Last week, the central government announced the Agneepath scheme, making changes for army recruitment. After this announcement of the center, a wave of rebellion appeared in the whole country. Angry youths set arson trains on the roads, uprooted tracks and threw stones. In view of this displeasure of the youth, the Central Government announced a relaxation of 10 percent in government jobs for the Agniveers to be recruited under the Agneepath scheme. According to this, the government will give a concession of 10 percent to retired pioneers during recruitment in CRPF, Police Force, Ministry of Defense and Public Sectors. However, if we look at the official figures, records show that there are fewer recruitments for ex-servicemen in government jobs as compared to the reserve vacancies.
According to the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare of the Defense Ministry, according to the new data available with the Directorate General of Rehabilitation (DGR) (as of June 30, 2021), this can be understood properly. Our associate newspaper The Indian Express tells, according to data with DGR, 10 per cent reservation in Group-C in central government departments and 20 per cent reservation in Group-D is for ex-servicemen, which includes 34 out of 77 central government departments. Only 1.29 percent of the total number in Group-C and 2.66 percent in Group-D have been recruited.
Not even 3 percent of the retired soldiers were recruited
Out of 10,84,705 Group-C recruitments done in 34 central government departments, only 13,976 are ex-servicemen. And out of a total of 3,25,265 Group D employees, only 8,642 jobs have been given to ex-servicemen.
Out of 10 per cent reservation, only 0.47 per cent to 2.2 per cent were recruited.
10 per cent quota is already fixed for ex-servicemen in direct recruitment up to the level of Assistant Commandant in CAPFs/CPMFs (Central Para Military Forces), but, as on June 30, 2021, of the total strength of CAPFs/CPMFs, in Group-C The number of ex-servicemen was only 0.47 per cent (4,146 out of a total of 8,81,397), while Group-B had 0.87 per cent (539 out of 61,650); And in Group A, only 2.20 per cent (1,687 out of 76,681) were hired by reserved people.
These are the figures of DGR
On the other hand, if we talk about Railways, then Railway Protection Force (RPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Assam Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Border Security Force ( The DGR received data from BSF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), while the National Security Guard (NSG) did not submit its report till May 15, 2021 due to which its latest figures are not available.
Some softness in public sector banks
On the other hand, retired soldiers have got some relief in government banks where they have got jobs. The Central Government has fixed quota in 14.5 percent posts for Group-C and 24.5% posts of Group-D for ex-servicemen in Central Public Sector Undertakings. But, according to the DGR report, ex-servicemen used only 1.15 per cent of Group-C strength (3,138 out of a total of 2,72,848) and 0.3 per cent of Group-D strength in 94 out of 170 CPSUs (1,8,848). Only 404 out of 34,733 were used.
In public banks also the matter towards improvement
On the other hand, if we talk about public sector banks, for ex-servicemen, 14.5 percent for direct recruitment in Group C and 24.5% for Group D recruitments have been fixed. The situation is slightly better for ex-servicemen here as compared to other areas. The number of ex-servicemen in Group-C is 9.10 per cent (24,733 out of a total of 2,71,741) and in Group-D 21.34% (22,839 out of a total of 1,07,009) in 13 PSBs. As per the data received at present (as on June 30, 2021), the number of ex-servicemen was 26,39,020 which includes 22,93,378 from Army, 1,38,108 from Navy and 2,07,534 from Air Force.