Special Army recruitment drive in NE

The Army has given a special dispensation for the youth of North-East India to join the military. “Among the eligibility criteria to join Indian Army, the minimum height required for the northeast India youth is 157-160 centimeters as against rest of India’s requirement of 169 centimeters,” Assam’s Silchar-based Army Recruitment Office director Colonel Sanjeev Bajpai revealed. He said for the tribals, the minimum educational qualification is Class 8 pass while for the others it is Class 12 pass to join the army as soldiers, soldier-clerks, store keepers-technical, soldiers-technical and nursing assistants. The tribals constitute 27 percent of northeast India’s total population of 38,857,769, according to the 2001 census. “We will take whatever number of youths who want to join the Indian Army from the northeast, if they fulfill the eligibility criteria. There is no quota or vacancy posts systems for them,” Bajpai said ahead of a week-long open recruitment rally in Tripura beginning Aug 23.
There are special categories for sportsmen of state and national level, sons of former soldiers and war widows, widows, and National Cadet Corps (NCC) ‘C’ certificate holders, he said. “Frequency of holding open recruitment rallies in northeast India have been increased of late to encourage youth of the region to join the Indian Army and lead a proud life,” Bajpai added.

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