9.55 lakh applicants, including 82,200 women registers in Indian Navy under Agnipath scheme
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Over 9 lakh applicants, including 82,200 women, have registered for recruitment in the Indian Navy under the Agnipath scheme.
As many as 9.55 lakh applicants, including 82,200 women, have registered for recruitment in the Indian Navy under the Agnipath scheme.
The registration process for recruitment in the Navy under the Agnipath scheme has concluded.
"The Navy is making arrangements at INS Chilka, the premier basic training establishment for sailors of the Indian Navy, on November 21. The establishment will also have facilities for training the women sailors there. The Agnipath scheme in the Navy will be gender-neutral. As we speak, 30 women officers are sailing on board frontline warships. We have decided that the time has come to recruit women sailors as well, and in all trades, which will include women who will go to sea,” Navy officials had stated.
Armed forces had been inducting women into the 14-lakh strong military forces since the 1990s, but only at officer ranks. This changed in 2019-20 when the Indian Army began recruiting women in other ranks for the first time. As a result of this, 100 women jawans are presently Corps of Military Police (CMP).
The three forces are planning to recruit 46,000 troops through Agnipath, where they will serve for four years.