Four years on, Agniveers’ future hangs in balance
The Agnipath scheme, launched in 2022, began the process of inducting its first batch of Agniveers at the end of the same year, continuing into early 2023.
The Agnipath scheme, launched in 2022, began the process of inducting its first batch of Agniveers at the end of the same year, continuing into early 2023.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was formally signed on June 16 by the Commandant of the Sikh Regimental Centre on behalf of the regiment.
Two Indian Army Agniveers lost their lives after an artillery shell burst during a firing exercise in Nashik district.
While the government, including defence minister Rajnath Singh, has defended the scheme, Leader of Opposition in the Parliament Rahul Gandhi has been vocal about the drawbacks of the scheme.
Taking to the microblogging platform X, Sarma emphasized Assam’s dedication to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of modernizing the Indian Army.
“It is very unfortunate and deplorable that Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji is doing petty politics even on occasions like paying tribute to martyrs on Kargil Vijay Diwas. No Prime Minister has ever done this before,” the Congress president wrote on X.
"A section of voters has been upset over the Agniveer scheme. Our party wants those shortcomings which have been questioned by the public to be discussed in detail and removed," senior JD(U) Leader K C Tyagi said.
Declining two pleas challenging Delhi High Court’s February 27 verdict, the apex court said that the candidates, who had earlier got selected through earlier recruitment processes like rallies, physical and medical tests, do not have a “vested right” to appointment.
The Delhi High Court has decided to pass Judgement on a batch of petitions challenging the Agnipath scheme launched for the recruitment of Agniveers for armed forces on February 27, 2023.
This was stated by the defence minister during his virtual address at the MoU exchange ceremony with the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MoSDE’) in New Delhi.
