| Good morning! India on Tuesday announced a new recruitment model called Agnipath for the short-term induction of soldiers in the armed forces, expected to bring down the average age of a soldier in the armed forces from the current 32 years to 24-26 years over the next six to seven years. HT brings you a round-up of the most important and interesting stories, so you don't miss your daily dose of news. |
| THE BIG STORY India revamps armed forces entry with Agnipath scheme India on Tuesday announced a new recruitment model, Agnipath, for the short-term induction of soldiers in the armed forces, with the new scheme replacing the legacy system of recruitment to lower the age profile of the three services, ensure a fitter military, and create a technically adept war-fighting force capable of meeting future challenges. Read more. |
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| The Big Question Will Modi's target of 1m jobs in the next 18 months boost employment? All ministries and departments must take measures in a "mission mode" to provide employment to 1 million people in the next 18 months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered on Tuesday after reviewing the status of human resources in government establishments, in an announcement that is clearly aimed at boosting employment at a time when high inflation is threatening a fledgling economic recovery. Read more. |
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| FROM THE EDIT PAGE How to implement Agnipath properly The government has finally announced the details of the much-debated short-term recruitment policy for the armed forces called Agnipath. With the formal decision behind us, let us examine the plan's facets and their impact on those who want to join the services. Read more. |
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| NUMBER THEORY Reading Covid's impact on India's labour market The biggest economic disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic in India was on account of the 68-day hard lockdown imposed on March 25, 2020. Among other things, the lockdown triggered a huge wave of reverse migration of workers, leading to a sharp rise in unemployment and loss of incomes. How did the labour markets recover when lockdown restrictions were removed? Has the pandemic left long-term scars for India's workers? An HT analysis of the 2020-21 Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report shows that the pandemic's impact on Indian workers is more qualitative than quantitative, and mechanically reading the trend in unemployment rates could lead to wrong conclusions. Read more. |
| FROM THE FIELD How the whiff of coffee transformed the lives of Koraput's tribals Four years ago, 45-year-old Binda Badanayak was a worried man. Life in Punjsil village in Odisha's Koraput district always meant living in fear of Maoists, or being caught in the middle of a still raging insurgency, but there was a more immediate problem — feeding his family. Badanayak has two acres of land under the Forest Rights Act, but the only thing he could grow were paddy and millets, earning him just ₹5,000 a year. With four young daughters, all under the age of 18, and a wife to feed, there was never enough, and he had to survive on a combination of subsistence and government ration. Then, in 2018, Badanayak planted some coffee. Read more. |
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