India Inc bullish on Agnipath scheme, vows to hire soldiers in 4 years

Bullish on the prospects, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, founder chairman of pharma major Biocon, said Agniveers will have a distinct advantage in recruitment in the industrial job market

Corporate India has gone all out to support the government on the ‘Agnipath’ scheme, which triggered a mass agitation across the country. Top business leaders on Monday promised to hire the soldiers (Agniveer) once they retire from active military services in four years. The stir against the controversial military recruitment scheme has continued for several days now.

Capturing the India Inc gesture, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a Twitter message that top industry leaders were hailing ‘’the pathbreaking scheme of the Modi government as a much-needed reform to strengthen the Armed Forces and a great opportunity for the youth to