Release between service not permited: Army comes out with phrases and situations for Agnipath scheme

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Indian Army on Sunday launched phrases and situations and associated particulars for potential candidates wanting to affix the drive below the Agnipath army recruitment scheme. The Army stated that ‘Agniveers’ would kind a definite rank within the Indian Army that will likely be completely different from every other present ranks and they are often posted to any regiment and unit.

It stated ‘Agniveers’ will likely be barred from disclosing labeled data gained in the course of the four-year service interval to any unauthorised particular person or supply below the Official Secrets Act, 1923. “With the introduction of this scheme, the enrolment of soldiers in the regular cadre of the Indian Army, except technical cadres of medical branch, will be available only to those personnel who have completed their engagement period as Agniveer,” the Army stated.

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It stated the discharge of an Agniveer at personal request previous to completion of phrases of engagement shouldn’t be permitted. “However, in most exceptional cases, personnel enrolled under this scheme may be released, if sanctioned by the competent authority,” it stated.

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

Later the federal government prolonged the higher age restrict to 23 years for recruitment in 2022. The personnel to be recruited below the brand new scheme will likely be often known as ‘Agniveers’. The Army stated the brand new recruits will likely be subjected to the provisions of the Army Act, 1950 and will likely be liable to go wherever ordered by land, sea or air.

The Army stated a “distinctive insignia” will likely be worn by the ‘Agniveers’ on their uniform throughout their service interval and that detailed directions on it will likely be issued individually.

The Army stated that primarily based on organisational necessities and insurance policies, ‘Agniveers’, on completion of their engagement interval in every batch, will likely be provided a possibility to use for enrolment within the common cadre.

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“These applications will be considered in a centralised manner by the Army based on objective criteria including performance during their engagement period and not more than 25 per cent of each specific batch of Agniveers will be enrolled in regular cadre post completion of their four-year engagement period,” in keeping with the doc launched by the Army.

“Agniveers so enrolled as regular cadre would be required to serve for a further engagement period of 15 years and will be governed by terms and conditions of service (of Junior Commissioned Officer/ Other Ranks) currently in vogue,” it stated.

The Army stated the Agniveers is not going to have any proper to be chosen after completion of their four-year tenure. As a part of the enrolment course of, every ‘Agniveer’ will likely be required to formally settle for all phrases and situations of the ‘Agnipath’ scheme.

For personnel under the age of 18 years, the enrolment kind will likely be required to be signed by the mother and father or guardians, in keeping with the doc. The ‘Agniveers’ will likely be eligible for 30 days go away in a 12 months as towards 90 days for these in common service.

Medical go away will likely be granted primarily based on medical recommendation. The Army stated 30 per cent of the month-to-month wage of the Agniveers will likely be compulsorily deposited in a corpus and an equal quantity will likely be contributed by the federal government.

“On completion of the tenure, the corpus of Rs 5.02 lakhs will be matched by the government of India and an amount of Rs 10.04 lakhs and accrued interest will be given to the Agniveers. In case of Agniveers who are subsequently selected for enrolment in the Indian Army as regular cadre, the Seva Nidhi package to be paid to them will comprise only their contribution including accrued interest thereon,” the Army stated.

“In the case of Agniveers exiting service before the end of their engagement period on their own request, the individual’s Seva Nidhi Package, accumulated as on date, will be paid with the applicable rate of interest. In such cases, no government contribution to Seva Nidhi Package will be entitled,” it stated.