Bandipora  admin hosts awareness programme on Agniveer scheme

BANDIPORA, March 14:  Army Recruitment Office (ARO), Srinagar on Tuesday conducted an Awareness Camp on Agniveer scheme at Mini Secretariat Bandipora for the upcoming Army Recruitment Rally in June 2023.

Director Recruitment, ARO Colonel G. Suresh was the chief guest on  the occasion while Additional Deputy Commissioner Waseem Raja, District Information Officer Jahangir Akhoon, Deputy CEO Rafiq Ahmad, and other senior officers were present on the occasion.

The awareness programe witnessed huge response from agniveer aspirants especially students from different schools and colleges.

Day-long awareness programe was aimed to provide detailed information about the Agniveer recruitment process to the aspirant agniveers.

 Colonel G. Suresh presented a detailed PowerPoint Presentation regarding the new recruitment process  and the procedure to be followed. He said that the aim of organising the camp is to aware the aspirants of the Bandipora district about the benefits of recruitment in the Army and the new procedure to apply so that they prepare during this period for the recruitment.

He interacted with the aspirants and students who came from various areas of the district  and also heard their views and other questions put forth by the aspirants.

Colonel Suresh further stated that aspirants of age group of 17 to 21 years can get themselves registered on the website and get first hand appraisal of the process of applying through online mode. 

He said that students of 10+2, Graduates, Government ITIs, Private Institutions and Polytechnics can also apply online and register themselves for the said Army Requirement Rally 2023 for Agniveer General duty, Agniveer technical, Agniveer Clerk/store keeper Technical, and Agniveer Tradesman.

While giving the details, ARO said that there is a good opportunity for ITI and polytechnic qualified candidates to join the Indian army.

Aspirants were given complete awareness through a powerpoint presentation about the registration process and other rules related to Army Recruitment Rally 2023.

“Last date for online registration has been extended to March 20th and the Recruitment rally will be held in the month of June 2023 at High ground Anantnag” Col.Suresh said.

He said the first step is for the aspirants to register online and the registered candidates will have to undergo Computer-based CEE (Common Entrance Examination).

Sharing details of the improvised process, the Colonel said the website has been linked with DigiLocker so that candidates can easily access their documents. Further, a 50% subsidy in registration fees is being provided so that aspirants will only have to pay Rs 250.