Haryana cabinet gives nod to amendments to Agniveer policy for gainful employment

Haryana Cabinet on Saturday (October 10, 2026) approved amendments to the State’s Agniveer policy to facilitate the rehabilitation and gainful employment of Ex-Agniveers by recognising their training, discipline and skills for service in government departments.

“Under the approved amendments, Ex-Agniveers will be exempted from all types of examinations prescribed for direct recruitment to Group-C posts covered under the policy. They will be considered for direct appointment against advertised posts, subject to the prescribed reservation and other applicable recruitment provisions,” said Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, who chaired the cabinet meeting.

He said the cabinet also approved an exemption from the Physical Screening Test (PST) and Physical Measurement Test (PMT), as applicable, for Ex-Agniveers applying for the posts of Wildlife Guard in the Environment, Forest and Wildlife Department, Constable in the Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB), Constable in the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Fire Operator-cum-Driver in the Revenue and Disaster Management Department. These posts were recently included under the state’s Ex-Agniveer reservation policy, he added.

The cabinet also gave a nod to the continuation of the recommendations of the sixth State Finance Commission for the devolution of funds to rural and urban local bodies from the financial year 2026-27 until the recommendations of the next State Finance Commission become available, he added.