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India military recruitment
![Implications of India’s Agnipath Scheme for Recruitment of Soldiers for Nepal’s Gurkhas Implications of India’s Agnipath Scheme for Recruitment of Soldiers for Nepal’s Gurkhas](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-09-14-034535.jpg)
Implications of India’s Agnipath Scheme for Recruitment of Soldiers for Nepal’s Gurkhas
By Santosh Sharma Poudel
Despite the scheme having major implications for Nepal and Nepal-India relations, India hardly consulted Kathmandu while devising the plan.
![New Military Recruitment Scheme Roils India New Military Recruitment Scheme Roils India](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-06-27-030509.jpg)
New Military Recruitment Scheme Roils India
By Kavita Chowdhury
Under the scheme, soldiers recruited to non-officer ranks will serve for four years only and be denied pension.
![Protests Rage Over India’s New Military Recruitment Policy Protests Rage Over India’s New Military Recruitment Policy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-06-17-103846.jpg)
Protests Rage Over India’s New Military Recruitment Policy
By Ashok Sharma
By retiring new recruits within four years, the government is hoping to avoid paying them a pension, which is a major drain on the military budget.
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