Under the new scheme, which was announced Tuesday, all soldiers below officer rank will now be recruited through ‘Agnipath’ for 4 years, with 25% of each batch to be enrolled in regular cadre.
Bihar, Telangana, Haryana, Rajasthan, UP, West Bengal — states across India are witnessing violent protests against 'Agnipath', the Union govt's new military recruitment scheme.
Protests against Agnipath scheme have spread to the south while shaking up other states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh & Haryana since it was announced Tuesday.
Angry youth continued to agitate against the recruitment scheme in Bihar for the second day. There were also reports of violence from Varanasi, Mathura, Firozabad and Jaunpur.
Union govt 'not so worried' about opposition protest but 'alarmed' by the public agitation against Agnipath, which envisages short-term recruitment to armed forces.
Job security, pension concerns plague aspirants, who are unhappy with the changes introduced under the new recruitment scheme for the Indian defence services.
Ministry says programme will enable ‘Agniveers’ who are '10th Class pass to obtain a 12th Class pass certificate by developing customised courses that are relevant to their area of service'.
Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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