Agnipath Scheme: Rajnath Singh to brief parliamentary panel on July 11

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will on July 11 brief the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Defence on the Agnipath recruitment scheme, which seeks to overhaul the way soldiers are recruited to the armed forces.

"Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh is scheduled to brief the Committee members about various aspects of the recently-launched Agnipath scheme, through which recruitment of soldiers in all the three services will henceforth take place," the ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The meeting was earlier planned for July 8.

The chiefs of the Indian



Army, Indian Air Force, and Indian Navy, and the defence secretary, as well as other senior defence ministry officials, will attend the meeting.

It comes at a time when the forces have called for applications for recruiting Agniveers, as the soldiers recruited under the scheme will be called.

Singh will brief the committee about the various aspects of the scheme. The Singh-led committee has 20 members, including 13 members of the Lok Sabha and seven from the Rajya Sabha, representing members of nearly all parties, the parliamentary affairs ministry website says.