What Is Agnipath Scheme, Who Can Apply? Check Eligibility, Salary, Requirement Dates, And Other Details
The Union Cabinet on 14 June had approved a recruitment scheme for Indian youth to serve in the Armed Forces. The scheme is called AGNEEPATH and the youth selected under this scheme will be known as Agniveers.
AGNEEPATH allows patriotic and motivated youth to serve in the Armed Forces for a period of four years.
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Agnipath Scheme is a new defence recruiting policy introduced by the Government of India for recruitment of soldiers below the rank of commissioned officers into the three services of the armed forces, Air Force, Navy, and Army.
The recruits will serve for a tenure of four years that includes training for six months followed by 3.5 years deployment.
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After retirement from the service, they will have the opportunity to apply to continue in the armed forces and up to 25 percent of the Agniveers will be selected for the permanent cadre.[13] Personnel who retire after 4 years of service will not be eligible for pension, but will receive a lump sum amount of approximately ₹11.71 lakh at the end of tenure.
Who Can Apply?
Under this scheme both men and women between the ages of 17.5 and 21 will be brought into the armed forces.
Eligibility criteria for this scheme
All three services will be enrolled through a centralized online system, with specific rallies and campus interviews conducted by recognised technical colleges such as Industrial Training Institutes and the National Skills Qualifications Framework, among others.
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Enrollment will be on a ‘All India All Class’ basis, with eligible ages ranging from 17.5 to 21 years old. Agniveers will meet the medical requirements for enlistment in the armed forces as they apply to their particular categories/trades.
Agniveers’ educational qualifications will continue to be popular for enrolment in many categories, such as: The educational requirement for becoming a General Duty (GD) soldier is Class 10.
Agnipath salary
The Agniveers will earn a salary package of ₹30,000 in the first year. Then, they will get a 10% hike every year. That means, in the second year, their salary would be ₹33,000 ₹36,500 for the third year and ₹40,000 for the fourth year.
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Meanwhile, around 30% of their salaries will be deducted every month for the Seva Nidhi corpus. And at the end of their service, i.e. after 4 years, the Centre will add an equal amount ₹11.77 lakh and the total amount will be paid to each Agniveer.
Agnipath Recruitment dates
Indian Army
About the Army’s recruitment plan, Lt Gen Bansi Ponappa said the Army will issue a draft notification on Monday and subsequent notifications will be issued by various recruitment units of the force from July 1 onwards.
Recruitment rallies under the Agnipath scheme will take place across India in August, September and October, he said
Indian Naval Forces
Giving details of the Navy’s plan to induct Agniveers under the scheme, Vice Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said the naval headquarters will come out with a broad guideline for the recruitment by 25 June. The first batch of recruits will join the training programme by 21 November, he said.
Indian Air Forces
The Indian Air Force to start registration process under Agnipath scheme on 24 June. Online exam process to start 24 July.