Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed pleas difficult the Agnipath scheme. Taking observe of the Centre’s Agnipath scheme, the courtroom stated that there is no such thing as a motive to intrude with the scheme launched by the centre within the nationwide curiosity. The High Court additional asserted that the Agnipath scheme was launched to make sure the armed forces are higher outfitted.
Agnipath Scheme was unveiled on June 14, 2022
The courtroom had reserved its verdict on the batch of pleas on December 15 final yr. The Agnipath scheme, unveiled on June 14, 2022, lays out guidelines for the recruitment of youth within the armed forces.
What is Agnipath Scheme?
The Agnipath scheme lays out guidelines for the recruitment of youths within the armed forces. According to these guidelines, these between 17-and-a-half and 21 years of age are eligible to apply and they’d be inducted for a four-year tenure. The scheme permits 25 per cent of them to be granted common service subsequently. After the scheme was unveiled, protests erupted in a number of states in opposition to the scheme.
Protests erupted in a number of states
Later, the federal government prolonged the higher age restrict to 23 years for recruitment in 2022. After the scheme was unveiled, protests erupted in a number of states in opposition to the scheme.
Scheme was launched to make nationwide safety extra ‘sturdy’
Agnipath scheme was launched within the train of its sovereign perform to make nationwide safety and defence extra “robust, “impenetrable” and “abreast with altering army necessities”.
(with inputs from PTI)
