Eight Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states on Friday announced reservations and preferential hiring for Agniveers in government jobs, police and other forces.
The states – Gujarat, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Arunachal Pradesh – made the announcements on the 25th anniversary of India’s victory over Pakistan in the Kargil war.
Agniveers are enlisted in the armed forces under the Agnipath short-term recruitment scheme. Under the scheme, citizens aged between 17-and-a-half and 21 years are eligible to apply for a four-year term in the military.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said that the state government would ensure priority was given to Agniveers in the recruitment for the armed police and the State Reserve Police Force, The Hindu reported.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced a 10% reservation for Agniveers in the state police, the Hindustan Times reported. “They will also get a five-year age…