Haryana increases Agniveer quota in police force by 10%
The Haryana government on Sunday announced a 10% increase in reservations for Agniveers in state police recruitment, The Indian Express reported.
This raises the Agniveer quota for posts in the police to 20%.
Agniveers are enlisted in the armed forces under the Agnipath short-term recruitment scheme. Under the scheme, citizens aged between 17-and-a-half and 21 years are eligible to apply for a four-year term in the military with a provision to retain 25% of them for 15 more years.
Those recruited under this scheme are called Agniveers.
In July, the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Haryana introduced a 10% quota for Agniveers in the recruitment of constables and forest guards, along with additional quotas for other positions.
On Sunday, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that Haryana was the first state to secure the future of Agniveers by reserving jobs for them after their military service period concluded, The Indian Express reported.
Saini added that a separate portal would be created for Agniveers to register for the jobs.
Agniveers who want to run their own business will be provided loans at affordable rates, he said, adding that those who wanted to serve as private security personnel would be given priority in getting gun licences.
An annual subsidy of Rs 60,000 will be provided to industries that employ Agniveers on a monthly salary of...
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