Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday announced that the state government will provide guaranteed employment to Agniveers after their four-year stint in the armed forces.

''I announce that anyone (the Agniveers) who wants to join Haryana government services will be given a guaranteed job. No one will go without a job. We take guarantee for this,'' Khattar said at a state-level International Yoga Day function in Bhiwani.  The chief minister said Haryana is the first state in the country to ensure jobs for the Agniveers and that they will be absorbed in the state's Group C services, which are non-gazetted posts such as clerks, teachers and office assistants, and in the police force.

Khattar also tweeted about the announcement and said, ''I announce that under the 'Agnipath' scheme, Agniveers who come back after serving the country for four years will be given jobs in Haryana government with a guarantee.'' The chief minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought radical reforms in various spheres and Agnipath was one such initiative.

The Centre had last Tuesday unveiled the Agnipath scheme under which youths between 17-and-a-half and 21 years will be inducted in the three services for a four-year tenure. Twenty-five per cent of the recruits will be retained for regular service.

Meanwhile, in a bid to promote yoga, Khattar said the subject will be included in the school curriculum from Classes I to XII so that students can easily adopt the ancient practice and get benefitted.  The chief minister also dedicated 337 wellness centres to the citizens of the state and called upon the youth to take a pledge on Yoga Day that they will stay away from drugs and also contribute towards a greener planet.

Khattar said a postgraduate yoga, naturopathy and research institute is being established in Jhajjar's Devarkhana village. An All India Institute of Medical Sciences specialised in Ayush medicine is also being built in Panchkula and it will be ready soon, he added. 

Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya said yoga is a medium for human welfare and it is through yoga that the spirit of peace, harmony and brotherhood can be promoted in the world. The Governor was speaking at a programme organised on the International Day of Yoga at Haryana Raj Bhavan here.