National Desk:
Reservation For Agniveer: The Central Government has made a big announcement for Agniveer. Agniveers will get 10% reservation in BSF recruitment. Not only this, they will also be given age relaxation during the recruitment of BSF. The Union Home Ministry has issued a notification related to reservation for Agniveers in BSF. According to the notification, Ex-firefighters of the first batch will get relaxation of up to 5 years in the age limit during the recruitment of BSF. Then the Ex-Agniveers of the subsequent batch will be given age relaxation of up to 3 years.
Significantly, after the announcement of the Agneepath scheme, there were violent demonstrations in many states. However, later the central government increased the maximum age limit for recruitment to 23 years for the year 2022. During the hearing in the court, Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati and Central Government Advocate Harish Vaidyanathan, representing the Central Government, said that the Agneepath scheme is one of the biggest policy changes in recruitment for the armed forces.
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