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Union Home Ministry on Wednesday announced that the soldiers recruited in the defence services under the new &#39;Agnipath&#39; policy will be given priority for jobs in Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles after they complete their four-year tenure.</p>
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&ldquo;Agnipath Yojana is a visionary and welcome decision of @narendramodi ji for the bright future of youth,&rdquo; the office of Union Home Minister tweeted.</p>
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&ldquo;In this context, today the ministry of home affairs has decided to give priority to Agniveers who have completed 4 years under this scheme in the recruitment of CAPFs and Assam Rifles,&rdquo; it added.</p>
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The statement said that the home ministry&#39;s decision will help the youth trained under Agnipath contribute to the &ldquo;service and security of the country even further. Detailed planning and work on this decision has already started.</p>
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The Union Cabinet had on Tuesday approved a transformative reform scheme to enable Indian youth to serve in the Armed Forces for four years. The AGNIPATH scheme aims to give the armed forces a younger, fitter and tech-savvy profile to meet the challenges ahead, the government said.</p>
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Announcing the launch of the new scheme, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said it was a &quot;historic&quot; decision. The chiefs of all the three services — Army, Navy and Air Force — were present for the launch.</p>
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It is envisaged that average age profile of Indian Armed forces would come down by about 4-5 years by implementation of this scheme for recruiting &ldquo;Agniveers&rdquo; as the young soldiers will be called.</p>
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&ldquo;The nation stands to immensely benefit by infusion of highly inspired youth with deeper understanding of self-discipline, diligence and focus who would be adequately skilled and once they leave the forces after four years will be able to contribute in other sectors.,&rdquo; according to an official statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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Under the scheme, about 45,000 people between the age of 17.5 years and 21 years will be inducted into the services for a four-year tenure. The recruitments will begin within the next 90 days and the first batch will be ready by July 2023.&nbsp;</p>
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After four years, only 25 per cent of these soldiers will be retained and they will join the regular cadre and go on to serve for a full 15 years in non-officer ranks.</p>
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