Strongly objecting to a deceased Agniveer jawan, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, not being accorded a funeral with full military honours, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on Sunday hit out at the Centre saying that it only lays bare its 'Agniveer' recruitment scheme.
"All successful candidates of Army Recruiting Office, Mumbai who have qualified and shortlisted in the Common Entrance Exam (CEE) held in Apr 2023 for all Agniveer Entries (except Women Military Police), Religious Teacher JCO and Havildar Surveyor and Cartography (SAC), will be required to a
Extensive deployment of automation tools has being done, biometric and surveillance equipment are installed and utilisation of the existing digital database of UIDAI, Digilocker and government portals for document verification has ensured transparency, no manual intervention and plugging all
"The new recruitment procedure of online entrance examination as the first stage has attracted youth from Assam & Arunachal Pradesh. A large number of youths including female candidates appeared for the Agniveer examination this year", Lieutenant Colonel Mahendra Rawat said.
The basic aim of this event was to guide on career prospects, registration, documentation and recruitment procedure to join Indian Army through the Agniveer scheme 2023.
All unmarried eligible male and female candidates born between October 1, 2002, to April 1, 2006, with requisite educational qualifications can apply to become Agniveer.
As many as 458 Agniveer are all set to undergo training at the 1 EME Centre, the premier training institute of the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (CEME).
Hundreds of youths including girls in a significant number start doing physical training in Ranghbhoomi Maidan and Indira Gandhi Stadium here since dawn nowadays as part of their preparations for recruitment rally for agniveers in Katihar in December.
The exam was conducted for the aspirants who qualified for the physical and medical test during the recruitment rally at Haiderbeig Pattan from September 17 to September 30.