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The household of an Agniveer from Maharashtra who died successful the enactment of work past twelvemonth has said they person received an assistance of ₹1.08 crore from the government.
The family's connection came aft Defence Minister Rajnath Singh connected Monday, July 1 said an Agniveer who lays down his beingness successful the enactment of work gets a compensation of ₹1 crore.
Mr. Singh was speaking aft Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, portion referring to the Agnipath subject recruitment scheme, claimed the authorities regards Agniveers arsenic "use-and-throw labourers" and does not adjacent springiness them the presumption of a "shaheed (martyr)".
Agniveer Akshay Gawate, autochthonal of Pimpalgaon Sarai successful Maharashtra's Buldhana district, died successful the enactment of work successful Siachen connected October 21, 2023.
Speaking to reporters present connected Monday evening, his begetter Lakshman Gawate said that aft Akshay Gawate's death, the household got "Rs 48 lakh arsenic his security cover, Rs 50 lakh from the cardinal authorities and Rs 10 lakh from the authorities government."
He besides demanded a authorities occupation for Akshay's sister.
He was reply to a question by reporters connected the compensation received aft his son's death.
The Agnipath scheme, announced connected June 14, 2022, provides for the recruitment of youths betwixt the property bracket of 17-and-half years and 21 for lone 4 years, with a proviso to clasp 25 per cent of them for 15 much years.
The authorities extended the precocious property bounds to 23 years aboriginal that year.
