The Director-General (DG) of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Praveer Ranjan (IPS:1993:AGMUT), spoke about the kind of responsibilities to be assigned to ex-Agniveers who were absorbed into the CISF. He said that an internal committee has been constituted for this purpose, and they will be assigned the responsibilities once they are determined.
Ranjan said they are yet to get instructions from the Ministry of Home Affairs on the reservation percentage for Agniveers in the CISF as well as the pattern of reservation to be followed.
It should be mentioned here that the central government had started the Agnipath recruitment scheme in June 2022, under which candidates are inducted into the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force as Agniveers for four years. Of them, 75% are retired after four years, while the remaining 25% are retained in service.
Later it was announced by the Home Ministry that 10% of all vacancies in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) would be reserved for retired Agniveers. The first batch of Agniveers is set to retire from the services in the coming months.
It had been earlier reported that the Home Ministry had enhanced the reservation for former Agniveers in the Group C posts of all CAPFs to 50% from the existing 10%.
The Home Ministry followed it up by notifying that 50% of vacant constable posts in the Border Security Force (BSF) would be reserved for ex-Agniveers on December 19, 2025.
The CISF DG said the MHA had decided to absorb Agniveers into the force and that his force is looking into the induction protocol as to where their services could be used. He added that the CISF will be preparing a blueprint for it.
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