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Sambasiva Rao M.

Indian Army to hold Agniveer Recruitment Rally at Narasaraopet from August 20

The Indian Army will organise an Agniveer Recruitment Rally for the Common Entrance Examination (CEE) from August 20 to 26 at Narasaraopet in Palnadu district.

Addressing the media on August 16 (Wednesday), Palnadu Collector Siva Sankar Lotheti and Colonel Puneeth Kumar, Director of Army Recruitment Office in Guntur, said that the recruitment rally, scheduled to be held at the District Sports Authority stadium, was open to the candidates hailing from 13 districts in Andhra Pradesh.

Arrangements are being made for food, drinking water, transportation, medical assistance, and other essential services for the candidates, said the Collector.

Colonel Puneeth Kumar said the recruitment rally was being organised by the Army Recruitment Office in Guntur under the aegis of the Head Quarters of Dakshin Bharat Area and the Head Quarters of the Recruiting Zone, Chennai.

The recruitment rally is meant for the candidates hailing from 13 districts —Guntur, Bapatla, Palnadu, Prakasam, Nandyal, Kurnool, Anantapur, Kadapa, Tirupati, Annamayya, Chittoor, Nellore, and Sri Sathya Sai.

Recruitments will be done for various categories including Agniveer General Duty, Agniveer Technical, Agniveer Tradesman (10th pass and 8th pass), and Agniveer Clerk/Store Keeper Technical.

Colonel Puneeth Kumar appealed to the candidates not to take the help of middlemen or touts, adding that the Army was committed to impartiality and merit-based selection when it came to recruitment.

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