Imphal: The Indian Army is all set to invite online applications from unmarried male candidates for selection as Agniveers for the recruiting year 2025-26 under the Agnipath scheme.
Online registration will tentatively start in February 2025 wherein, applications will be invited from domiciles of all districts from the states of Nagaland and Manipur. The recruitment of Agniveers will be carried out in two phases.
In Phase-I, an Online Computer Based Written Examination or the Common Entrance Examination (CEE) will be conducted at selected centres in both states.
In Phase-II recruitment rally will be conducted for shortlisted candidates, who will be successful and will appear on merit list of CEE. The detailed requirements and advisiories for rally will be intimated by the Army Recruiting Office, Rangapahar.
For registration the candidates will be required to log into www.joinindianarmy.nic.in, to check their eligibility status and create a personal profile. The candidates on successful filling the application will be directed to SBI portal through a link on the website. At the SBI portal candidates will need to make payment of Rs 250/- plus bank charges as applicable.
The payment can be made through various payment options like Debit/Credit cards, online banking or UPI. Candidates will be required to have an active email & mobile number which will be used for further communication by Indian Army.
Candidates will have to select five choices for the exam centre. Candidates will need to enter Aadhaar number in online application & are advised to link Aadhaar to mobile number. To provide candidates practice on online CEE as per their category a category wise link has been provided on “Join Indian Army” website. Candidates are advised to carry out practice at least once before appearing for actual CEE. Animated videos on “How to Register” and “How to Appear for online CEE” are also available on www.joinindianarmy.nic.in. Information on educational qualification, physical/ medical standards and job specification are available on www.joinindianarmy.nic.in. Candidates can now apply for any two categories during online registration.
The candidates applying for more than one category will need to appear for two CEEs due to differing standards of the question papers and separate merit drawn for each category. The helpline numbers of Army Recruitment Office, Rangapahar are 03862-249012; 7628023484, email : swarkokila@nic.in. Candidates can also raise any kind of query on www.joinindianarmy.nic.in for necessary clarifications.
