Extreme Unemployment: Chidambaram On Applications Received Under Agnipath
Mumbai: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said that the “extreme unemployment situation” in the country was the reason behind the Indian Air Force (IAF) receiving 7.5 lakh applications under the Agnipath scheme.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday said it has received 7.5 lakh applications under the short-term military recruitment scheme Agneepath.
The registration process under the scheme began on June 24 and ended on Tuesday.
“Fact: 7,50,000 applicants for 3000 posts in IAF under the Agniveer scheme. Wrong conclusion: the Agniveer scheme is popular among the youth. Right conclusion: the unemployment situation is so extreme that desperate youth are willing to take any job,” Chidambaram said in a tweet.
https://twitter.com/PChidambaram_IN/status/1545075331115241474?s=20&t=nnHB5qy4EDhzo3m7bWI7Ww
Following the plan’s unveiling on June 14, violent protests erupted for nearly a week in several states and various opposition parties demanded its withdrawal.
Under the Agneepath scheme, people in the age group of 17-and-a-half to 21 years would be inducted into the armed forces for a tenure of four years and 25 per cent of them would be inducted for regular service.
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 such as a preference for “Agniveers” in central paramilitary forces and defence public sector undertakings on their retirement.
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