The Maharashtra government has approved the appointment of 282 naval Agniveers as police constables after changing the rules to provide former Agniveers reservation in state government jobs, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said in a post on X.
The first list of eligible candidates from Maharashtra was received by the state government from the Centre, according to Fadnavis. The 282 candidates comprise 150 Seaman Deckside personnel and 132 Seaman Engineside personnel. Appointment orders have also been issued to them, the Chief Minister said.
The decision follows an earlier resolution by the Maharashtra Cabinet to provide employment reservation for Agniveers in state government services. Fadnavis said the necessary changes had been made to the rules to implement that decision.
“Within the state Cabinet, we had decided that Agniveers who serve the country would be given reservation in government jobs. Accordingly, necessary changes have been made in the rules and the appointment of 282 Agniveers has now been approved,” Fadnavis said in the post cited by Navbharat Times.
The appointments place former naval personnel in Maharashtra’s police force, linking the Agnipath recruitment system with a state-level pathway into public employment. The source report does not specify the districts or police units where the 282 appointees will be posted, or the precise reservation percentage applicable to the recruitment.
The announcement comes after a training batch of 3,052 Agniveers completed a 24-week programme at the Armoured Corps Centre in Ahilyanagar on June 20, according to the report. The trainees were described as having completed military training before joining different Army Corps regiments. That batch was separate from the 282 naval Agniveers whose police appointments have now been approved.
Maharashtra’s decision is part of a wider series of state measures concerning post-service opportunities for Agniveers. In Assam, the Cabinet decided to reserve 12 per cent of constable and equivalent posts for permanent residents of the state who had served under the Agnipath scheme. The reservation covers the police, commando battalions, prisons, fire services, the State Disaster Response Force, forest guards and excise departments, the report said.
Gujarat has also announced a policy for former Agniveers. State Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said they would be recruited directly into the Gujarat Police without a written examination, while a 20 per cent reservation provision would remain in place.
For Maharashtra, the immediate next step is the appointment of the 282 naval Agniveers under the amended state rules. The Chief Minister said appointment orders had already been handed to the candidates and congratulated them on their new roles.
