Indian Army issues notification for Agniveer recruitment rally

The Indian Army has issued a notification for the Agniveer recruitment rally. The registration for the same will open from July 22 onwards. This comes amid protests that broke out in several states since Wednesday against the Centre's Agnipath scheme for recruitment of soldiers between 17.5 and 21 years age across the three services for a four-year period followed by compulsory retirement for most without gratuity and pension benefits.

In a detailed note on the scheme, the Army last night said 'Agniveers' will be barred from disclosing classified information gained during the four-year service period to any unauthorised person or source under the Official Secrets Act, 1923.

"With the introduction of this scheme, the enrolment of soldiers in the the regular cadre of the Indian Army, except technical cadres of medical branch, will be available only to those personnel who have completed their engagement period as Agniveer," it said.

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The Army said the release of an Agniveer at own request prior to completion of terms of engagement is not permitted.

"However, in most exceptional cases, personnel enrolled under this scheme may be released, if sanctioned by the competent authority," it said.

The first batch of 25,000 personnel will join the training in the first and second week of December. The second lot of recruits will join in February.

Indian Navy and Airforce: The naval headquarters will come out with a broad guideline for the recruitment by 25 June. The first batch will join in November. Meanwhile, the Indian Air Force to start registration process under Agnipath scheme on 24 June.

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