Amid pan-India protests against the ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme for the armed forces, the Government on Sunday ruled out rolling it back.
The Government said the recruitment process of jawans called ‘Agniveers’ will commence next week and asserted that the various concessions announced for demobilised soldiers were planned in advance and not taken due to the ongoing protests.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday met the three services chiefs regarding the implementation of the scheme that has been termed “transformative.”
It was his second meeting with the chiefs of the Army, Navy, and Indian Air Force (IAF) for the second straight day on the issue.
Meanwhile, explaining the Government’s position on the ‘Agnipath’ , Lieutenant-General Anil Puri, Additional Secretary, Department of Military Affairs (DMA), urged the aspirants to start preparing for the recruitment process for all the three services, including the Army, IAF, and the Navy.