#Agnipath Scheme In Armed Forces : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Terms Historic Decision By CCS ; Three Service Chiefs Address Press; Average Age To Be 26

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the three service chiefs held a press conference, in Delhi on the Agnipath scheme. “The Cabinet Committee on Security has taken a historic decision today to approve the transformative scheme of ‘Agnipath’. Under this, Indian youth would be granted an opportunity to get inducted into the armed services.

“Under the ‘Agnipath’ scheme, efforts are to create a youthful profile of the Armed forces. It would help to train them for new technologies & also improve their health levels. This scheme will increase employment opportunities with new skills in different sectors,” the defence minister said.

Rajnath Further said , The ‘Agnivirs’ will be given a good pay package and an exit retirement package after a service of 4 years

He added that the ‘Agnivirs’ will be given a good pay package and an exit retirement package after a service of 4 years.

Lt Gen Anil Puri, Additional Secretary, Dept of Military Affairs said, “Today average age is around 32 yrs, in time to come it’ll further come down to 26 years. This will happen in 6-7 years. In order to transform armed forces into youthful, tech-savvy, modern, there’s a need to harness the youth potential and make him a future-ready soldier.

“We will provide an opportunity to the youth to serve the nation for short and long duration, as agniveers…We are giving youth a chance for both long and short duration military service.”

Three service chief also addressed the media , As far as the Navy is concerned, agniveers will provide a steady and continuous infusion of unbridled vitality, enthusiasm and new-age abilities of youth. Agnipath scheme is a new idea of the new era. An idea that is made in India and made for India. An idea that will have positive impact on the human resources management of armed forces, Indian Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar.

Agnipath scheme aims to make the Army a future-ready fighting force capable of meeting multiple challenges across full spectrum of conflict… it’ll increase technical threshold of the Army by recruiting ‘Agniveers’ through ITIs & other tech institutes, Army chief Gen Manoj Pande said.

IAF shall be imparting a wide range of training & exposure to ‘Agniveers’ in aviation, weapons and sophisticated ground systems…I invite the aspiring youth of India to seize this unique opportunity to serve the nation & touch the sky with glory, CAS Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari was quoted as saying by ANI .