Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:44am on 30 Sep 2025,Tuesday India Global
Nepalese youth, like 20-year-old Bivas Rana, are abandoning aspirations to join India's Gorkha regiments due to the Agnipath scheme. Introduced in 2022, the scheme offers four-year contracts with only 25% retention, eliminating pensions and long-term job security. Nepal officially rejected the scheme, citing violations of the 1947 Tripartite Agreement that governs Gorkha recruitment. Since then, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted in the Indian Army. This policy shift has disrupted a 200-year-old tradition, affecting approximately 40,000 Nepali soldiers across seven Gorkha regiments. As a result, Nepalese youths are increasingly opting to serve in their own national army instead. (PC: ANI)
