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Agniveers: 10% job reservation opportunities galore

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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday announced that it has decided to reserve 10% vacancies for recruitment in CAPFs and Assam Rifles, for Agniveers.

The development comes amid protests against the Agnipath scheme, done by Defense aspirants across parts of India. Apart from the 10% reservation, there will also be an age relaxation of 3 years beyond the upper age limit, for Agniveers in the two forces.

The office of Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) decides to reserve 10% vacancies for recruitment in CAPFs and Assam Rifles for Agniveers. The MHA also decides to give 3 years age relaxation beyond the prescribed upper age limit to Agniveers for recruitment in CAPFs & Assam Rifles. Further, for the first batch of Agniveer, the age relaxation will be for 5 years beyond the prescribed upper age limit.”

For the first batch of Agniveers, the age relaxation will be for 5 years beyond the prescribed upper age limit.

Three years will be given to Agniveers by CAPFs — Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), and Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) — and Assam Rifles are beyond the maximum age limit.

Ten per cent of the jobs in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), Assam Rifles, 16 defence public-sector undertakings (DPSU), defence civilian posts, and the Indian Coast Guard, will now be reserved for those who have completed four years of training and service as Agniveers.

Agniveers will also be offered jobs in the Civil Aviation Ministry in various areas including aircraft maintenance and repair, air traffic, in-flight safety, and so on.

The government statement added, “The State police forces will greatly benefit from the training and discipline inculcated to Agniveers by the armed forces, and their capabilities in tackling insurgency, naxalism, and natural disasters will be hugely augmented.”

They may even be considered for the lakhs of vacant posts of physical education teachers, provided they are given the necessary training for the same.

Meanwhile, the Directorate General of Shipping under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) has also decided to accommodate Agniveers from the Indian Navy in six service areas. The police forces in various states are also keen to give preference to Agniveers in their recruitment.

In addition, several State governments have also announced that Agniveers, after serving the four-year term, will be given preference in filling vacancies in State police forces.

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