Agniveers Integrating Well In Army, Says General Manoj Pande

The Army chief noted that the "feedback" from various units about the Agniveers is "positive".

The integration of Agniveers into the Army is moving forward well and there has been positive feedback about them from the field units, Chief of Army Staff Gen. Manoj Pande said on Thursday.

Asked at a press conference about reservations against the Agnipath scheme, Gen. Pande said the final structure of the scheme took shape following a consultative process.

In June 2022, the government rolled out the Agnipath recruitment scheme for short-term induction of defence personnel with an aim to bring down the age profile of the three services.