Reserving 33 Percent
Posts for Women in CPMFs
There is no proposal to increase the percentage of women personnel in CAPF upto
33 percent. However, in compliance of recommendations given by Parliamentary
Committee on Empowerment of Women in its sixth report, directions have been
issued to all CAPFs to bring percentage of women in the forces to 5%. The
force-wise details of women personnel at present are as under:-
Force/
Orgz’n
|
Posted Strength
|
Female
|
%age of Women w.r.t. posted strength
|
CRPF
|
286892
|
6120
|
2.13%
|
CISF
|
126636
|
6203
|
4.89%
|
SSB
|
79049
|
1186
|
1.50%
|
BSF
|
248882
|
3534
|
1.42%
|
ITBP
|
80864
|
1570
|
1.75%
|
AR
|
65609
|
485
|
0.74%
|
Total
|
887932
|
19098
|
2.15%
|
To enhance the strength
of women in CAPFs, Government is taking continuous steps. Some of these steps
are as follows:-
· In the ongoing recruitment of
Constables/General Duty, out of total vacancies of 62390, 8533 (about
14%) are earmarked for women.
· Government has approved recruitment of
2772 Mahila personnel (21 Companies) during the year 2014-15 to 2017-18 in
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
· Government has approved raising of 02
Mahila (women) Battalions in place of 02 General Duty Battalions in Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to be raised in the year 2015-16 and 2016-17.
Women personnel of
General Duty cadre are deployed for performing combat duties like:-
(i) Gate management, Checking and Frisking
(ii) Patrolling duties
(iii) Interrogation and escorting of female
apprehendees.
(iv) Law & Order duties
(v) Static guard duties at some of vital
installations and also deployed during Shri Amarnathji Yatra
(vi) Also deployed in Maoist affected
states for anti-Naxal operations