Amid Huge 'Agnipath' Protests, Ministers Thank PM For Relaxing Age Limit

Young people who have been preparing to join the military have set trains on fire in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in protest against the four-year contract under the Agnipath policy

Top Union Ministers have assured young people that the new military recruitment policy, 'Agnipath', would be highly beneficial for them, even as protests by armed forces aspirants continued in several states for a third day. पिछले दो वर्ष कोरोना महामारी के कारण सेना में भर्ती प्रक्रिया प्रभावित हुई थी, इसलिए प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी ने 'अग्निपथ योजना' में उन युवाओं की चिंता करते हुए पहले वर्ष उम्र सीमा में दो वर्ष की रियायत देकर उसे 21 साल से 23 साल करने का संवेदनशील निर्णय लिया है। मैं प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi को युवाओं के भविष्य की चिंता करने और उनके प्रति संवेदनशीलता के लिए हृदय से धन्यवाद करता हूँ।मैं युवाओं से अपील करता हूँ कि सेना में भर्ती की प्रक्रिया कुछ ही दिनों में प्रारम्भ होने जा रही है। वे इसके लिए अपनी तैयारी शुरू करें। 3/3 3/@PMOIndia has taken this step being sensitive to the aspirations of our youth.This decision will help our youth who had lost out on opportunities to serve the nation due to the pandemic.Grateful for this timely and caring decision PM @narendramodi ji.

Young people who have been preparing to join the military have set trains on fire in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in protest against the four-year contract under the Agnipath policy. They had been expecting a permanent career in the armed forces, though a portion of 'Agniveers' - those who joined via the Agnipath scheme - would be absorbed in the military for a permanent career.

"The recruitment process in the army was affected due to the Covid epidemic for the last two years, so Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, in the Agnipath scheme, sensitive to the needs of the youth, gave a two-year concession in the upper age limit in the first year, from 21 years to 23 years," Mr Shah tweeted today amid the unfolding protests at several places in Bihar and eastern UP.

"A large number of youth will benefit from this decision. Through the Agnipath scheme, they will move forward in the direction of service to the country and their bright future," the Home Minister tweeted.