Intake of ‘Agniveers’ to go up to 1.25 lakhs in future: Department of Military Affairs

Jun 19, 2022

New Delhi, June 19 (ANI): A top military officer on June 19 informed that the recruitment of soldiers will increase to over one lakh in the future under the ‘Agnipath’ Scheme. He said that the Centre will start with the recruitment of 46,000 Army aspirants to ‘analyse’ the scheme. “In next 4-5 years, our intake (of soldiers) will be 50,000-60,000 and will increase to 90,000 - 1 lakh subsequently. We've started small at 46,000 to analyse the scheme...and to build up infra capacity," said Additional Secretary Lt Gen Anil Puri, Department of Military Affairs (DMA) in a media briefing here today. He further said, "Our intake of 'Agniveers' will go up to 1.25 lakhs in near future and will not remain at 46,000 which is the present figure."