WELSPUN: Golden Opportunity for Agneepath Planning Industry to induct Talented Personnel: Goenka | India Business News – Times of India

New Delhi: welspun Chairman BK Goenka said on Tuesday that the Center’s Agnipath scheme It is a golden opportunity for the industry to induct highly skilled, disciplined and talented personnel, and the group is committed to provide jobs to those who have taken four years of defense services under the programme.
Joining a group of other Indian industry leaders – including the head of the Mahindra Group Anand Mahindra and Chairman of Tata Sons N ChandrasekaranGoenka said Agniverse will find suitable opportunities at various levels in Welspun, a conglomerate with interests in line pipes, home textiles, infrastructure and steel.
“The Agneepath scheme is a golden opportunity for the industry to induct highly skilled, disciplined and talented personnel in their organizations,” he said in a statement.
With a modest orientation on industrial machinery, Goenka said, “they will be able to deliver quality output. Agniveras at various levels in Welspun will get suitable openings”.
The Agneepath scheme for the armed forces, announced on June 14, has a provision of only four years to recruit youth between 17-and-a-half years to 21 years, retaining 25 per cent of them for 15 more years. , Others will retire without gratuity and pension benefits. Later, the government increased the upper age limit for recruitment to 23 years in 2022.
Protests have started in many states against this scheme.
Welspun said it is “moving in the right direction with its strong belief” that it will provide excellent career opportunities to our esteemed firefighters.
The decision has been taken by the organization in its endeavor to support the government’s agenda of building a stronger tomorrow for the nation. Welspun believes in the capabilities gained due to the highly extensive training provided by our forces. ”