{"id":1363,"date":"2026-07-04T11:50:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T11:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:50:55","slug":"agnipath-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/04\/agnipath-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Agnipath Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Agnipath Scheme<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>About<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Agnipath Scheme allows <strong>youth (male\/female; 17.5 to 21 years old) to serve in the Armed Forces for a period of four years.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The scheme, launched in <strong>2022<\/strong>, was aimed at <strong>recruiting personnel below officer ranks<\/strong> \u2014 soldiers, airmen, and sailors who are not commissioned officers \u2014 to the Indian Armed Forces.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The scheme provides an <strong>avenue to Indian youth<\/strong> to get recruited in the Armed Forces for a short duration and also <strong>enhances the youth profile <\/strong>of the Armed Forces.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These recruits (called<strong> \u2018Agniveers\u2019<\/strong>) would form a <strong>distinct rank <\/strong>in the armed forces, different from any other existing rank.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Benefits<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On completion of the engagement period of four years, Agniveers will be paid a <strong>one-time \u2018Seva Nidhi\u2019 package,<\/strong> comprising 30 percent monthly contributions from their salaries, a matching contribution from the government, and interest earned.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the end of this tenure, upto <strong>25% of Agniveers <\/strong>can join the services on a <strong>permanent commission<\/strong> (another 15 years), subject to merit and organisational requirements.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There will, however, be <strong>no pension or gratuity benefits<\/strong> for these recruits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agnipath Scheme About Benefits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-initiatives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1364,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions\/1364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}