Corporate leaders like Mahindra Group boss Anand Mahindra, RPG Enterprises chairperson Harsh Goenka and Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran among others have come out in support of the scheme and have also said that Agniveers would stand out in the job market.
Agnipath protests LIVE Updates: The three service chiefs are likely to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (June 21) to brief him about the Agnipath scheme as protests against the new military recruitment program continue to rage in several states. The agitation against Agnipath scheme, which turned violent in many places, have left the common man in the lurch with 450 trains on an average cancelled per day. Meanwhile, top Congress leaders met President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday and sought the withdrawal of the Agnipath scheme, among other demands. Stay with Indiatoday.in for LIVE Updates on the protests against the Agnipath recruitment scheme.
RIL hailed the Agnipath scheme as “path breaking initiative for the youth to get valuable opportunity to serve the nation while imbibing skills, discipline and more.”