Former Union minister and Congress chief P Chidambaram on Thursday stated that the Indian Air Force (IAF) receiving 7.5 lakh functions beneath the Agnipath scheme was not indicative of its recognition and that the “right conclusion” to be drawn from it.
The unemployment charge is so extreme that determined younger persons are desperately on the lookout for any job to earn their bread and butter.
The short-term army recruitment programme Agnipath has obtained 7.5 lakh functions, the Indian Air Force (IAF) knowledgeable on Tuesday. The scheme’s registration interval began on June 24 and ended on July 5.
“The Agniveer programme received 7,50,000 applications for the 3000 open positions in the IAF. It is a false interpretation that young people like the Agniveer scheme. The unemployment rate is so high that young people are eager to accept any work and it is the correct conclusion,” tweeted Chidambaram.
Under the Agniveer programme, individuals between the ages of 17 and 21 shall be enlisted for a four-year interval within the armed providers, with 25% of them then being enlisted for normal service.
Several states witnessed violent protests towards the scheme for almost per week after it was introduced on June 14, with a number of Opposition events demanding its withdrawal.
The authorities later introduced a lot of measures, together with a choice for “Agniveers” in central paramilitary forces and defence public sector undertakings upon retirement, and a rest within the higher age restrict for enlistment beneath the scheme from 21 to 23 for the yr 2022, in view of the violent protests.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”