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Months earlier the archetypal batch of Agniveers retires from service, the Union Home Ministry has decided to heighten preservation for ex-Agniveers successful the Group C posts of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) from the existing 10% to 50%, a elder authorities authoritative told The Hindu.
On Friday (December 19, 2025), the Ministry notified that 50% vacant constable posts successful the Border Security Force (BSF) volition beryllium reserved for ex-Agniveers. Though exempted from Physical Standard Test and Physical Efficiency Test, the notification suggests that the ex-Agniveers volition person to look for written examinations similar different regular candidates.
The authoritative said that the recruitment rules for Group C posts of each CAPFs volition beryllium amended gradually successful the coming days. This is simply a important displacement from Ministry’s earlier determination to instrumentality 10% preservation for the impermanent recruits of the equipped forces successful the CAPFs.
The recruitment argumentation announced successful 2022 was met with convulsive protests and was 1 of the large issues during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Following protests, the Ministry announced that 10% of each vacancies successful the CAPFs volition beryllium reserved for the equipped forces recruits who person completed 4 years of work nether the Agnipath scheme. It besides announced 5 years property relaxation successful recruitment for the archetypal batch and 3 years property relaxation for consequent batches. The archetypal batch of Agniveers volition beryllium eligible for recruitment successful the CAPFs successful 2026.
On Friday, the Ministry notified the Border Security Force, General Duty Cadre (Non-Gazetted) Recruitment Rules, (Amendment) Rules, 2025, with caller provisions. The amended Rules say, “By nonstop recruitment (including 50 per cent vacancies shall beryllium reserved for ex-Agniveers successful each recruitment year, 10 per cent from ex-Servicemen and up to 3 per cent for absorption of yearly vacancy amongst Combatised Constable (Tradesmen).”
“In the archetypal phase, the recruitment shall beryllium conducted by the Nodal Force for 50 per cent vacancies earmarked for ex-Agniveers” and “in the 2nd phase, recruitment shall beryllium conducted by the Staff Selection Commission for candidates different than ex-Agniveers for the remaining forty-seven per cent (including 10 per cent ex-Servicemen) for the vacancies on with the unfilled vacancies of ex-Agniveers successful a circumstantial class successful the archetypal stage”, it said.
For absorption successful the fertile of constables from among the Combatised Constable (Tradesmen) of the BSF, the property criteria person been relaxed from existing 30 to 35 years, and the minimum work play has been accrued from 3 to 5 years. The precocious property bounds for deputation to different forces has been accrued from existing 52 years of property to 56 years.
The CAPFs comprise the Central concern Security Force, BSF, Central Reserve Police Force, Indo Tibetan Border Police, Sashastra Seema Bal and the Assam Rifles.
