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“Additional Secretary to GoI, letter asking to integrate the jawans/airmen/sailors enrolled after 2019 into the Agnipath scheme”
Social media posts 5. Claim dated 20 Jun 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

Agnipath scheme is related to the future recruitments. There are not reports stating recruits who enrolled after 01 January 2019 and failed to be promoted to a substantive rank of Naik or equivalent will be integrated into the Agnipath scheme. PIB has clarified rated the letter as fake, saying the Defence ministry has not issued any such letter

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 20 June 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 21 June 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.