The overhauled policy allows an initial 25% of Agniveers to gain regular employment after four years based on merit, while the remaining 75% can take on a two-year extension. During this secondary tour, personnel will draw increased monthly wages before becoming eligible for full enrollment based on fitness, discipline, and vigilance checks. Those who decline the two-year extension will still exit with their allotted Seva Nidhi financial payout. Defence leaders noted that the modifications reflect continuous reviews and strong satisfaction with current deployments, including female Agniveers stationed on aircraft carriers.
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All willing Agniveers can achieve regular armed forces absorption if they satisfy mandato…: All willing Agniveers can achieve regular armed forces absorption if they satisfy mandatory physical, disciplinary, and vigilance standards.
Servicemembers who decline the two-year extension retain the right to exit after four yea…: Servicemembers who decline the two-year extension retain the right to exit after four years with their full Seva Nidhi financial package.
Expanded defence budgets and higher export revenues provided the necessary financial flex…: Expanded defence budgets and higher export revenues provided the necessary financial flexibility to support broader troop retention.
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NEW DELHI: In a big overhaul of the Agnipath scheme, Modi govt Wednesday extended the service of Agniveers from four years to six, with increased remuneration, and opened the path for their absorption as regular soldiers. The Union Cabinet’s decision will clear the way for three lakh Agniveers, including the first batch of 18,300 who will complete their four-year tenure by Dec 31 this year.
Calling the two-year extension the ‘second tour of duty’ for Agniveers, defence minister
Rajnath Singh said, “ This would provide enrollment of all willing Agniveers as regular soldiers after the tenure of 4/6 years, who meet the selection criteria. This decision is continuation of long-term structural reforms of our defence forces, aimed at creating a younger, fitter, technologically equipped and future-ready military. It is not merely a recruitment policy; it is a way forward to prepare India’s military for the changing character of warfare.”
The changes will help remove heartburn in various recruitment zones. The decision is also politically significant as the opposition has time and again questioned the aim of launching a short-tenure recruitment…
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