Agnipath Scheme

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann asked district authorities to provide full support for the recently launched military scheme, 'Agnipath' after the Indian Army flagged 'vacillating' support from local administration. On September 14, Mann tweeted, "All Deputy commissioners were directed to provide complete support to Army Authorities for recruitment of Agniveers in Punjab. Any laxity shall be viewed seriously." The effort was to recruit maximum… read-more

In 2022 recruitment of the Indian Air Force (IAF) under the new 'Agnipath Scheme'. On July 6, the IAF said, they witnessed the highest number of applications for the recruitment registration process under the new Agnipath scheme. In a tweet, the IAF confirmed as many as 7,49,899 applications, against the previous highest recruitment… read-more

Supreme Court of India stated that the pleas challenging centre's Agnipath scheme will be heard next week. The Agnipath scheme was introduced by the central government on June 14, which is a recruitment process for the Indian Armed Forces. After the passing of the scheme, the nation was divided with mixed responses. As of now, several cases have been filed challenging the scheme.

Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) observed nation wide protests on June 24, against centre's Agnipath scheme. Protests were staged in Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. The protestors termed the scheme as "anti-military" and "anti-farmers". They demanded the president of India to cancel the Agnipath scheme and restore the regular recruitment policies.

PM Narendra Modi hinted to the recently launched "Agnipath Army recruitment scheme" and said, "Several decisions look unfair at present. In time, those decisions will help in building the nation". On June 20, PM Modi addressed an event in Bengaluru and made the remarks. Although he didn't mention the scheme directly, it referred to the same. Meanwhile, the Union Government's scheme erupted in violent protests in India.