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Agnipath attacks status quo: How GoI’s new recruitment scheme makes strategic and fiscal sense

Agnipath attacks status quo: How GoI’s new recruitment scheme makes strategic and fiscal sense
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The ratio of army’s revenue to capital outlay is only 80:20. Ideally, it should be 60:40.

Synopsis

A status quo-challenging reform will often face stiff resistance. But GoI should go ahead with such reforms for the long-term interests of the country. People who benefit from the status quo are always more concentrated and have high decibels, while people who benefit from reforms are widespread and diffused. Agnipath’s success will determine the course.

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Reforms are about challenging the status quo. Which makes them hard. Many governments lack the political will to carry out something that is efficiency-enhancing. But the ones that do often face backlash when the reforms are undertaken. What are the reasons for this resistance? Humans are conditioned to have reduced uncertainty and a sense of security. Any attack on this perceived sense of security meets with stiff resistance. Also, reforms are

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