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Protests intensify over India military recruitment plan, government tweaks scheme

BHUBANESHWAR/LUCKNOW, India June 18 – Protesters in India’s eastern state of Bihar damaged public property and ransacked offices in a railway station on Saturday, expressing outrage at a new military recruitment plan and demanding the government reverse course. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has introduced a scheme called […]

EXTENSION OF ENTRY AGE : AGNIPATH SCHEME

JUNE 17, 2022 Consequent to the commencement of the AGNIPATH scheme, the entry age for all new recruits in the Armed Forces has been fixed as 17 ½  – 21 years of age.           ​Cognizant of the fact that it has not been possible to undertake the recruitment […]

NYKS to reach out to the Youth across the country on the new transformational Agnipath Scheme

JUNE 17, 2022 National Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) will reach out to the youth across the country in a mission mode to highlight the salient features of the new transformative reform ‘Agnipath Scheme’ and to popularize it among the youth. A meeting in this regard was held by […]

One dead in India unrest over military hiring, some gatherings banned

NEW DELHI, June 17 – Authorities imposed restrictions on Friday on gatherings in a satellite city of India’s capital that is home to offices of several multinational firms, and one person was killed as protests against a new military recruitment process spread. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government unveiled […]

In a transformative reform, Cabinet clears ‘AGNIPATH’ scheme for recruitment of youth in the Armed Forces

Agniveers to be enrolled under respective Service Acts for four years Attractive monthly package with Risk & Hardship allowances as applicable in the three Services One time ‘Seva Nidhi’ package to be paid to Agniveers upon completion of engagement period of four years 46,000 Agniveers to be recruited this year Armed Forces to have […]

Protests against India’s new military recruitment system turn violent

LUCKNOW, India, June 16 – Police in northern India fired shots in the air on Thursday to push back stone-throwing crowds and authorities shut off mobile internet in at least one district to forestall further chaos, as protests widened against a new military recruitment system. Prime Minister Narendra […]

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