Ex-Agniveer quota for BSF constable post now 50%

“By direct recruitment (including 50%), vacancies shall be reserved for ex-Agniveers in every recruitment year, ten percent for ex-Servicemen, and up to three percent for Combatised Constable (Tradesmen) in absorption of annual vacancy,” the notification said.

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“The increase has been made by amending the Border Security Force, General Duty Cadre (Non-Gazetted) Recruitment Rules, 2015. The ex-Agniveers shall also be exempted from Physical Standard Test and Physical Efficiency Test,” the MHA said in a notification issued on later Friday night.

The Union Home Ministry has increased the quota of ex-Agniveers for constable recruitment in the Border Security Force (BSF) from 10% to 50%, according to a gazette notification. The first batch of ex-Agniveers will also get upper age-limit relaxation up to five years, while the rest of the ex-Agniveers will get three years’ relaxation.

“By direct recruitment (including 50%), vacancies shall be reserved for ex-Agniveers in every recruitment year, ten percent for ex-Servicemen, and up to three percent for Combatised Constable (Tradesmen) in absorption of annual vacancy,” the notification said.

“In the first phase, the recruitment shall be conducted by the Nodal Force for 50 percent vacancies earmarked for ex-Agniveers, and in second phase recruitment shall be conducted by the Staff Selection Commission for candidates other than ex-Agniveers for the remaining forty-seven per cent vacancies (including ten per cent ex-Servicemen), along with the unfilled vacancies of ex-Agniveers in a specific category in the first stage,” it said.

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