In fierce protests, India continues to promote the recruitment reform plan

With a strong opposition, India continued to advance the new recruitment reform plan.

Senior officials of the Indian Ministry of Defense said on the 19th local time that the new recruitment reform plan will be registered this month. According to Reuters, the plan will significantly reduce the service period of soldiers and provide less benefits after the service period. The plan is currently being strongly protested by young Indians.

On June 14, the Modi government of India formulated a recruitment reform plan called "AGNIPATH". The plan was designed to allow more young Indian people to participate in the army in 4 years to reduce the average of 1.38 million Indian soldiers. Age and reduce the cost of rapid growth.

But then, violent protests against the plan broke out in northern and eastern India. Thousands of protesters attacked the train carriage and clashed with government officials.

On the 18th, India, India, replied that the demonstrators were detained and shouted on a police car. Picture source: Reuters

"India Today" reported on the 18th that the demonstrations spread to many states in India, including the Northern State, Bighar, Harriana and West Bengal. The train was stopped.

It is reported that Big Harbang had violent protests on the 18th, and the protesters burned more than 60 train compartments and some stations. At the Bart of the Bart of the state, the protesters threw stones and clashed with the police, and some police were injured. In the state of the Bangjananbad area, the protesters also ignited a car, and the picture showed that the fierce fire completely swallowed the entire car.

"India Today" reported on the 20th that because of violence and intentional destruction in protests from June 16th to 18th, Biba Police arrested 804 protesters on Sunday. North Fangbang Police arrested at least 250 people in a "preventive arrest" way.

On the 17th, a policeman shot in front of Big Halbon in eastern India. Picture source: Reuters

According to the new recruitment reform plan, India will recruit 46,000 young people this year, between 17 and a half to 21 years old. They will receive a 6 -month training and then serve for 3 and a half years, but only 25%of them can stay in the army in the end.

A protesters based on young people believe that the new recruitment reform plan limits the opportunity to work permanently in the National Defense Force because in India, national defense soldiers enjoy fixed salary guarantee, pension and other benefits.

Reuters said the plan was also criticized by some defense experts, saying that this might destroy the structure of the Indian army and affect its national security.

However, senior officials of the Department of Defense said the plan was a necessary measure for transformation and reform. In the Indo Puri, deputy minister of the Department of Defense, said: "Why delay reform? This is a long -awaited reform."

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As protests continued to spread, the Indian Ministry of the Interior stated on the 19th that personnel who withdrew from the army in accordance with the plan will retain 10%of the quasi -military forces and the Assam rifle forces.

The Indian Ministry of Defense also stated that it will retain 10%of the empty jobs for the person who completes the plan.

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