Home ministry to facilitate career progression of former Agniveers
The Cabinet Secretariat has issued a gazetted notification, asking the Union Home Ministry to coordinate activities for further progression of ex-Agniveers after their term with the armed forces ends. 'The government had amended the Allocation of Business Rules, 1961, by inserting a new point in the second schedule under the Department of States of the Union Home Ministry coordinating activities for further progression of ex-Agniveers,' it said.
In June 2022, the government rolled out the Agnipath recruitment scheme with an aim to bring down the age profile of the three services. Under the Agnipath scheme, candidates between the age bracket of 17-and-half years and 21 who are enrolled in Army, Air Force and Navy as Agniveers for a period of 4 years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 more years.
The government has already reserved 10 per cent of jobs for ex-Agniveers in all future appointments of constables in the 11-lakh-strong Central Armed Police Forces like CRPF, BSF, CISF, SSB etc.
No physical test would be required for recruitment of the former Agniveers into the paramilitary forces as such tests have already been done by the Army. They will just need a physical fitness certificate, an official had said.
Various central government agencies and departments have also announced plans to recruit former Agniveers.
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