Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Leave For CAPF Personnel

Leave For CAPF Personnel
The details of leave being enjoyed by the officers/personnel of Central Armed Police Force at present are given below:-

Force
Establishment
In a calendar year
Earned Leave
Casual Leave
AR
HQ DGAR
30 days
08 days
Formation HQ
30 days
15 days
Unit/Minor Unit
60 days
15 days
BSF
Static HQ i.e. Sector HQr, Frontier HQ & Force HQ
30 days
08 days
Field formations i.e. Battalions, Units, Training Institutions
60 days
15 days
CISF
Static HQ i.e. Force HQ, Sector HQrs, Zonal HQrs etc, where 5 days week working.
30 days
08 days
Field formations, where 6 days week working
30 days
15 days
CRPF
Static formations
30 days
08 days
Field formations
60 days
15 days
ITBP
Static formations
30 days
08 days
Field formations
60 days
15 days
SSB
Static formations
30 days
08 days
Field formations
60 days
15 days

NB:     NSG is a 100% deputationist Force and the entire manpower is drawn from  Army, CAPFs, State Police and other organizations.  Officer/personnel posted in NSG are entitled to leave as admissible in their parent organizations.

A proposal for grant of Casual Leave for 20 days for officers and 30 days for other ranks of CAPFs posted in Battalion/Field, at par with Army in a calendar year to Border Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Assam Rifles was received.  The proposal has been referred to 7th Central Pay Commission vide MHA O.M. dated 17.10.2014.

Shortage of Manpower in NIA



Shortage of Manpower in NIA


NIA had submitted a “Vision Document” in which NIA proposed for creation of 1322 
additional posts.  The proposal of NIA was examined by this Ministry and observed 
that out the sanctioned strength of 816 a substantial number of posts have not been 
filled up (254).  Therefore, MHA vide UO.No.11034/23/2010.PF.III dated 07/08/2014,
NIA was advised to fill up the vacant posts first.  The branch wise sanctioned/posted 
strength of NIA as on 13/02/2015 are as under:-


Name  of Office
Sanctioned
Posted
Vacancy
NIA Hqr, Delhi
343
284
59
BO Mumbai
95
57
38
BO Hyderabad
110
81
29
BO Guwahati
87
56
31
BO Lucknow
71
55
16
BO Kolkata
81
17
64
BO Kochi
29
29
0
Total
816
579
237

The most of the cases being investigated by NIA are under the provisions of the Unlawful 
Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 which mandate investigation by an officer of the
rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police and above.

The posts sanctioned for each Branch Offices of NIA include posts for Executive, Ministerial, 
IT wing, Law Officers, Technical wing and other wings.

Friday, 13 March 2015

Efforts to improve better living, working and service condition for CAPF Personnel


Efforts to improve better living, working and service condition for CAPF Personnel

The Government keeps on making efforts to improve better living, working and service condition for force personnel. The following measures have been taken in this regard:-
i) Implementing a transparent, rational and fair leave policy;


ii) Grant of leave to the force personnel to attend to their urgent domestic issues and social commitments;


iii) Regular interaction, both formal and informal, among Commanders, officers and troops to find out and address their problems;


iv) Revamping of grievances redressal machinery;


v) Regulating duty hours to ensure adequate rest and relief;


vi) Improving living conditions through provision of basic amenities/facilities for troops and their families;


vii) Government has approved extensionof the facility of retention of Government accommodation at the last place of posting for CAPF personnel deployed/posted in Left Wing Extremism affected areas/ districts (except State capitals), as notified by the Government of India from time to time

CAPF Battalions

CAPF Battalions
The Government has sanctioned 626 numbers of Battalions in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) as detailed below:-

CAPFs
Numbers of Battalion sanctioned
Assam Rifles
46
BSF
186
CISF
10
CRPF
249
ITBP
62
SSB
73
Total
626

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Authorised Strength of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles (AR)

Special Pay for Paramilitary Personnel at PAR with Army
As informed by Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles (AR), the detail of strength of CAPFs and AR is as under:

Force
AUTHORISED STRENGTH
GOs
SOs
ORs
Total
Central Reserve Police Force
4,997
39,123
259,415
303,535
Border Security Force
5,034
34,341
212,684
252,059
Central Industrial Security Force
1,506
24,789
115,047
141,342
Indo-Tibetan Border Police
2,095
12,680
74,663
89,438
Sashatra Seema Bal
2,061
12,044
77,129
91,234
Assam Rifles
1,269
4,603
60,540
66,412
Total
16,962
127,580
799,478
944,020

A proposal for grant of Para Military Service Pay (PMSP) to Central Armed Police Force personnel at par with Army personnel has been referred to the 7th Central Pay Commission vide MHA O.M. dated 05.11.2014.  The rate of Para Military Service Pay requested is @ Rs. 2,000/- per month to Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) and Rs.6,000/- per month to officers upto Dy. Inspector General of Police rank, based on the rates of Military Service Pay.  State Armed Police Forces are under the administrative control of State Governments.  As such, present proposal does not include State Armed Police Forces.

Monday, 9 March 2015

Sunday, 25 January 2015

Constables(GD) in CAPFs, NIA & SSF and Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles Examination, 2015

Constables(GD) in CAPFs, NIA & SSF and Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles Examination, 2015
1.Border Security Force
2.Central Industrial Security Force
3.Central Reserve Police Force
4.Sashastra Seema Bal
5.Indo Tibetan Border Police
6.Assam Rifles
7.National Investigation Agency
8.Secretariat Security Force 

Note : The Commission will conduct written examination of candidates qualified in PST/PET in BOTH ON-LINE (Computer based) AND OFF-LINE (Paper mode) MODE

AGE LIMITS 18-23 years as on 01.08.2015 . Candidates should not have been born earlier than 02.08.1992 and not later than 01.08.1997.
Out of the total vacancies 6,583 vacancies are earmarked for North Eastern states (including Sikkim) and 1,631 for Jammu and Kashmir including 447 vacancies earmarked for 11 border districts of the State. ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS (as on 01.08.2015)

Matriculation or Xth class pass from a recognized board/university.

Call letters to candidates for PST/ PET will be issued by CRPF. For ONLINE applicants call letters may be downloaded from CRPF website http://www.crpf.nic.in/ from 15-4-2015 to 15-5-2015. Admit cards of only OFFLINE applicants will be sent through post, however they may also download the same from above mentioned website.

Written Examination – 04th October, 2015
The written examination will be conducted in Hindi, English and 15 regional languages including   Bengali, Assamese, Manipuri & Mizo languages for NE States and Kashmiri (Urdu script) for J&K. The written test will be preceded by the Physical Standard Test (PST) & Physical Efficiency Test (PET).  Only those candidates who qualify the PST & PET will be allowed to appear in the written examination.

Application from candidates will be accepted through ON-LINE MODE
 only except for the State of J&K, North-Eastern States and Left Wing Extremism (LWE)