Significant change in soldier recruitment

Disclosing Agnipath, a “significant safeguard strategy change” for enlistment of warriors, mariners and pilots into the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force, the public authority Tuesday declared that staff enrolled under the plan on momentary legally binding premise will be called Agniveers.

The plan, the public authority expressed, happen right away and will make “a considerably more young and in fact proficient conflict battling force by guaranteeing a fine harmony among energetic and experienced staff” in the military.

Guard Minister Rajnath Singh, General Manoj Pande, Admiral R Hari Kumar and Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari advised the media after the proposition was supported by the Cabinet Committee on Security. The Agnipath conspire — it had before been proposed as Tour of Duty — is supposed to make the extremely durable power levels more streamlined in the north of 13-lakh solid military.

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