Highest number for any recruitment! IAF receives 7.5 lakh applications under Agnipath scheme
According to the IAF, the highest number of applications in any recruitment cycle was 6,31,528 which was overtaken this year under the Agnipath scheme which attracted 7,49,899 applications.
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New Delhi, Jul 6: Indian Air Force ( IAF ) has witnessed the highest number of applications for recruitment into the Force surpassing the previous best recruitment cycle numbers, after the completion of the registration process under the new Agnipath scheme on Tuesday (Jul 5). IAF had started the registration process on Jun 24.
According to the IAF, the highest number of applications in any recruitment cycle was 6,31,528 which was overtaken this year under the Agnipath scheme which attracted 7,49,899 applications. The IAF tweeted, "The online registration process conducted by IAF towards Agnipath Recruitment Scheme has been completed. Compared to 6,31,528 applications in the past, which was the highest in any recruitment cycle, this time 7,49,899 applications have been received." The number comes despite of politically instigated violent protests in various parts of the country against the newly launched scheme.
Lt General Anil Puri, Additional Secy, Dept of Military Affairs, MoD clarified on Jun 19 that the programme will not be rolled back and said that it is the "only progressive step to make the country young". The officer had further said, "Coming to the rollback of the scheme, no. Why should it be rolled back? It is the only progressive step to making the country young. Why is it being made young? We are tinkering with 'Desk ki Raksha (national security). There is no space. I will give you an example. Do you know how many casualties are reported just for health purposes from high-altitude areas? Do read about it, then you would come to know why young is important."
In another recent development, twenty per cent of the first batch of Agniveers that is to be recruited through the Agnipath scheme in the Indian Navy will comprise women candidates. Navy officials issued a statement on Jul 5 saying, "20 pc of candidates will be women to form the first batch of Agniveers for the Agnipath recruitment scheme. They would be sent to different parts and branches of the Navy."
