After 4-year service, Agniveers to get preference in CAPF recruitment: Amit Shah

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Under the ‘Agnipath’ scheme, around 46,000 soldiers will be recruited this year between the ages of 17 and a half years and 21 years into the three services. ‘Agniveers’, the soldiers recruited in the Army, Navy and the Air Force on short-term contract under a special ‘Agnipath’ scheme, will get priority in recruitment to the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles, the Union Home Ministry announced on Wednesday.

It said those who complete four years of service under the scheme would be given priority in the recruitment process. The government on Tuesday unveiled this transformative scheme, in a major overhaul of the decades-old selection process to bring in fitter and younger troops to deal with future security challenges facing the nation.

Under the scheme, around 46,000 soldiers will be recruited this year between the ages of 17 and a half years and 21 years into the three services, the Defence Ministry said. In a tweet, Home Minister Amit Shah’s office on Wednesday said the Agnipath scheme is a visionary and welcome decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a bright future of the country’s youth.