In order to boost employment in the country, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday approves the Agnipath scheme, aiming to provide the opportunity to the youth to work for shorter and longer tenures in the armed forces.

While speaking about the same during a press conference in Delhi on Tuesday, Singh said the Cabinet Committee on Security has taken a historic decision by approving the transformative scheme of Agnipath wherein the youngers in the country will be given an opportunity to get inducted into the Armed services.

During the conference, the Union Minister also pointed out the benefits of the scheme, where he said the initiative has been taken to will help the youth in the country train for new technologies, it will help them to improve their health levels, and increase employment opportunities with new skills in different sectors.

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He further said that the entire nation, especially the younger generation needs to treat the armed forces with respect. Every child aspires to wear an army uniform at some point in their lifetime, Singh added.

Singh also told the media that with the help of the scheme, it will collectively contribute to the country’s GDP growth.

The decision of approving the Agnipath scheme comes after when Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had promised to provide 2 crores to the youth in 2014, asked the government officials on Tuesday to start recruiting people for 10 lakh jobs in the next 1.5 years in a mission mode.

Informing about the directions from PM Modi, the PMO’s Twitter also wrote that the PM Modi reviewed the status of Human Resources in all departments and ministries and instructed that recruitment of 10 lakh people will be done by the Government in a mission mode in the next 1.5 years.

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Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos promised to create an additional 10 lakh jobs across India by 2025 despite his strained ties with the Modi government over the critical coverage of Citizenship Amendment Act in Washington Post, which called it “discriminatory” in a recent editorial. Washington Post is owned by Bezos.

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said Amazon hasn’t done India any big favours by announcing the new $1 billion investment.

“They may have put in a billion dollars but then if they make a loss of a billion dollars every year then they jolly well have to finance that billion dollars,” Goyal told a security conference in New Delhi.

“So it’s not as if they are doing a great favour to India when they invest a billion dollars,” he said.

About a month ago, PM Modi’s office turned down a request for a meeting from Bezos during his visit, sources told NDTV.

“We will use Amazon’s global footprint to enable US$10 billion in exports of Indian products to the rest of the world by 2025. Our investments in India will create an additional 1 million jobs across the country by 2025,” he said in a letter posted on Amazon.in.

“I fall more in love with India every time I return here. The boundless energy, innovation, and grit of the Indian people always inspire me,” the American billionaire added.

Bezos had earlier pledged to invest $1 billion to digitize micro and small businesses in cities, towns, and villages across India.

Amazon and its rival Flipkart, now owned by American retailer Walmart, are facing criticism from India’s retailers, which accuse the US giants of violating the law and discriminating against small sellers.

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The announcements of investments and jobs have come amidst India’s worst slowdown in decades and concerns over rising unemployment.

The unemployment rate rose to 7.7 per cent in December from 7 per cent a year earlier, data released by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, showed.

Here is the full text of Jeff Bezos’ letter:

Jeff Bezos’letter

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