ITANAGAR, Feb 16: The Indian Army has invited online applications from unmarried male candidates for selection as Agniveers for recruiting year 2023-24 under Agnipath scheme. Online registration process starts from February 16 and will continue till March 15.
Applications are invited from domiciles of nine Upper Assam districts – Jorhat, Majuli, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Dhemaji & Lakhimpur – and all districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
The recruitment of Agniveers will be carried out in two phases. In phase I, online computer based written examination will be conducted at selected centres in both states and in phase II, recruitment rally will be conducted for selected candidates who make it to merit list in online common entrance examination (CEE).
The candidates will be required to log in to www.joinindianarmy.nic.in to check their eligibility status and create personal profile. The candidates on successful filling the application will be directed to SBI portal through a link on the website. At the SBI portal candidates will need to make payment of Rs 250 plus bank charges as applicable. The payment can be made through various payment options like Debit/Credit cards, online banking or UPI.
Candidates will be required to have an active email & mobile number which will be used for further communication by the Indian Army. Candidates will have to select five choices for the exam centre. Candidates will need to enter Aadhaar number in online application & are advised to link Aadhaar to their mobile number. To provide candidates practice on online CEE a category wise link has been provided on Join Indian Army website.
ARO Jorhat has advised to carry out practice at least once before appearing for actual CEE. Animated videos on “How to Register” and “How to Appear for online CEE” are also available on www.joinindianarmy.nic.in. Besides the information on educational qualification, physical/ medical standards and job specification are available on the website, a release from the Tezpur-based Defence PRO said.
