Chandigarh, April 6 – Haryana Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini said Haryana is the first state in the country which has secured the future of Agniveers by creating a provision for jobs after their service period in the Army. Agniveers will be provided 20 per cent reservation in the recruitment of state police. Similarly, a provision of 10 per cent reservation has also been made for Agniveers in the jobs of forest guard, jail warder and mining guard in the Forest Department, which will ensure a security cover to the Agniveers.
The Chief Minister was chairing a review meeting regarding providing reservation in jobs to Agniveers at the PWD Rest House in Panchkula today.
The Chief Minister said Agniveers will be able to get jobs in Haryana after their service period in the Army and for this, a separate portal will be created for them on which they can register themselves. After this, they will be given preference in jobs on the basis of educational qualification.
It was informed in the meeting that under the Agnipath scheme started by the Central Government from July 15, 2022, Agniveers have been recruited in the Army, Navy and Air Force. The first batch of Agniveers is set to be completed in July 2026, while the Haryana Cabinet has already provided security cover to the Agniveers by implementing the Haryana Agniveer Policy-2024.
It was informed in the meeting that about 2893 Agniveers were recruited in the Army, Navy and Air Force from Haryana during the year 2023-24 and 2227 were recruited in 2022-23.
Agniveers in Haryana will be given 10 per cent horizontal reservation in the recruitment of mining guards, jail warders and SPOs. Apart from this, 5 per cent reservation will be given in the recruitment of Group C.
It was also informed that those Agniveers who want to adopt self-employment or entrepreneurship will be provided loans at affordable rates. Apart from this, if the industries employ Agniveers on a monthly salary of more than Rs 30,000, the government will provide an annual subsidy of Rs 60,000 to those industries.
Those Agniveers who want to serve as private security personnel will be given priority in providing gun licences. For this, Agniveers will have to apply on the portal.
Haryana Chief Secretary Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary of Home Department Dr. Sumita Misra, Principal Secretary of Sainik and Paramilitary Welfare Department Sh. Vijayendra Kumar and Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Dr. Saket Kumar were present in the meeting.
