Over one lakh positions are vacant in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and Assam Rifles (AR), Minister of State for Dwelling Affairs Nityanand Rai instructed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The whole posted energy of CAPF and AR was 9,48,204 as of September 30, as per the Union Dwelling Ministry knowledge.
Nevertheless, the federal government is taking steps to fill the vacancies expeditiously. It has created 71,231 new posts within the CAPFs and AR within the final 5 years, based on the info supplied by Rai in a written response to a query.
The minister additional replied that the vacancies in CAPFs and AR come up on account of retirements, resignations, promotions, deaths, the elevating of a brand new battalion, the creation of latest posts, and many others, and filling them up is a steady course of.
The info confirmed that 1,00,204 posts are vacant in CAPFs and AR with 33,730 vacancies in CRPF; 31,782 in CISF; 12,808 in BSF; 9,861 in ITBP; 8,646 in SSB and three,377 in AR as on October 30.
“The Ministry has been taking and can proceed to take earnest steps to refill the vacancies expeditiously by UPSC, SSC and the forces involved,” the minister mentioned. He mentioned the federal government has taken a number of steps to extend consumption like a discount within the time taken for medical examination to expedite the recruitment, decreasing the cut-off marks for short-listing candidates for Constable-GD to get adequate candidates (particularly in classes the place shortfalls have been noticed).
In response to a different query on CAPF, the minister mentioned the federal government has given due significance to the general well-being of personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces.
“To this finish, the Ministry has made fixed efforts in order that CAPF personnel spend 100 days in a yr with the household so that their life stability is enhanced,” he mentioned.
The info cited by the minister exhibits that 42,797 CAPF and AR personnel have availed 100 days’ depart in a yr between 2020 and October 2024.
To a query on monetary help supplied to martyred CAPF and AR personnel by the Bharat ke Veer portal, the minister mentioned monetary help of Rs 25 lakh along with different monetary entitlements is being supplied to subsequent of kin (NoKs) of martyrs by the portal.
“The Bharat Ke Veer Belief ensures that NoK of martyrs get a minimal of Rs one crore from all entitlements. Mother and father of married martyrs are additionally supplied monetary help of Rs. 10 Lakh from ‘Bharat Ke Veer Belief’,” he mentioned. The minister mentioned the Bharat ke Veer portal was launched in 2017 whereas the Bharat ke Veer Belief was established in 2018 and 501 dependents of martyrs have been supplied monetary help from it thus far.
