Reservation for Agniveers: In a contemporary improvement, the Union Home Ministry has introduced a ten% reservation for former Agniveers in vacancies in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). This comes per week after the government took the same initiative for jobs for them in the Border Security Force (BSF).
Further, the ministry additionally introduced leisure in the higher age restrict relying on whether or not they’re Agniveers from the preliminary batch or later batches. The announcement was made by a notification after amending the foundations made underneath the Central Industrial Security Force Act, of 1968, (50 of 1968). “Ten per cent of the vacancies shall be reserved for ex-Agniveers,” the notification mentioned.
According to the notification, the higher age restrict shall be relaxable as much as 5 years for candidates of the primary batch of former Agniveers and as much as three years for candidates of different batches. It additional said that ex-Agniveers may even be exempted from bodily effectivity check.
About Agnipath scheme
Last yr on June 14, the Centre unveiled the bold Agnipath scheme for the recruitment of youths aged between 17 and a half and 21 in the military, the navy and the air pressure, largely on a four-year short-term contractual foundation. Those recruited underneath the scheme will probably be often called Agniveers.
After the completion of the four-year tenure, 25 per cent of the recruits from every batch will probably be supplied common service. At that point, the house ministry had introduced that 10 per cent vacancies in central paramilitary forces and Assam Rifles shall be reserved for demobilised 75 per cent Agniveers.
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Age relaxations for ex-Agniveers
It had additionally introduced that the higher age restrict was additionally relaxed for first batch of ex-Agniveers by as much as 5 years and for the following batches for three years. In addition, the ex-Agniveers could be exempted from the bodily proficiency check. The specified age restrict for recruitment to paramilitary forces is 18-23 years.
Those who be part of the armed forces even on the higher age restrict of 21 years underneath the Agnipath scheme might be recruited by the CISF until the age of 30 after 4 years of service in the military or the air pressure or the navy in case of first batch and until 28 years for the following batches.
(With inputs from PTI)
