Fake Defence Ministry Letter On Agnipath Scheme Goes Viral
By Anmol Alphonso A fake letter is viral claiming the Ministry of Defence has ordered that personnel under Other Ranks (ORs) attested after January 1, 2019, and not promoted to a substantive rank of Naik or equivalent as on July 1, 2022, are to be kept under the Agnipath Scheme. Under the recently declared Agnipath scheme, new recruits (Agniveers) will be recruited on a contract of four years and 45,000 to 50,000 personnel will be recruited annually. However, only 25 per cent of these will be retained after four years and those retained will be allowed to continue their services for the next 1...