Chandigarh (Balwinder Singh): The Haryana Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini here today, approved amendments to the state’s Agniveer policy to facilitate the rehabilitation and gainful employment of Ex-Agniveers by recognising their training, discipline and skills for service in government departments.
Under the approved amendments, Ex-Agniveers will be exempted from all types of examinations prescribed for direct recruitment to Group-C posts covered under the policy. They will be considered for direct appointment against advertised posts, subject to the prescribed reservation and other applicable recruitment provisions.
The Cabinet also approved exemption from the Physical Screening Test (PST) and Physical Measurement Test (PMT), as applicable, for Ex-Agniveers applying for the posts of Wildlife Guard in the Environment, Forest and Wildlife Department, Constable in the Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB), Constable in the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and Fire Operator-cum-Driver in the Revenue and Disaster Management Department. These posts were recently included under the state’s Ex-Agniveer reservation policy.
The amendments build upon the Haryana Government’s existing policy of providing horizontal reservation to Ex-Agniveers domiciled in Haryana in specified government posts.
The exemption from examinations will apply to direct recruitment to the covered Group-C posts. However, after appointment, all other applicable terms, conditions and provisions of the respective departmental service rules will continue to apply.
The Cabinet further approved that any consequential shortfall arising from the appointment of Ex-Agniveers will be adjusted in future recruitments in the relevant category.
