Around 20 per cent of naval ‘Agniveers’ this yr can be girls

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Around 20 per cent of the ‘Agniveers’ to be inducted by the Indian Navy this yr can be girls, Navy officers stated on Tuesday.

The Navy plans to recruit about 3,000 personnel this yr underneath the ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme and has began the registration course of for the aspirants on July 1.

The Navy will recruit girls sailors for the primary time by the brand new scheme. “Twenty per cent of the naval Agniveers will be women subject to their meeting required criteria,” stated a senior Navy official.

The Agnipath scheme, introduced on June 14, seeks to recruit youths between the age bracket of 17-and-half years to 21 for less than 4 years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 extra years.

For 2022, the higher age restrict has been prolonged to 23 years. Under the scheme, the three providers are set to recruit 46,000 personnel this yr and the quantity goes to extend within the coming years.

The Navy has already introduced that the applying window could be obtainable from July 15 to 30 and examination and bodily health assessments could be held in mid-October.

It stated the primary batch of recruits will be part of the coaching programme at INS Chilka in Odisha by November 21. There had been violent protests for days in lots of components of the nation after the brand new army recruitment mannequin was unveiled. The Supreme Court is prone to hear subsequent week the pleas difficult the ‘Agnipath’ scheme.