Greater than 3.5 million candidates have registered for recruitment into the Indian Military below the Agnipath mannequin for short-term induction of troopers into the three providers, with the candidates competing for 40,000 jobs being provided below the scheme launched three months in the past, officers conversant in the event mentioned on Thursday.
The military is conducting 96 recruitment rallies throughout the nation this yr, with 30 already accomplished, 12 underway, and the remaining to be organised in December, mentioned one of many officers cited above, asking to not be named.
“The response to the Agnipath scheme has been good, and the variety of candidates is in the identical vary because it was within the earlier years below the legacy recruitment system,” he mentioned.
The candidates for the military jobs embrace 250,000 ladies who’re competing for 100 jobs within the Corps of Navy Police, the one department of the military that inducts ladies within the personnel under officer rank (PBOR) cadre, mentioned a second official who additionally requested to not be named.
These recruited below the brand new mannequin shall be referred to as Agniveers. The military’s first set of Agniveers will be a part of their models in July 2023 after finishing six months of coaching.
On June 14, India introduced the brand new scheme changing the legacy system to decrease the age profile of the armed forces, guarantee a fitter navy and create a technically expert warfighting power able to assembly future challenges. It sparked widespread protests and compelled a concerted outreach by the federal government to scotch apprehensions concerning the scheme.
The response to recruitment into the opposite two providers below the Agnipath scheme has additionally been good – nearly one million candidates, together with over 82,000 ladies, registered for recruitment into the Indian Navy, whereas 750,000 candidates registered for jobs within the Indian Air Drive, as beforehand reported. Each navy and IAF are providing 3,000 jobs every this yr. The three providers kicked off the recruitment course of in June-July, and it will likely be over by the year-end.
Individuals nonetheless really feel they’ve an awesome alternative to serve the nation by means of the brand new scheme, and the response to Agnipath proves that the apprehensions of these against the scheme had been unfounded, Air Marshal Anil Chopra (retd), director common, Centre for Air Energy Research, earlier mentioned.
The Agnipath scheme seeks to recruit troopers for less than 4 years, with a provision to retain 25% of them within the common cadre for 15 years after one other spherical of screening.
The military has reached out to Industrial Coaching Institutes by means of the central ministries involved and proposed that the institutes align their syllabi to fulfill the requirement of the power, mentioned the primary official. The military plans to conduct recruitment rallies twice a yr below the Agnipath scheme.
Agniveers will draw an annual wage of ₹4.76 lakh within the first yr of service and ₹6.92 lakh within the fourth, will get a non-contributory insurance coverage cowl of ₹48 lakh, and an extra ex-gratia fee of ₹44 lakh for dying attributable to service.
These launched after 4 years will get ₹11.71 lakh as a Seva Nidhi severance package deal, together with ₹5.02 lakh contributed by them throughout their service. They may even have job quotas in several authorities organisations, paramilitary forces and different departments.