Chandigarh, April 7 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday announced that Agniveers, after completing mandatory four-year service in the Armed Forces, will be given 20% reservation in the recruitment of state police.

In July last year after the Lok Sabha elections and ahead of the state assembly polls, the Nayab Singh Saini government had approved Haryana Agniveer Policy, 2024, a move that was aimed at rehabilitating Agniveers and addressing their mounting post-service career concerns.

One of the key features of this policy was a 10% horizontal reservation for Agniveers in direct recruitment for police, prisons, mine and forest departments without any written exam.

Now, the decision to further increase reservation from e...