Death of CRPF Personnel in Naxal Affected Areas

Death of CRPF Personnel in Naxal Affected Areas

The total number of CRPF personnel martyred in the 10 LWE affected States since 2009 is 323. The details of the number of CRPF personnel who died due to depression, heart attack, malaria in the entire country during the same period is as under: 

Reasons for deaths	Number of deaths
Depression (Suicide cases)	228
Heart attack	642
Malaria	108
LWE violence	323

Following steps are taken for boosting the morale of security forces personnel:

  (i)   Leave applied by personnel, are granted timely.

 (ii)  Field Officers are instructed to encourage men to come out with their problems/grievances.

(iii)  Proper infrastructure is provided for recreational activities.

(iv)  Latest weaponry, special equipments and various protective gears are provided to the troops 

       deployed in Operational area.

 (v)  A Welfare and rehabilitation Board (WARB) has been established on 17.5.2007 to 

       provide and institutionalized mechanism to look into the welfare and rehabilitation 

       requirements of CAPFs personnel.

(vi)  A Central Police Canteen (CPC) system has been introduced on 18.9.2006 to provide various 

       consumer goods to CAPF personnel and their families at subsidies rates.

(vii) Condition of 10 years qualifying service has been removed for award of pension.

(viii) Lump sum ex-gratia compensation has been extended to the disabled CAPF personnel 

         besides the normal ex-gratia compensation to the martyred personnel.

(ix)   Risk and other compensatory allowances are granted timely.

Under the Prime Ministers Scholarship Scheme, Scholarship @ Rs. 2000 per month to boys 

and Rs. 2250 per month to girls are released to the wards of ex CAPF personnel and 

in-service personnel for professional degree courses.