Little has been done to create jobs even as the short-term defence recruitment scheme took away the chance to find a secure position. Expect more agitations.
Under the Agnipath scheme, around 46,000 soldiers, between the ages of 17-and-a-half years and 21 years, will be recruited into the three services in a contract for four years. The youth selected under this scheme will be known as ‘Agniveers.’
He joined other industry leaders like Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra, RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka, Biocon Ltd Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Apollo Hospitals Group Joint Managing Director Sangita Reddy who have come out in support of the Agnipath recruitment scheme.
Agnipath: Going against his party line, Congress MP Manish Tewari has voiced support in favour of the new military recruitment scheme Agnipath . Tewari backing the Modi government over the new scheme comes amid a major nationwide protest by his party which is demanding its rollback.
Bharat Bandh amid Agneepath protests LIVE updates: The protests against the Centre s Agneepath scheme continued on Monday with various state governments tightening the security in view of the Bharat Bandh call given by the armed forces aspirants.