10,000 females registers for Indian navy's Agnipath recruitment

10,000 females have registered themselves for the Navy opening under the Agnipath recruitment scheme as of Sunday.

This is for the first time that the Indian Navy is allowing women to be recruited as sailors in the force who would also be deployed on warships as per operational requirements.

"The Agnipath scheme in the Navy will be gender-neutral. As we speak, 30 women officers are sailing on board frontline warships. We have decided that the time has come to recruit women sailors as well, and in all trades which will include women who will go to sea,"a Navy official said.


As soon as registration completes, the Indian Navy would open up the online application process for recruitment starting from July 15 to July 30.

However, the Navy is yet to finalise the final number of women among the 3000 naval 'Agniveers' that it will induct in 2022.

Meanwhile, the Navy is preparing INS Chilka, the premier basic training establishment for sailors of the Indian Navy, on November 21.

Additionally, this establishment will also have facilities for training the women sailors there.


Inputs from ANI