At 7.5L, Agnipath gets IAF its most applications ever | India News

NEW DELHI: The IAF has received almost 7.5 lakh online applications under the new Agnipath scheme, the highest number till now in any recruitment cycle, even as the registration drives for the Army and Navy are currently under way.
The IAF was the first to kick off the registration process, which began on June 24 and ended on Tuesday. The Army and Navy, in turn, launched their recruitment drives on July 1.
“Compared to 6,31,528 applications in the past, which was the highest in any recruitment cycle, this time 7,49,899 applications have been received,” an IAF officer said.
Under the radical Agnipath scheme announced on June 14, 46,000 Agniveers (40,000 for Army and 3,000 each for IAF and Navy) will be recruited this year, with only 25% of them being eventually selected after four years for induction into the regular military cadre to serve for another 15 years.
The government has not rolled back the Agnipath scheme despite it triggering widespread protests for over a week by youths in several states against the short-term recruitment of all new soldiers, airmen and sailors with no pension and ex-servicemen benefits.
The government, however, has announced a series of concessions for the 75% Agniveers to be demobilised from each batch.