Armed Forces Organise Awareness Drive On 'Agnipath' Scheme In Northeast Villages
NDTV
The awareness drive by the Army and the Assam Rifles is being conducted in areas which are still affected by insurgent groups and are close to the porous Indo-Myanmar border.
After the introduction of the Agnipath scheme, the Centre faced violent protests and criticism regarding the terms of the scheme which allows the youth to serve in the Armed Forces for four years.
To reach out to the youth, the Assam Rifles has started an awareness programme in the Northeast along with the Indian Army in remote villages close to the Myanmar border in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur.
The awareness drive by the Army and the Assam Rifles is being conducted in areas which are still affected by insurgent groups and are close to the porous Indo-Myanmar border.
The Khonsa Battalion of the Assam Rifles started the special two-day awareness drive on July 8 in Lapnan village in Arunachal Pradesh's remote Tirap district which is still affected by the presence of Naga militant groups and is used as a transit by other groups in the Northeast like ULFA(I) to reach their hideouts across the border.
