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Nov
New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): All Agniveers who wish to continue serving, meet physical fitness requirements and maintain discipline will be eligible for absorption into the regular armed forces after six years of service, defence officials said on Thursday. They clarified that the Agnipath recruitment scheme has not been scrapped but has been revised to introduce an additional two-year engagement period. The clarification follows the government's announcement on Wednesday to extend the tenure of Agniveers approaching the end of their initial four-year service by another two years, with a pathway to permanent recruitment thereafter. Under the revised arrangement, the first 25…
