BSF Constable Recruitment: The government of India has increased the Ex-Agniveer quota in BSF constable recruitment to 50 per cent, 40 percentage points higher than the earlier proposed 10 per cent reservation.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has made this change by amending the Border Security Force, General Duty Cadre (Non-Gazetted) Recruitment Rules, 2015, under Section 141(2)(b) and (c) of the Border Security Force Act, 1968 (Act No. 47 of 1968). The amendments, named Border Security Force, General Duty Cadre (Non-Gazetted) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2025, came into effect on December 18.

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MHA Notification On Agniveer Reservation

“In the first phase, the recruitment shall be conducted by the Nodal Force for 50% vacancies earmarked for ex-Agniveers. In the second phase, recruitment shall be conducted by the Staff Selection Commission for candidates other than ex-Agniveers for the remaining forty-seven per cent (including ten per cent ex-servicemen) of the vacancies, along with the unfilled vacancies of ex-Agniveers in a specific category in the first stage. The vacancies for female candidates shall be calculated on a year-to-year basis by the Director General, Border Security Force, on functional requirement basis,” the MHA notification said.

How Will New Quota Benefit Agniveers

According to the revised quota share, former Agniveers will be fully exempted from the Physical Standard Test (PST) and Physical Efficiency Test (PET), as they have already undergone rigorous training during their service in the armed forces. The revised rules also provide exemptions in age limits.

To be sure, the new notification of 50 per cent reservation in constable recruitment is only applicable to the BSF hiring and not to other central armed police forces.

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The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Indian Army work together on the international borders and the Line of Control. BSF also contributed to Operation Sindoor, India’s retaliatory armed operation against Pakistan after the Pahalgam Attack.