Chandigarh, July 18 – With an aim to provide employment guarantee to Agniwars in Haryana, Chief Minister Mr. Naib Singh Saini made a historic announcement and said that Agniwars will be provided 10 percent horizontal reservation in direct recruitment to the posts of constable, mining guard, forest guard, jail warden and SPO to be recruited by the state government.
The Chief Minister was addressing a press conference here today. He said that the ‘Agnipath’ scheme was implemented by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on June 14, 2022. Under this scheme, Agniveer is deployed in the Indian Army for 4 years.
Agniveers will get 5 percent horizontal reservation in direct recruitment to civil posts in Group-C and 1 percent in Group-B
Mr Nayab Singh Saini said that the government has also decided that these Agniveers will be given a relaxation of 3 years in the maximum age prescribed for government posts in Group-B and C. However, in the case of the first batch of Agniveers, this age relaxation will be 5 years.
He said the government will provide 5 per cent horizontal reservation for Agniveers in direct recruitment to civil posts in Group-C and 1 per cent horizontal reservation in Group-B.
Interest subsidy will be given on loan up to Rs 5 lakh when Agniveer sets up his own enterprise
The Chief Minister said that the state government has also decided that if Agniveer is paid more than Rs 30,000 per month by any industrial unit, then the state government will give a subsidy of Rs 60,000 per annum to that industrial unit. Not only this, if any Agniveer sets up his own enterprise, then the government will provide him interest subsidy on a loan of up to Rs 5 lakh.
Mr Nayab Singh Saini said that Agniveers will be given gun licenses on priority basis. Agniveers seeking deployment in government departments/boards/corporations will be given priority in matrix score.
On this occasion, Chief Secretary Shri TVSN Prasad, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Shri V Umashankar, Principal Secretary of Transport Department Shri Navdeep Singh Virk, Principal Secretary of Military and Paramilitary Department Vijendra Kumar, Commissioner and Secretary of Mining and Geology Department Shri TL Satyaprakash, Director General of Information, Public Relations, Language and Culture Department Shri Mandeep Singh Barar, Director General of Mining and Geology Department Shri K Makrand Pandurang, Special Secretary of Monitoring and Coordination Dr. Priyanka Soni, Media Secretary Shri Praveen Atrey and other officers were present.