Due to Corona, preparations have been made to resume the recruitment of the army which has been closed for the last two years. However, this time it is being said about recruitment under a new policy. Under this policy, the posts below the officer will be recruited in the army for short service.

The tenure of the personnel recruited under this policy can be a total of four years including six months of training. It is being told that under the new policy, a lump sum package of a few lakh rupees will be given to the recruits while leaving the army. There are also plans to regularize some jawans after completing four years through re-screening.

According to army sources, rallies will be organized for army recruitment in different areas of the country from August but between December this year. A letter has been sent to the regional military commands in this regard. Orders have also been given for the deployment of Screening boards and Medical Officers for large-scale recruitments. Along with the preparations for the recruitment, the blueprint of the application process has also been made. Candidates must complete the online application process 45 days before every recruitment rally.

Recruitment is closed since the beginning of Corona
Before the onset of the Corona epidemic in March 2020, recruitment rallies were held in the country from April 1 to September 30 and from October 1 to March 31. These rallies were stopped after the pandemic started. There was increasing displeasure among the youth about not joining the army even after the improvement in the condition of Corona and normalcy in the country. The question has been raised in Parliament also. The new Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Pandey, had talked about expediting the recruitment process.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an assistant engineer posted in the Najafgarh Zone of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (Delhi MCD) for demanding a bribe of Rs 3 lakh along with his associate. It is alleged that these people were demanding bribes from the complainant in exchange for putting up the roof of the house being built by him. The arrested accused was produced before the special CBI court in Delhi from where he has been sent on a 2-day CBI remand for interrogation.

According to CBI spokesperson RC Joshi, those arrested include Assistant Engineer MS Meena posted in Najafgarh Zone of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, and his assistant Beldar Prakash. According to the CBI, the complainant had complained to the Anti-Corruption Branch that he was building his house in Najafgarh. During this, when he started putting the lens on his house, he was contacted by Beldar Prakash posted in the Najafgarh zone of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, and told him that he would have to pay a bribe of Rs 3 lakh instead of inserting the lens. This bribe will be taken by Assistant Engineer Meena.

What are the charges against the arrested engineer?
It is also alleged that the complainant was threatened that if he did not pay the bribe amount, he would not be allowed to insert the lens and even if he did, it would be broken as illegal. On the basis of the complaint, the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation conducted a preliminary inquiry into the matter and after finding important facts during this investigation, a case was registered in this regard under criminal sections, after which the accused officers were recovering an installment of ₹ 1 lakh from the complainant. was arrested red-handed.

According to the CBI, immediately after the arrest, raids were conducted on their premises, from where many incriminating documents including some property documents have also been recovered. The work of assessing the recovered documents is going on. The accused was produced before the special CBI court in Delhi, from where he has been sent on CBI remand for two days' interrogation, the investigation of the case is going on.