Bhubaneswar: The Indian Navy will conduct the Passing Out Parade (POP) of its ninth batch of Agniveers and Naviks of the Indian Coast Guard at INS Chilka

The numbers tell their own story. When the first batch of Agniveers passed out in 2023, 2,585 recruits marked the occasion in a first-of-its-kind post-sunset parade. Since then, batches have varied in size, with one earlier this year, in June, bringing more than 3,000 trainees, including women Agniveers and Coast Guard Naviks, through the same gates. This week's batch of over 3,300 tops them all.