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The Ministry of Home Affairs’ (MHA) determination to heighten preservation for ex-Agniveers in the Group C posts of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) from the existing 10% to 50% volition not interaction the existing caste-based preservation matrix, a elder authorities authoritative told The Hindu.
While the recruitment in CAPFs has to adhere to the existing caste-based look and cannot transcend the 50% headdress fixed by the Supreme Court, appointments successful the equipped forces — the Army, the Navy and the Air Force bash not person caste reservation. Agniveers are recruited by the equipped forces for a four-year period.
According to the existing norms, determination is 15% preservation for the members of the Scheduled Castes (SC), 7.5 % for the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and 27% for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) successful the CAPFs, akin to different authorities civilian posts.
“The modalities of implementing 50% preservation for ex-Agniveers are inactive being worked out. Whether it volition beryllium a horizontal oregon vertical preservation is thing being looked into,” the authoritative said.
As reported by The Hindu, connected December 19, the MHA notified that 50% vacant Constable posts successful the Border Security Force (BSF) volition beryllium reserved for ex-Agniveers. Though exempted from the Physical Efficiency Test, ex-Agniveers will person to look for written examinations similar different regular candidates, the notification said. Class X is the minimum acquisition classification.
The Data connected Police Organisations 2024 study says that arsenic connected January 1, 2024 determination are 5.99 lakh Constables successful all CAPFs against the sanctioned spot of 6.29 lakh. In 2023, the fig of Constables recruited successful the CAPFs stood astatine 56,202.
Ranbir Singh, wide secretary, Alliance of All Ex-Paramilitary Association, said hundreds of young men preparing for the CAPF Constable exams volition beryllium impacted by the argumentation arsenic it volition shrink the employment opportunity.
“Had the Agniveers been retained successful the Army, they would person had to beryllium fixed pension nether the aged scheme. There is nary specified pension successful the CAPFs. This volition prevention the government crores of rupees. The grooming for the Army and the CAPFs is different. The CAPFs are trained for assemblage power and instrumentality and bid measures... There is nary specified taxable oregon grooming successful the Army. Will the Agniveers be trained each implicit again? Hundreds of youth successful villages are preparing for Constable posts in CAPFs, they basal to suffer with this policy. We are opposed to this policy, it volition deprive the deserving candidates successful agrarian areas.”
The Agnipath recruitment argumentation announced successful 2022 met with wide protests and was 1 of the large issues during the 2024 General Election. Following the protests, the MHA announced that that 10% of each vacancies successful the CAPFs will beryllium reserved for the equipped forces’ recruits who person completed 4 years of work nether the Agnipath scheme and besides announced 5 years’ property relaxation successful recruitment for the archetypal batch and 3 years’ property relaxation for subsequent batches.
The archetypal batch of Agniveers will beryllium eligible for recruitment successful the CAPFs in 2026.
