SSB interviews are compromised mate. Armed forces children are given special preference. I personally know many Retd. Officers who run SSB training centers and gets you through the interview if you agrees to pay a certain premium.
Anyways let's take this to chit chat thread.
That's a load of BS.
True, Army SSB has a soft corner for wards of ex-servicemen.
Also true that Retd. Officers run SSB training centers. They do a very good job in grooming lads and prepare them to deal with the initial screening and the ragda that follows. But to say that you can bribe your way past SSB is a load of BS. There are entire panels on the board. Are you saying you bribe every individual in the panel at every level?
Army only looks for certain qualities in an individual. The physical ability is secondary because trust me, the Army does a bloody good job in making you a fighting machine.
Kabhi aao SSB center, the real grind starts after initial screening. Most get weeded out in initial screening.
Do you know how many rounds of tests, how many individuals are involved in screening alone?
How many individuals will you buy out?
There is little to no scope to make any illgotten money till you atleast reach rank of Capt/Major. How do you recover your bribe money? Dowry? What if you get killed or are discharged from service due to some reason? What if a mishap occurs during training? Paisa gaya.
There may be 'agents' who take money promising you a job but rest assured, they pocket the money if the candidate makes it on his/her own merit or return the money/disappear from the scene if the candidate doesn't make it.
This is not some 'constable ki bahali' where agents, officers, politicians put pressure and try to get their candidates in.
I studied in a non-defence KV and my classmates elder brother made it to the one of the most elite fighting units of the Army. Their family only had priests, academicians or bankers in their family tree. He chose a different path. Reservation/Bias in SSB for wards of Ex-Army men is the weakest strawman argument I have come across. Sounds more like a case of 'sour grapes' than anything else.
