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 7^th 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.