RESERVATION FOR AGNIVEERS

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• Agniveers will also get ten per cent reservation in Defence Ministry's job vacancies.
• Reservations for agniveers meeting requisite eligibility criteria will be implemented in the Indian Coast Guard and defence civilian posts, and all the 16 Defence Public Sector Undertakings. This reservation would be in addition to existing reservations for ex-servicemen.
• The Ministry has also decided to give three years age relaxation beyond the prescribed upper age limit to Agniveers for recruitment in Central Armed Police Force and Assam Rifles.
• For the first batch of Agniveer, the age relaxation will be for five years beyond the prescribed upper age limit.