New Delhi: Amid countrywide outrage over the new recruitment scheme for the defence services, Aginpath, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to reserve 10 per cent vacancies for recruitment in CAPFs and Assam Rifles for Agniveers.
The MHA also decides to give three years age relaxation beyond the prescribed upper age limit to Agniveers for recruitment in CAPFs and Assam Rifles.
Further, for the first batch of Agniveer, the age relaxation will be for five years beyond the prescribed upper age limit, the ministry said.
Amid the furore over the scheme, the government raised the upper age limit for recruitment under the Agnipath scheme to 23 years for 2022.
After the completion of the four-year tenure, 25 per cent of the recruits from each batch will be offered regular service. Those recruited under the scheme will be known as ‘Agniveers’.
