Amid growing unrest over the newly-announced Agnipath scheme, the Centre announced several incentives including 10 per cent reservation in vacancies in the defence ministry and paramilitary forces for Agnipath retirees. Violent protests raged on in many states and the opposition parties stepped up pressure for a rollback. Stay tuned for more updates.
Referring to the provisions of reservations in different ministries, Lt Gen Puri said that announcements were pre-planned and not in reaction to the arson and agitation which took place after the Agnipath scheme announcement.
The intake of Agniveers will go up to 1.25 lakhs in near future and will not remain at 46,000 which is the present figure, said Lt. General Anil Puri, Additional Secretary, Department of Military Affairs.
As the protests and agitations against the Agnipath recruitment scheme continue in several parts of the country Lt Gen Anil Puri Additional Secretary Dept of Military Affairs on Sunday clarified the scheme will be implemented and there is no question of a rollback
New Delhi, Jun 19: Ruling out the rollback of the ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme despite widespread protests, the three services of the military on Sunday came out with a broad schedule of enrolment under the new policy and asserted that it was aimed at bringing down the age profile of the armed forces. Lt Gen Anil Puri, the additional secretary in the Department of Military Affairs, told a press conference that the supportive measures announced in the last few days for […]