IAF receives 56,960 applications for recruitment under Agnipath in 3 days of registration

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received 56,960 applications till Sunday under the new Agnipath recruitment scheme. The process of registration for recruitment under this scheme had commenced on Friday. So in three days -- from Friday to Sunday -- close to 57 thousand people have registered under Agnipath, the Indian Air Force informed in a tweet.

"56960! That's the total number of applications received till date from future #Agniveers in response to the #Agnipath recruitment application process on https://agnipathvayu.cdac.in. Registration closes on 05 July



2022," the Indian Air Force tweeted.

The new recruitment scheme Agnipath was announced on June 14 by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.

Under this scheme, the youth will be recruited for 4 years and they will be called Agniveer.

The age limit of these Agniveers has been kept from 17.5 to 21 years, however for this year, the upper age limit has been kept at 23.

The Agniveers will be given a salary of Rs 30,000 in the first year, Rs 33,000, Rs 36,000 and Rs 40,000 per month in the fourth year.