Jagadesh Kumar, chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC) said that the regulatory physique will work in the direction of recognising abilities gained by recruits underneath the armed forces’ ‘Agnipath’ scheme in order that these might be accounted for after they be part of a commencement programme. “UGC will work towards recognition of the skill gained by Agniveers during their four years of service in the armed forces under Agnipath under UGC’s qualification framework so that it can be accounted for when Agniveers join in their graduation programme,” Kumar stated.
India on Tuesday unveiled a ‘transformative’ scheme known as ‘Agnipath’ for the recruitment of troopers into the Army, the Navy and the Air Force largely on a short-term contractual foundation to chop the ballooning wage and pension payments and allow a youthful profile of the armed forces.
Agnipath scheme will present Indian youth with a possibility to serve the nation whereas gaining various abilities and an Agniveer Skill Certificate.
Describing it as a serious defence coverage reform to usher in a ‘new era’ within the human useful resource coverage of the three companies, the defence ministry talked about the scheme comes into instant impact and can govern the enrolment for the three companies, implying that present framework of employment for troopers will stop to exist.
It stated the armed forces will recruit 46,000 ‘Agniveers’ this 12 months and the eligible age for choice shall be within the vary of 17.5 years to 21 years. The recruitment underneath the scheme is ready to kick in inside 90 days.
The month-to-month wage of an ‘Agniveer’ within the first 12 months of employment can be Rs 30,000 and the in-hand quantity can be Rs 21,000 as Rs 9,000 would go to a corpus with an equal contribution from the federal government.
With inputs from PTI.
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