Patna: Amid ongoing protests over the Centre’s new military recruitment scheme Agnipath, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday questioned the Centre over the scheme and asked if ‘Agniveers’ will feel insecure about their future, how will they be able to defend the country’s borders? “They must not mess with the future of the youth at […]
Hyderabad: A complaint was filed against BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya for his disrespectful remarks against Agniveers. Senior Congress leader V Hanumanth Rao filed the complaint at the Begum Bazaar police station stating that Vijayvargiya insulted the Indian army with his remarks. Vijayvargiya had stated that he would give priority to Agniveers who complete four […]
Hyderabad: GMR Infrastructure Limited (GIL), a listed entity of GMR Group, on Tuesday announced that it would give priority in jobs to Agniveers in its subsidiary Raxa Security Solutions Ltd. Raxa Security Solutions Ltd is a premier security company of the GMR Group and provides man-guarding services, techno security solutions, fire services and cyber security […]
By Dr Ranjith Reddy ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ reverberated through the country in yesteryears and since then successive governments have been formulating policies and programmes around this slogan. India is an agrarian country and the government of the day has the constitutional mandate to protect and preserve the boundaries of the nation. Whichever government tried […]
By Lt Gen P R Shankar (retd) The ‘Agnipath’ is going through a severe ‘Agni Pariksha’. The acid test of any military transformation of such nature must be the effect on the operational ability of our cutting-edge fighting units. If the transformation enables and empowers the frontline units and enhances the security of the nation, […]
The continued protests over the Agnipath scheme, a short-term contractual employment in the armed forces, reflect poorly on the NDA government’s style of policy making, amounting to repeating the mistakes made in the case of farm laws. In both the cases, the decisions were taken in haste and sought to be thrust upon people without […]
Hyderabad: The reported remarks of the union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy that those selected as Agniveers would be imparted the skills of drivers, washermen, barbers, electricians and other professionals, raised eyebrows and a video clip of the union Minister explaining the training process went viral on Saturday. At a press conference in New Delhi […]
New Delhi: Amid ongoing protests against new Army recruitment scheme ‘Agnipath’, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday announced that government will reserve 10 per cent jobs in the Defence Ministry for Agniveers. “Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh has approved a proposal to reserve 10 per cent of the job vacancies in Ministry of Defence for ‘Agniveers’ […]
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday announced that ‘Agniveers’ will be absorbed into the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles at the end of their four-year term in the army. MHA also announced three years of age relaxation, beyond the upper age limit to Agniveers for recruitment in CAPFs and […]
