"The Difference Between Agniveers & Permanent Soldiers Who Die In The Line Of Duty..." | Barkha Dutt

#Agniveer #IndianArmy #RahulGandhi #RajnathSingh
In his speech on July 1, during the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi called the Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces a “use and throw” scheme that differentiates heavily between a permanent soldier and those temporarily recruited as Agniveers.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh intervened to say that Gandhi’s allegations were false and that the government provides Rs 1 crore compensation to families of Agniveer soldiers who die in the line of duty.
On July 3, Gandhi posted a video on X in which he said that the defence minister had lied to parliament about this compensation. The video then showed a clip of Ajay Kumar’s father telling Gandhi earlier that while the Punjab government has given the family some money, the “Central government gave them nothing.” The video also shows Kumar’s father reacting to Rajnath Singh’s compensation claim in the Lok Sabha. He says, “We received neither any message, nor any money.”
Hours later, the Indian Army’s spokesperson posted on X, saying that they wished to clarify that “Of the total amount due, family of Agniveer Ajay has already been paid Rs 98.39 lakhs.”
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[@srinivasrao369]

Scrap the scheme immediately. All Generals on the show will never speak against the government.

[@srinivasrao369]

I am proud to state my Uncle 2nd Lt GVP Rao 4 Grenadiers got the MVC in 1962 operations He was martyred at the age of 21.

[@anjalidastur7132]

What a lovely sensible debate without any heckling or bs rhat one is accustomed to. These are our real heroes. Salute to them. Thank you Barkha for getting them together ❤

[@devangerdthori3757]

Those who have a stint in the army ..turn out to be better administrators, leaders...due to their army training that instill discipline, physical fitness, loyalty etc

[@SyedNayyerImam]

Agnipath/Agniveer Scheme is very poorly planned. Government is unnecessarily doing rigidity in imposing this Scheme and spoiling youth careers & life.

[@AkshatOMShivhari]

Scrap Agniveer yojna. Bring back the old scheme. We cant cut cost on our forces. Instead reduce cost on government esp the luxurious life of Moiji and his ministers.

[@shinyjoseph245]

Good comment

[@user-pf2de8pp4u]

@@shinyjoseph245 this is the result of increasing pensions of the retired military beyond the budget of government.

[@Todaystruth007]

​@@user-pf2de8pp4u govt can wave 16 lakh crore for corporates . but cant give pension for soldiers 😢

[@SM-ni3wi]

very well said

[@stallionspirit555]

@@Todaystruth007 pension dont create jobs....corporates do..case closed..

[@bharatjaihind2035]

please talk about the future who have lost 4 years of most important stage of life and have nothing to do after 4 year👹

[@ganeshuniyal7367]

Otherwise what do you think they would have been doing in those 4 years if not joined Agniveer.

[@menonvc9530]

AGNIVEER IS LIKE 4 YEARS CONTRACT MARRIAGE FOR LADIES

[@user-pf2de8pp4u]

Raul proposed just one year contract for Intern at a lesser price and more in numbers

[@Todaystruth007]

​@@user-pf2de8pp4uthat is skill development internship that helps to get a job easily

[@SM-ni3wi]

​​​ ​are you comparing An Army recruitment scheme with govt initiated paid internship?? try to read a bit about what internship is- before jumping in- and dong forget that, every good that comes from a govt will benefit its ppl, and every bad thing will hit the same way adversely, irreapective of who makes the govt. what better can be expected from a non bioligical's devotee. get well soon!!!

[@stallionspirit555]

u can choose not to get married...lol

[@ThungmomoShitiri]

Rajnath Singhji serves as DeffenceMinister unknowingly for many years ,let,s start regular and permanent Army soldier recruitment immediately plz.

[@aslamshah2786.]

Agniveer & Regular army 🪖 are treated differently and that makes it discrimination. Both dying in the line of duty meet different treatments when the circumstances are identical, why? The discrimination is there in Civil services also if we have been performing the same duties a LC or UDC in Central govt. and his counterpart is the State gets paid differently, Why?

[@krishnanprem61286]

Why go as far as Agniveer and regular army soldier. When a CI operation takes place in J &K, you have RR from the army, the CRPF and the J &K police in a joint operation facing the terrorists and the bullets from a terrorist's weapon dont discriminate on who it hits but isn't the compensation to the deceased braveheart different depending on the organization they are from. See all these organizations are hierarchial and therefore there will be different levels of compensation depending on organization, rank etc. I think one must look at the agniveer scheme in a similar manner, it is a different scheme with different conditions, it is not forced on a person but once they join the scheme both that person and their family members must accept it knowing its merits and risks. Now I am not saying that the scheme is perfect, it needs to be tweaked but why think of scraping it.

[@ashishpopli5369]

Thanks for such a brilliant discussion. More thanks for not inviting politicians and spokespersons. Well done

[@jineshzaveri]

Wow. What a Discussion.

[@clifforddsouza4855]

The distinguished Armed Forces Soldiers are still so articulate in their thoughts and words even after retiring so many years ago. Good interview Bharkaji keep up the good work.

[@counterpoint9260]

Mr non biological Visahwaguru mismanaged economy so badly that he doesnt have even money to pay pension to armed forces, hence poorly trained Agniveers

[@godas55]

Scrap Agniveer scheme fully.

[@praveenmarselin3593]

Thanks Barkha for 4 different view points from greats of armed forces

[@praveenmarselin3593]

Agree scrap Agniveer...

[@amigoprovocante]

MS. Barkha Dutt. How ignorant ! Do you mean to say until this day you did not know the difference between the two ? You claim to have been reporting on defence forces for decades . Very sad to note that even you are treading carefully lest you displease the masters who are running this nation today or rub them on their wrong sides. Sad , really sad. Even those supporting Agniveer are so so ignorant of the consequences of pushing immature young men to our borders. A soldier is a soldier all his life . He doesn't become a civilian within four years of working in the forces. Any illiterate villager will tell you that.

[@shivpreetsingh6865]

I just wanted to say that in US veterans have the maximum addiction, ptsd & depression. So not sure if their model should be followed

[@jugrajsingh321]

Please scrap this scheme...no one offers a job with a rider that you will have to leave within 5 years.

[@user-pf2de8pp4u]

many countries where there in no mandatory military recruitments, have such schemes. This is a direct result of exploding pension bill of the military in India as a percentage of defense budget every year and a part of the government budget.

[@Kris7na]

​@@user-pf2de8pp4ulook at the pensions, perks and benefits of a person who becomes MP/MLA even for a single time. We should start saving budget from there first instead of playing with the armed forces and bringing down the morale of the Army.

[@upadhyayrathiraj1518]

Did someone invite you to join armed forces? If not then sit down and shut up

[@Kris7na]

@@upadhyayrathiraj1518 did someone invite you to comment under this video? Then shut up and GTFO here.

[@gururajnarer9469]

Why shouldnt Regimental British raj caste based recurtment not done away with him no where in the world this kind of recruitment happens

[@menonvc9530]

modi buys cctv after selling front gate at metal cost

[@georgemadavana5147]

Political noise????Bharka??? U r trying to be in a balanced spot, instead of standing with truth.... Keep a distance with Jumla jhoota Party, so that people will get reality

[@ashokmasih2918]

RAHUL GANDHI IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ON THE ISSUE OF AGNIVEER

[@gopalsethuraman6454]

Ms. Dutt, I hope you know the difference between soldiers & mercenaries. There are rumours that Indians are in Israel or Russia army. If true, why????? Modi's Agniveers, hand over more land to China...

[@patmclaughlin107]

Admiral Arun Prakash sounds like a grumpy old man, devoid of any realism. He is not even willing to consider the economic cost of paying pensions.

[@estherlakashmi-ut1dw]

,,,,,""" Good afternoon,,,,,!! Soldiers are Very important,,,,,They work hard in cold & Summer leaving their family members,,,,! They are the One they Protect Our Country from Terrorist,,,,,! I want Central govt pay Attention more On them ,,,,We Cant afford to Lose them,,,,,We have to Save them inorder to protect our Country,,,,,,,,

[@MM-mq2ts]

In my understanding "Agniveer is something like Contractual soldiers" This is very unusual and should be avoided for the respect and honour of the defense forces

[@srinivasrao369]

He did not receive his first salary

[@juPi05tEr]

Well all these retired people need to take well deserved rest at home. People taking the decision now are not novoices either, they are as competent as these folks were during their prime.. One thing as we age is that we forget things change over period of time, weapons, engagements, trainings everything changes. What once took several months to master may not take that long or some skill that was a must is no longer required due to other changes. Trust the system, some tweaks are always part and parcel of any scheme.

[@rajatdey80]

If political parties with dubious agendas start dictating defense policies, we might be in trouble. Some countries already follow this path. In modern warfare, what matters more: having larger forces or cutting-edge technology?

[@motivationalquotes4340]

With due respect lt sukla but chief says the same what the government says.

[@deepikaroychoudhury]

Isnt it a short term vision. Moreover we need soldiers to discuss soldiers issue na.

[@soodabhi]

why not have Agniveers in IAS ?

[@stallionspirit555]

datz a good idea

[@gururajnarer9469]

Next time Barkha ask the Gen why there is need for caste based recruitment why they need ardalis in name of tradition they why discriminiation no professional army does this

[@musicmania1959]

This trader mentality govt should reduce the high cost defence and also the corruption associated with it . This will not happen as money to sell is more important than capability in combat.

[@musicmania1959]

Why so many Rafael jets . What about Migs? We do not want to engage with Russia who give better terms and lower cost . It is graft and corruption which the French provide whole heartedly. Shame on this trader govt. Gen Shah has the trader mentality.

[@musicmania1959]

Do not touch soldier man MM m lol lol l

[@Akaygandhi]

War method changed . War scenario changed. Now technological war is weighed . Old vetran newd to upgrade them . Now Army driver doesn't need 2 years training for driving . Vetran need to upgrade them

[@kamaljit2755]

I don't understand,I have read and only known two words. SOLDIERS and MERCENARIES,,were they 4 gentlemen in uniform who had the future of Armed Forces forget this, what is an agniveer is he not a soldier, the arguments are very vague ,they are Generals ,I thought they would be of high calibre, you are talking of humans and you equate a human with gadgets, did even even on General tell the govt This is stupid don't meddle with Fauj,no the General searches for greener pastures forgetting Lord Chetwood words, the word SOLDIER has been DISGRACED in this country, no where in the world the soldier ha,s been brought to such humiliation and down prodding, most thoughts here are trying to cover GUTS, how dare a politician interfere in internal matters of fauj, never will a soldier walk this country's la,ND with his head held high,where his death is being discussed with MONEY, you demeaned the soldier and you make him a Mercenary

[@ThungmomoShitiri]

Incidents taking place now and then here and there all over India it,s due to insuffeint sepoy.

[@gaarn2672]

Agniputra Abhay comics

[@jvince3971]

3class because modis 3rd term so in Army 3class

[@sumanair9317]

Barkha, as a civilian and as a parent, my logic is that will you allow your child to enter into the defence force through Agniveer scheme? No. Because people have a feeling that it's a class lesser than a normal defence entry!! Please ask , the upper middle class to the higher social class people, a simple question that "Will you allow your child" ? If the answer is a "No", then this scheme is a failure according to me, a middle class parent!!

[@adeshmukhb]

This is the success of Barkha and Congress ecosystem... they are able to create this fake narrative which will be detrimental to the Indian army in the long run..!! If I have tonuse this nging for a moment... wasn't this class system always there.? Do you know the difference between the remuneration of a commissioned officer and a normal fauji/ sipahi? Are you aware of the perks an office gets as compared to a fuaji/sipahi gets?

[@user-pf2de8pp4u]

*What is the difference between the INTERN SCHEME proposed by Raul Ghandi during the 2024 election campaign in which he said the INDI alliance would start a scheme which will require companies to hire 10 lakh interns every year and pay them Rs one Lakh per year for 12 months. However there would not be any compulsion for the companies to hire all of those trained interns as their regular employee after the completion of the 12 month internship. Company may hire 5 to10% of them so this would have resulted in a scheme worse than Agniveer if you compare the unemployment features and status of employment in both but hire numbers on road in Raul scheme. Shame on Khangrace for such double standards and hypocracy*

[@SM-ni3wi]

do you know what internship means?? the idea of comparing recruitment to armed force with a govt initiated "paid" internship- shows the depth of ur ignorance, so sorry for you!!! having different political views is perfectly fine,but ensure that - you dont pushback on things that are really beneficial and dont endorse ill things just for momentarily satisfaction of ur political views and for shallow reasons like just to defame someone u dislike.... think before blind blabbering,talk about facts.

[@nandakumar-xq2qi]

TRUE ..WE HAVE TWO CLASSES OF JOURNALISTS TOO : THE REAL ONES WHO CHASE ISSUES AND OTHERS LIKE BARKHA WHO ARE BUSY BOOTLICKING THE ITALIAN .

[@EmilyBrown-p1x]

People that say cat's are cold and emotionless just never got chosen by a cat.

[@renuprasad8967]

Where has the dedication to serving the country selflessly gone? Now it seems to be just about pension.

[@stallionspirit555]

Agniveers...are a game changer...to create Hindu Rashtra...it will never be abolished...

[@rajatdey80]

Whole world is doing similar type of recruitment . It was recommended by all the chiefs . Everyone become an exprrt .

[@patmclaughlin107]

These grumpy generals (except Gen Shukla) and the admiral have no solutions or reforms or ideas to offer. They only want goodies.

[@user-ni2ny5xp5r]

indian army and forces owns and runs golf courses. and clubs..lol.. ya. they will save money for govt and also these retired officers will have orderlies working in their houses to wash their clothes and bring vegetables.. lol

[@ashishpopli5369]

You apparently don't know much about armed forces and the subject at hand. Also, you are a watsapp intellectual so no point in attempting to explain to you. First get educated on defence then we shall discuss maturely

[@abhishekpramanik7539]

Also now we have two classes of journalism, one is chatu, one is jhatu(you)!

[@AkshatOMShivhari]

U r Andu ( short for Andhbhakt) 😂

[@AkshatOMShivhari]

You are Andu ( And*bhkt) 😂

[@abhishekpramanik7539]

@@AkshatOMShivhari leh! Aur 1 jhatu...🤭

[@gopalprabhu5502]

Mamma if you people are so much concerned go to kargil for a week and help agniveers.. those have gone with determination unlike you making a show here and waste time

[@appajirao]

Barkha ji, You are a very seasoned journalist. Why you want to spread such falsehood that too about our defence forces ? LoP does it because of political reasons and in the frustration of losing a third time he stoops to any low. But why should you be doing this ? Yeh ummed nahi thee aapse.

[@B.like.sun-IG-ID]

Agniveer means cheap bonded soldiers who gets trained from a a third party for 6 months only but Chinese and Japanese army gets trained directly for 4 -6 years.

[@bashettybhanuprasad]

U better don't do story on soldiers...u have blood of Kargil soilders in ur hand

[@AkshatOMShivhari]

Pulwama will be investigated and those who allowed it to happen will be punished. Wait & watch.

[@lalithshorey]

Sold out barkha / make no sense

[@rameshb9109]

No one forcing people to join the armed forces. We need to reduce the cost to increase the budget for Modernization and have lean and fit forces

[@bharatjaihind2035]

please talk about the future who have lost 4 years of most important stage of life and have nothing to do after 4 year👹