Indian Army Faces Shortage of 10,000 Gorkha Soldiers Due to Agnipath Scheme
The Indian Army’s 200-year-old Gurkha Regiment faces a critical lack of Nepalese Gurkhas. In the last three years, there has been a shortfall of 10,000 to 12,000 Gurkha soldiers in the Indian Army’s Gurkha Regiments. Following Covid-19, army recruitment rallies were halted in 2020, resulting in no new recruitments and an increase in the shortage. … Read more
