CRPF introduced a similar amendment in recruitment rules last year

NEW DELHI: Former Agniveers will get 50% reservation in posts of constable (general duty) and rifleman in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles, the home ministry told Lok Sabha on Tuesday.In reply to a written question, junior home minister Nityanand Rai said govt has created a new category of ‘ex-Agniveer’ in the aforementioned posts with the provision of 50% vacancies, a three-year relaxation in the prescribed upper age limit and an age relaxation of five years beyond the prescribed age limit for candidates from the first batch of ex-Agniveers.Apart from this, he added, ex-Agniveers applying to CAPF constable (general duty) and rifleman posts will be exempted from the physical standards test, physical efficiency test and written examination. “A dedicated ex-Agniveer wing under the ministry of home affairs has been established for the purpose of coordinating further progression of ex-Agniveers,” said Rai.The first batch of Agniveers have not yet completed their four-year tenure. A notification issued by home ministry in Dec 2025 had amended the Border Security Force, General Duty Cadre (Non-Gazetted) Recruitment Rules, 2015, to increase the quota for ex-Agniveers in constable (general duty) posts to 50% from 10%.“By direct recruitment (including 50%), vacancies shall be reserved for ex-Agniveers in every recruitment year, 10% for ex-servicemen and up to 3% for combatised constable (tradesmen) in absorption of annual vacancy,” the notification had stated. The CRPF introduced a similar amendment in recruitment rules in May last year.