Haryana government will provide 10 percent horizontal reservation to Agniveers in recruitment to certain posts in police, mining and jail departments.
Announcing this in a press conference at Chandigarh today, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that Agniveers will be provided 10 percent reservation in direct recruitment to the posts of constable, mining guard, forest guard, jail warden and SPO in Haryana.
He said that Agniveers will also be given age relaxation of 3 years in recruitment to group D and for the first batch this relaxation will be five years. He also announced five percent horizontal reservation to Agniveers in group C and one percent in group B posts.
The Chief Minister said that Agniveers seeking deployment in government departments, boards and corporations will be given priority in matrix scores.
The Chief Minister said that if Agniveers are given more than 30 thousand rupees per month salary in any industrial unit, then the government will give an annual subsidy of 60 thousand rupees to that industrial unit. Apart from this, the Chief Minister also announced that if any Agniveer sets up his own enterprise, he will be given an interest-free loan of up to 5 lakh rupees.
He said, Agniveers will also be given arms license on priority basis. If someone meets with an accident, compensation will also be given under the Road Transport Highway Scheme of the Government of India and free treatment will be provided.