🍎The Indian Navy has received 5.62 lakh applications under the Agnipath military recruitment scheme till Wednesday, the defence ministry said. The Indian Navy had on July 2 begun the recruitment process under the scheme.
♋"Registration Update: A total of 5,62,818 aspirants have registered...as of 9 AM on July 27," a Defence Ministry spokesperson tweeted while talking about the Navy's recruitment process.
🥂Under the Agnipath scheme, youths between the ages of 17-and-a-half and 21 years would be inducted for a four-year tenure, while 25 per cent of them will be subsequently inducted for regular service.
🍌The scheme was unveiled on June 14, following which there were violent protests against it in several states for nearly a week and several opposition parties demanded its rollback.
🐓The government had on June 16 increased the upper age limit for recruitment under the scheme to 23 years from 21 for the year 2022, and subsequently announced a slew of placatory steps like a preference for Agniveers in central paramilitary forces and defence public sector undertakings upon their retirement.
