New Delhi

Indian Air Force has witnessed the highest number of applications for recruitment into the Force surpassing the previous best recruitment cycle numbers, after the completion of the registration process under the new Agnipath scheme on Tuesday.

The IAF started the registration process on June 24, 10 days after the Agnipath scheme was launched by the Centre.

According to the IAF, the highest number of applications in any recruitment cycle was 6,31,528 which was overtaken this year under the Agnipath scheme which has attracted 7,49,899 applications.

The high number comes despite the protests in various parts of the country against the newly launched scheme. Notably, the protests had turned violent in some places demanding the rollback of the scheme.

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Earlier this week, the Indian Navy announced that 10,000 women had applied for recruitment in the Navy under the Agnipath scheme.