Army to start formal recruitment process under Agnipath scheme in two days

The Army will formally kick-start the process for recruitment under the Agnipath scheme within two days by coming out with an initial notification for the enrolment, senior military officials said on Friday.

After issuance of the initial notification, various agencies and establishments of the Army will subsequently come out with details of the induction process such as the number of vacancies, location of recruitment rallies and test schedules, they said.

The officials said the Army has set its target of starting the training of new recruits under the Agnipath scheme by December.

They said the plan is to deploy the initial batches of