ByNeeraj Chauhan, #New Delhi Jun 18, 2025 08:22 AM IST The Centre has tasked the house ministry to coordinate post-service alternatives for ex-Agniveers, with a web-based portal for profession development. The Centre has issued a notification tasking the Union dwelling ministry with coordinating actions for additional development of ex-Agniveers after their time period with the armed forces ends, individuals accustomed to the event stated, including that the primary batch of Agniveers will full its time period in a 12 months. MHA assigned for additional development of ex-agniveers According to a notification, the #Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 was amended on Monday. The modification has inserted a brand new level within the second schedule below the Department of States of the ministry of dwelling affairs “coordinating activities for further progression of Ex-Agniveers”, the notification stated. With this modification, the work regarding coordinating actions for additional development of ex-Agniveer has been assigned to MHA, an official stated. The officer stated that a web-based portal will probably be developed for coordinating and monitoring additional development of ex-Agniveers. Besides, the house ministry will coordinate with varied ministries and departments of presidency of India and in addition with states and UT governments to facilitate profession development of Agniveers who exit after finishing 4 years within the armed forces The Agnipath scheme for recruiting personnel beneath officer rank (PBOR) within the three providers, for lengthy a political scorching button, was launched round three years in the past with the said goal of maintaining the armed forces younger and battle-ready. Agnipath was a serious departure from the army’s decades-old recruitment system that was scrapped when the #National Democratic Alliance (NDA) authorities introduced the brand new scheme in June 2022. It recruits troopers for under 4 years, with a provision to retain 25% of them in common service for one more 15 years. Only younger women and men aged between 17 and a half and 21 are eligible below the Agnipath scheme. Agniveers draw an annual wage of ₹4.76 lakh within the first 12 months of service and ₹6.92 lakh within the fourth, get a non-contributory insurance coverage cowl of ₹48 lakh, and a further ex-gratia fee of ₹44 lakh for dying attributable to service. Those launched after 4 years will get ₹11.71 lakh as Seva Nidhi severance bundle, together with ₹5.02 lakh contributed by them throughout their service. Soldiers recruited below the legacy system serve for about 20 years earlier than they retire of their late 30s with pension and different advantages together with well being care and canteen amenities, which Agniveers launched from service after 4 years aren’t entitled to. The authorities has reserved 10% vacancies within the #Central Armed Police Forces, and a number of other defence public sector undertakings are making comparable amendments to their recruitment guidelines together with age leisure to rent Agniveers. Some states, together with #Haryana and Rajasthan, have already introduced reservations for Agniveers of their police forces. As reported by HT, at the very least 3,000 Agniveers – barely 20 years previous and recruited over the past two years – manned crucial weapons and programs integral to the military’s hardy air defence (AD) protect activated throughout Operation Sindoor, which Pakistan couldn’t punch by way of regardless of launching wave after wave of missile and drone assaults on a number of Indian army installations, airbases and cities through the May 7-10 conflict between the 2 nuclear-armed neighbours.

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