The Haryana government on Wednesday announced 10 per cent reservation for Agniveer in certain jobs. Chief minister Nayab Saini announced the decision that the state government will provide 10 percent horizontal reservation to Agniveers in Haryana in direct recruitment to the posts of constable, mining guard, forest guard, jail warden and SPO.
Announcing the waivers, the chief minister said the Agnipath scheme implemented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 14, 2022 was a welfare scheme of the government.”Youth are trained in the Army for four years. Our government has decided to provide certain quota to these youth (Agniveers after they finish their four years in the Army),” the chief minister said.
Reservation for Agniveer: What Haryana CM announced
Announcing the waivers, the chief minister said the Agnipath scheme implemented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 14, 2022 was a welfare scheme of the government.”Youth are trained in the Army for four years. Our government has decided to provide certain quota to these youth (Agniveers after they finish their four years in the Army),” the chief minister said.
Reservation for Agniveer: What Haryana CM announced
- Age waiver of three years for Agniveers in Group B, C employment
- 5 years of age waiver for the first batch of Agniveers.
- 5% horizontal reservation in civil posts in Group C jobs, 1% for Group B jobs.
- If Agniveer is given a salary of more than Rs 30,000 per month by any industrial unit, then Haryana will give a subsidy of Rs 60,000 per annum to that industrial unit.
The announcements came as the Congress has been doubling down the government over the scheme calling it ‘use-and-throw labourers’. Defence minister Rajnath Singh said the Agnipath recruitment scheme was rolled put after taking suggestions from 158 organizations, after a lot of thought.
Youths between the age bracket of 17-and-half years and 23 are recruited in the Army for four years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 more years.