Defence, Home and Shipping ministries announce service opportunities for Agniveers
New Delhi/Mumbai: In face of massive protests across the country over the ‘Agnipath’ scheme, the government today stepped in with a slew of offers for the Agniveers in a bid to assure them of a secured future after their four-year-stint in the armed forces. While the
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today approved a proposal to reserve 10% of the job vacancies in the Ministry of Defence for Agniveers meeting requisite eligibility criteria.
This reservation would be in addition to existing reservations for ex-servicemen.
The 10% reservation will be implemented in the Indian Coast Guard, defence civilian posts and all the 16 Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs).
Necessary amendments to relevant recruitment rules will be undertaken to implement these provisions, the Ministry of Defence stated here. It added that the DPSUs will be advised to make similar amendments to their respective recruitment rules. Necessary age relaxation provision will also be made to enable recruitment of Agniveers to such posts.
The DPSUs are – Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Limited, Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL), Mishra Dhatu Nigam (Midhani) Limited, Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVNL), Advanced Weapons & Equipment India Ltd. (AW&EIL), Munitions India Limited (MIL), Yantra India Limited (YIL), Gliders India Limited (GIL), India Optel Limited (IOL) and Troop Comforts Limited (TCL).
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) announced six service avenues “for a smooth transition” of Agniveers in various roles of the Merchant navy, post their stint with the Indian Navy. The scheme will enable them to acquire necessary training, with rich naval experience and professional certification to join the remunerative merchant navy across the world.
The provisions were announced by the Directorate General of Shipping, a Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways organization in Mumbai today.
These schemes for Agniveers include the transition from Ratings in Indian Navy to Certified Ratings in Merchant Navy, the transition from Electrical Ratings in Indian Navy to Certified Electro Technical Ratings in Merchant Navy, the transition from Ratings in Indian Navy to Certified Class IV-NCV CoC holder in Merchant Navy, transition from Electrical Ratings in Indian Navy to Certified Electro-Technical Officers in Merchant Navy and transition from Cook in Indian Navy to Certified Cook Merchant Navy.
The MoSPW will issue INDOS and CDC for those Agniveers who intend to explore any of the said schemes through the Indian Navy. Some of the schemes are devised for Agniveers with Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or ITI Trade Certificate in Electronic or Electrical stream – either joining with these qualifications or acquiring these during their tenure with the Indian Navy.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) today announced its decision to reserve 10 per cent vacancies for recruitment in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles for Agniveers, completing four years under the ‘Agnipath’ Scheme.
The MHA also decided to give 3 years of age relaxation beyond the prescribed upper age limit to Agniveers for recruitment in CAPFs & Assam Rifles. Further, for the first batch of Agniveers, the age relaxation will be for 5 years beyond the prescribed upper age limit.
Earlier, the government had yesterday announced increasing the upper age limit for the recruitment process of ‘Agnipath’ scheme for 2022 to 23 years. It may be mentioned that earlier, consequent to the commencement of the scheme, the entry age for all new recruits in the Armed Forces had been fixed as 17 ½ – 21 years of age. “Cognizant of the fact that it has not been possible to undertake the recruitment during the last two years, the Government has decided that a one-time waiver shall be granted for the proposed recruitment cycle for 2022,” the Ministry of Defence stated.
– global bihari bureau
