Responding to a report in The Indian Express which stated that the conference of Army Commanders in Jaisalmer was set to discuss a proposal on raising the Agniveer retention rate from 25 per cent to 75 per cent, a spokesperson for the Indian Army said Thursday that the report was “absolutely incorrect” and the “agendas and issues mentioned” for discussion at the conference “do not correspond to the actual agenda of deliberations”.

Army PRO Colonel Nishant Arvind said: “The Army Commanders’ Conference is a closed-door institutional forum where classified and sensitive matters related to national security and operational preparedness are deliberated upon at the highest level.”

“It is reiterated that no discussions on most of the issues mentioned in the article including increase in r

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