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The Agnipath scheme aims to recruit 46,000 youth aged 17.5 to 21 years across the three services for a four year tenure. 75% will be demobilized with an exit package of Rs. 11.71 lakhs after four years, while 25% will be selected for regular service in the military for 15 more years. The scheme aims to reduce salary and pension bills, build a younger military workforce that is more technologically savvy for the future, and ensure solid nation building through disciplined youth. However, some criticize that there was no pilot project, it could dilute professionalism and military ethos, and demobilized soldiers may be risk averse looking for

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Agnipath

The Agnipath scheme aims to recruit 46,000 youth aged 17.5 to 21 years across the three services for a four year tenure. 75% will be demobilized with an exit package of Rs. 11.71 lakhs after four years, while 25% will be selected for regular service in the military for 15 more years. The scheme aims to reduce salary and pension bills, build a younger military workforce that is more technologically savvy for the future, and ensure solid nation building through disciplined youth. However, some criticize that there was no pilot project, it could dilute professionalism and military ethos, and demobilized soldiers may be risk averse looking for

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CA - 0802
AGNI PATH SCHEME

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→
Scheme for recruiting Agni veers across
3 Services
SCHEME

→
Pan India recruitment
basic
→
A year tenure ; with 6 months
training
→ After 4 yrs ; 25% agni veers will be selected
cadre
for regular for another 15 yrs
demobilised
'

will with Seva nidhi


'

→
75% be
exit Skill certificates
package of Rs 11.71 lakh 9

→ No pension or
gratuity
youths in 2021
→
46000
of 175 to 21 yrs age

AIMS
bills
>
slash
salary / pension of defence
>
tech Savy youth for future workforce
Aims reduce solid leis
> avg age of
nation
building through disciplined youth
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> ensure

POSITIVES

→ service
→ younger force -

future ready
→
money for RGD G procurement of defence

→ Economy
→
reduce the salary pension bills -

↳ reduce revenue deficit


→
skilled workforce -

employability
→ society
building through disciplined youth
_

→
nation

CRITICISM

→
No pilot project to test the scheme

→ will dilute professionalism , military ethos


→
risk averse -

looking for second career


→ demobilisation of trained soldiers
→ Psychological impacts

GLOBAL

→
similar scheme in USA , Israel etc

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