India, Nov. 5 -- The Centre's decision to offer Agniveers an additional two-year extension after their initial four-year tenure is a "win-win situation" for both armed forces and recruits, as it provides trained manpower to the military while giving personnel another opportunity for permanent absorption, a senior Indian Air Force (IAF) officer said on Thursday.

The revised arrangement strikes a fine balance between Agniveers' aspirations and the armed forces' requirements, said Air Vice Marshal GS Bhullar, Senior Officer-in-Charge Administration (SOA) of the South Western Air Command (SWAC). He was addressing a press conference at the command headquarters in Gandhinagar on the changes announced by the Centre in the Agnipath recruitment s...