Defence Ministry Signs MoU With Private Firm To Generate Employment For Ex-Servicemen

An official statement said that the Ministry of Defense signed a memorandum of understanding with a private company on Wednesday to make it easier for former service members to find new jobs.

The ministry says that between April 2022 and March 2023, as many as 24,234 former service members got jobs in different fields.

A statement said that the defense ministry’s Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare’s Directorate General (Resettlement) signed an MoU with Adecco India Private Limited to help ex-servicemen find new jobs.

Adecco is a company that helps with staffing and hiring. They specialize in outsourcing and counseling services.

“The goal is to bring together corporate companies and ex-servicemen on a single platform to create job opportunities in sectors like IT, e-commerce, logistics, telecom, aerospace and defense, facility management, security, digital assessment services, power and energy, manufacturing, chemicals, and agriculture,” the ministry said.

Maj. Gen. Sharad Kapur, Director General (Resettlement), said, “This partnership will make our ex-servicemen more visible to the industry and corporates. It will also help us reach our goals of giving ex-servicemen skilled manpower and a dignified second career.”