescribed upper age limit to Agniveers for recruitment in CAPFs and Assam Rifles. Also, for the first batch of Agniveers, age relaxation will be 5 years from the prescribed upper age limit. will be taken,” the MHA said.
It is worth noting that, on completion of their four-year term, Agnivers will get selection preferences under all the seven different security forces of the CAPFs, including Assam Rifles (AR), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). ), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Security Guard (NSG) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
Earlier, in a welcome move, the government had announced changes in the recruitment of ‘Agnivar’, raising the maximum entry age from 21 years to 23 years by giving a relaxation of two years in the form of one-time relaxation. Providing one-time relaxation, the Central Government announced that the upper age limit of Agniveer for recruitment through Agneepath Scheme has been increased from 21 years to 23 years.
Releasing an official statement on Agneepath Scheme, the Defense Ministry mentioned that the upper age limit has been relaxed as one-time relaxation as recruitment was not possible during two years.