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Question 9Answer in 250 wordsGS2GS1

"The Agnipath scheme is a bitter pill needed for the resilience and efficacy of our armed forces." Critically Analyze the statement with relevant arguments.

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Introduction

Agnipath scheme is four duty style scheme approved by Government of India for recruitment of soldiers into three versions of armed forces.

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Main Body

Features of Agnipath scheme: 1) Involves pan India recruitment; 2) 4 years tenure with 6 months of basic training; 3) After 4 years, 25% of Agniveers will be selected for regular cadre; 4) 25% will be demobilised with 'seva-nidhi' - exit package of ₹11.71 lakhs; 5) No pension or gratuity. Agnipath is bitter pill needed for resilience & efficacy of armed forces. Arg: Creation of future ready, younger forces - to reduce the average age of armed forces

1In service training period reduced from earlier 3-4 years of training to 6 months; 3) Tech savvy armed forces - younger forces will be easily trained, based on modern material; use of modern technology like AI, Virtual reality, Augmented reality, etc.; 4) Reduction in salary-pension bills - reduction in revenue deficit; money for research & development and procurement of advance; 5) Creation of 'Broad Anjaneer' - enrolment of 25% of best soldiers; Remaining 25% - develop their own building & can use them for skilled workforce. To. Transforming army from Womb to tomb model of pay, pension & dependency. However, Certain Challenges exist: 1) No pilot project to test the scheme; 2) Dilute military ethos, professionalism; 3) Risk averse nature might develop - looking for second career; 4) Demobilization of trained soldiers - Psychological impact; 5) Psycho-logical impacts in case of future unemployment, etc. Way forward - Learn from the similar scheme in WA, listed etc. - Ensure employment guarantee of demobilized agnipath through conversion of various government scheme. As Lt. Gen. (Retd) Slay should note: Agnipath is indeed a bold, transformative reform in Human resource management of the Indian Army.
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  • Clear exposition of scheme features
  • Mentions specific financial details (₹11.71 lakhs)
  • Identifies the government source

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Subject & Paper

GS2GS1

Topic

Post-independence Consolidation and Reorganization within the country

Defence and Armed Forces

Agnipath scheme

Writing Stats

292

Total words

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Formal, descriptive

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