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Madhya Pradesh cabinet approves 20% quota for ex-Agniveers in police, jail, forest jobs
Madhya Pradesh cabinet approves 20% quota for ex-Agniveers in police, jail, forest jobs
The Madhya Pradesh cabinet has approved 20% horizontal reservation for former Agniveers in recruitment to police constables, the Special Armed Force, jail guards, forest guards and excise constables. The quota will apply…
The Madhya Pradesh cabinet has approved 20% horizontal reservation for former Agniveers in recruitment to police constables, the Special Armed Force, jail guards, forest guards and excise constables. The quota will apply across the General Category, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. Home Guards and ex-servicemen also received separate reservations in the same posts, ranging from 5% to 15% depending on the service.
The cabinet, chaired by chief minister Mohan Yadav, cleared schemes and projects worth over Rs 24,500 crore. This includes Rs 5,329 crore for honorariums to about 76,000 guest teachers over five years, Rs 348.7 crore for school uniforms, Rs 4,470 crore for the Damoh-Katni four-lane road, and funds for irrigation projects ahead of the 2028 Simhastha Kumbh Mela. Under the central Agnipath scheme, Agniveers serve four years in the armed forces, with 25% retained and the rest released.
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The Agnipath scheme, launched by the central government in 2022, replaced the old long-term recruitment model with a four-year contract, where only 25% of each batch is retained in regular service. Critics have argued that releasing the remaining 75% after four years, without pension or gratuity, would create a pool of trained but unemployed youth. MP's decision offers a significant exit route, as uniformed services are among the largest state employers in the country. The real test will be whether the quota attracts enough candidates at the entry level to make the scheme viable for the armed forces. The state's guest teacher commitment, covering 76,000 positions for five years, is itself a routine budgetary renewal and does not affect the reservation policy.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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