Broadly agree with the points you make. Although I think it is still important to point how how hare brained the idea of an 'Agniveer' is - 4 years after which 75% get 'cut'! There are surely better ways to bring down pensions (as I have noted before) and 'improve the age profile'. I don't see how an average age of 32 is a problem for an Army, and trying to game this average is wholly the wrong approach.