The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received over two lakh applications under the Agnipath recruitment scheme within six days of launch of the registration process, the Defence Ministry said.
The registration process that began on June 24 had seen filing of 94,281 applications by Monday and 56,960 applications till Sunday.
After the scheme was unveiled on June 14, violent protests against it rocked several states for nearly a week. Defence Ministry spokesperson A Bharat Bhushan Babu said on Twitter, “2,01,000+ aspirants have registered to become AgniveerVayu.” Under the Agnipath scheme, youths between the age of 17 and a half and 21 years would be inducted for a four-year tenure, while 25 per cent of them will be subsequently inducted for regular service.
