Agnipath – the scheme in news since some time is now proving to be very effective in turning into ground reality. It is being welcomed warmly by all and sundry. All the three branches of Indian Armed Forces seem to be fully geared up, carrying out the concerned processes and conducting recruitment rallies at different locations of the country. The enthusiasm among the youth for the Agnipath scheme is worth seeing first hand and it has completely cleared up the concocted air around the plan by some vested interests. It also amply exhibits how nefarious and politically motivated the ideas may be behind the ugly uproar against a great reformative initiative.
Under the Agnipath recruitment scheme, the Indian Army has issued a recruiting notice to fill 40,000 vacancies of Agniveers. Similarly, Indian Navy has released the recruitment notification for the Indian Navy Agniveers for 2800 posts. And as per the information given by the Indian Air Force, the just ended form filing process of the Air Force, has attracted 7,49,899 applications, compared to 6,31,528 applications in the past, which was the highest in any recruitment cycle.
The most fulfilling aspect of this process is the deluge of offers for the youth to be coming out of Armed Forces after four years of service to the nation. As per government directives, they would be offered employment in the Ministry of Defence, Indian Coast Guard and high profile public sector undertakings like HAL, BEL and BEML among others. The central home ministry announced in the very beginning that a 10% reservation would be given to the Agniveers in CAPF and Assam Rifles too. A number of state governments like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and others expressed preferences for recruitment of Agniveers in state police forces also.
Similarly, scores of companies are planning to roll out special opportunities for the Agniveers. Anand Mahindra, Chairman of the Mahindra and Mahindra Group, Sanjeev Bikchandani, the co-founder of Info Edge, which is the parent company of Naukri.com, Harsh Goenka, the Chairman of RPG Group, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran, Biocon head Honcho Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the Joint Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals, Sangita Reddy, TVS Motor company managing director Sudarshan Venu are most prominent faces among them. Several leading companies including Infosys, Mahindra, IBM and others already have special provisions for hiring military veterans.
Moreover, the Directorate of Indian Army Veterans (DIAV) helps the retired personnel to smoothly transition to civilian jobs and life. The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) through the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has training programme in place for Agniveers in sectors like automotive, agriculture, construction, healthcare, tourism, telecom, electronics, retail and logistics. The central government has had a number of meetings with several entities like telecom and other companies and organisations so as to train the Agniveers during the service years, besides having a well settled academic plan and professional curriculums.
It is no surprise that would be Agniveers are ecpected to be well-trained, disciplined, motivated, capable with high physical and mental prowess, having a flair for problem solving, young and spirited with a lot of potential to serve the nation in both the engines of growth and development, namely the Governemnt sector and the corporate world. By the time, these thousands of Agniveers would come out of the armed forces, many more corporate and government entities are expected to come up with a lot more special offers for them.
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