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Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Director-General Praveer Ranjan said connected Monday (January 19, 2026) that an interior committee had been formed to find the responsibilities that would beryllium assigned to erstwhile Agniveers who are absorbed into the force.
The serviceman said they were awaiting instructions from the Union Home Ministry connected the preservation percent for Agniveers successful the CISF and besides connected the signifier of preservation to beryllium followed, whether horizontal oregon vertical.
The authorities launched the Agnipath recruitment strategy successful June 2022, nether which candidates are enrolled into the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force arsenic Agniveers for 4 years. Of them, 25% are retained aft 4 years, portion the remaining 75% exit the services.
Subsequently, the Home Ministry announced that 10% of each vacancies successful the Central Armed Police Forces would beryllium reserved for Agniveers who person completed 4 years of service. The archetypal batch of specified Agniveers is acceptable to exit the services successful the coming months.
The Hindu earlier reported that the Ministry had decided to heighten preservation for erstwhile Agniveers successful the Group C posts of each CAPFs from the existing 10% to 50%.
On December 19, 2025, the Home Ministry notified that 50% vacant constable posts successful the Border Security Force (BSF) would beryllium reserved for ex-Agniveers.
Mr. Ranjan said the Ministry had decided to assimilate Agniveers into the force. “We are looking into the induction protocol. They tin beryllium utilized for larboard security. The Agniveers successful the Navy tin beryllium utilized to unafraid the seaports. We volition marque a blueprint, and a committee is studying the aspects,” Mr. Ranjan said..
Coastal cyclothon
Briefing astir the “Vande Mataram Coastal Cyclothon 2026”, the D-G said that Indian coasts were “very porous” and determination was a request to scope retired to the coastal communities that would assistance successful gathering accusation and fortify nationalist security.
India has 250 seaports and the CISF has been assigned with safeguarding 12 large ports and different captious infrastructure on the coastline.
The Home Ministry precocious announced the mounting up of Bureau of Port Security (BoPS) that would formulate a standardised information protocol for each seaports successful the country.
Stating astir caller cause seizures astatine large seaports, the serviceman said, “There is an organised and systematic attack by the authorities to scope retired to places wherever specified activities are taking place. This outreach helps america successful getting accusation and helping successful nationalist security.”
As portion of the cyclothon, 2 teams of 130 CISF unit volition rhythm on 6,553 kilometre of India’s coastline covering 72 districts to sensitise section radical astir the threats emanating from the smuggling of drugs, weapons and explosives, said Sonia Narang, Inspector-General, CISF. The 25-day expedition volition commence simultaneously from 2 locations successful Gujarat and West Bengal connected January 28.
