NEW DELHI: AMID the anger towards the brand new Agnipath recruitment plan for the armed forces, the three Companies chiefs met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and apprised him about their plans for the implementation of the scheme.
It’s learnt that the PM and the three chiefs agreed that the “scheme won’t be rolled again” and mentioned what extra may very well be completed to make sure that Agniveers get employment after four-year army service. The Army, the Navy and the Air Power have rolled out detailed plans for recruitment of Agniveers.
The three army providers stated the Agnipath scheme, introduced on June 14, won’t entail any change within the current system of recruitment of troopers and won’t impression their fight capabilities and operational readiness. “What occurred 5 years in the past, the identical will proceed,” stated Lt Gen Anil Puri, Further Secretary, Division of Army Affairs. These recruited below the scheme shall be eligible for gallantry awards.
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Lt-Gen Puri stated the brand new scheme was aimed toward making the age profile of the forces youthful. Emphasizing that the train was not aimed toward rightsizing the forces however to decrease their age-profile and improve their total functionality, he stated, “At current the age profile of the manpower within the forces is 32 years and it’ll come all the way down to 26 in subsequent six-seven years.”
Coaching time to depend upon alternative of service
The length of coaching of candidates becoming a member of Agnipath will depend upon the selection of their arm and repair. The coaching length shall be extra in just a few circumstances. “We’ve got compressed the previous coaching schedule comprising expertise simulator and intense coaching which we need to lengthen from 24 weeks to 31 weeks,” stated Lt-Gen CB Ponappa, Adjutant Common of the Army.
As per the previous system, Navy sailors have been imparted 20-22-week fundamental coaching, two-week ship orientation and once more 20-22 weeks {of professional} coaching. Over all, as per the Agniveer scheme, coaching length shall be decreased by 4 weeks.
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The Army below the previous system imparted 9 months of fundamental coaching to its recruits after which they joined the items. Each unit held two weeks of cadre course to make the brand new recruits conscious of the unit’s historical past and traditions.
IAF’s airmen got six-month fundamental coaching. After that, relying on the commerce, further six months to 2 years’ coaching was given to them.The Army shall be holding greater than 80 recruitment rallies for the Agniveers for which the method has begun with the Army issuing a discover on Monday. The primary batch of trainees will take part December and the second in February. There was no change so far as the usual of recruitment is worried, stated officers. The foreseen tasks shall be technical for which technically oriented jawans are wanted.
The Navy is working to enhance the trainer-trainee ratio. It would use extra simulators, stated Vice Admiral DK Tripathi, the Chief of Personnel of the Navy. The Navy has signed an MoU with the Directorate Common of Transport based on which not solely the Agniveer sailors however officers can even be capable of be part of the Service provider Navy.
Induction timeline
Army
Notification issued on June 20
On-line rally registration to start on July 1
Recruitment rally in Aug 2nd week
The primary batch’s entrance examination on Oct 16 and Nov 13
1st batch to report back to coaching centres in December 2022
To report back to items in July 2023
Navy
On-line registration to open on July 1
Notification to be issued on July 9
Utility window: July 15-30
Examination and bodily health assessments to be held in mid-Oct
Medicals & becoming a member of to start on Nov 21
IAF
Registration from June 24 to July 5
Name letter for phase-II on Aug 10; to be performed between Aug 21 and 28
Medicals for second part between Aug 28 and Nov 8
Enrollment record and name letter to be issued by Dec 11
Enrollment interval: Dec 22-29
Course to start on Dec 30
