The Death Knell for the Armed Forces

The ognipot scheme is a four year tour of duty. You're not getting a permanent job, you're getting a four year commission. In those four years, youwill become a proper soldier. The training is about six months then you go on tour of duty and get a salary ofa n 30, forty thousand a month,. Something like that. This year it's going to be extended up to couple of years of age. May be 24 or something like that. So this year is an exceptional year. They're gong to extend it by two years. Going forward, the upper age will be between seventye and a half, 17 and a half years and 22.