Agnipath Scheme: Letter being circulated as issued by Ministry of Defence is “fake”

The Press Information Bureau fact check on Monday clarified that a letter that was being circulated as being issued by the Ministry of Defence as “fake”.

Claim: ORs attested after 1 Jan 2019 & those not promoted to a substantive rank of Naik or equivalent on 1 July 2022 are to be kept under #AgnipathScheme #PIBFactCheck

▶️This letter is #Fake

▶️@DefenceMinIndia has not issued this letter pic.twitter.com/79SEUU1hHv

— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) June 20, 2022

The letter claimed that “ORs attested after 1 Jan 2019 & those not promoted to a substantive rank of Naik or equivalent on 1 July 2022 are to be kept under Agnipath Scheme.”

On Monday, recruitment rally notification was issued by the Army which stated that “registration will be opened will be opened from July 2022 onwards by respective AROs for Agniveer General Duty, Agniveer Technical, Agniveer Technical (Aviation/Ammunition) Examiner, Agniveer Clerk/Store Keeper Technical, Agniveer Tradesman 10th pass and Agniveer Tradesman 8th pass.” On Sunday, Lieutenant General Anil Puri had clarified that the new recruitment scheme for the armed forces will not be rolled back while the three military services announced a broad schedule for recruitment in the respective armed forces.