The government has accepted a brand-new short-term recruitment policy called “Agnipath” for Indian youth to serve in the militaries as “agniveers”.
The Centre on Tuesday today revealed a new temporary recruitment plan for Indian youth to offer in the armed forces. Labelled Agnipath, the scheme will allow young people aged 17.5 to 21 to be sworn in into any one of the three services as “agniveers” for a period of four years.
The Agnipath system, earlier christened as “Scenic tour of Task”, was launched in the existence of Union Priest of Support Rajnath Singh as well as the principals of the three solutions.
The extreme recruitment plan was announced after the Cupboard Board on Safety approved it complying with comprehensive deliberations over the last two years.
Support Minister Rajnath Singh hailed the Agnipath employment plan as a “transformative effort” that will certainly cause a substantial modification as well as open chances for the nation’s youth. He claimed the Agnipath scheme will certainly enhance India’s safety and security while also supplying a vibrant account to the Armed Forces.
Enter India’s ‘Agniveers’ | Announcing the Agnipath scheme, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) said it was a “historic” move taken by Cabinet Committee on Security.#AgnipathScheme pic.twitter.com/TA24I7VEAA
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” All consider the militaries with regard and youth wish to use the uniform. The account will certainly be youthful. The health and fitness degree be quite better. Greater experienced force will be offered. Agniveer will certainly be given a good bundle, along as well as with an exit package,” Singh said while dealing with a joint press conference with the three service chiefs.
Military principal General Manoj Pande claimed the Agnipath system aims to make the Army a future-ready battling pressure capable of fulfilling multiple obstacles across complete range of problem. It will certainly enhance technical limit of the Army by recruiting Agniveers with IIT and also various other technology institutes, he added.
ELIGIBILITY
Soldiers will be hired in the age restriction of 17.5 to 21 year age at a salary of around Rs 30,000-40,000. Ladies are eligible for the employment plan.
Agniveers must fulfill the clinical qualification conditions set for enrolment in the armed forces as appropriate to corresponding categories/trades.
The soldiers recruited under Agnipath will certainly be launched from service after four years, though the brand-new system will certainly have a provision for keeping around 25 per cent of them after one more round of screening.
” The screening and choice based upon a sound, fair, clear and a robust evaluation system will certainly make sure that the Army preserves the most effective of the very best for a much longer serving period and also these personnel will certainly create the core of our organisation,” Army chief General Manoj Pande claimed.
Army chief General Manoj Pande said the Agnipath scheme aims to make the Army a future-ready fighting force capable of meeting multiple challenges across full spectrum of conflict.#AgnipathScheme pic.twitter.com/6mMWzs3Tp6
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ENROLMENT
Enrolment will certainly be taken on via an online centralised system for all three services with specialist rallies and university meetings from acknowledged technical institutes such as Industrial Training Institutes and National Skills Qualifications Structure, to name a few.
Enrolment will be based on ‘All India All Course’ basis and also the instructional credentials for Agniveers will continue to be as in vogue for enrolment in various categories..
REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
According to an official declaration, Agniveers will be given an appealing tailor-maked regular monthly package along with risk and difficulty allowances as relevant in the 3 solutions.
On completion of the engagement period of 4 years, Agniveers will certainly be paid once ‘Seva Nidhi’ bundle which will comprise their payment consisting of built up interest thereon, as well as matching payment from the Government equal to the accumulated quantity of their payment consisting of rate of interest.
The ‘Seva Nidhi’ will certainly be excluded from Income Tax. There will be no entitlement to gratuity as well as pension plan advantages. Agniveers will be supplied non-contributory Life Insurance Cover of Rs 48 lakhs throughout of their involvement duration in the Indian Armed Forces.Live TV
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Last Updated: 14 June 2022