Women personnel in the Central Armed Police Forces: State-wise Actual Strength, Relaxations in Recruitment
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 304
TO BE ANSWERED ON
THE 19TH NOVEMBER, 2019/
KARTIKA 28, 1941 (SAKA)
STRENGTH OF WOMEN PERSONNEL IN CAPFs
304. SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH:
SHRI N. REDDEPPA:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the actual strength of women personnel in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), State-wise;
(b) whether the Government is giving more incentives to women while recruiting them to encourage them; and
(c) the special recruitment drives conducted and enrolment in this regard alongwith the response received so far?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)
(a) The State/UT-wise strength of women personnel in CAPFs is at Annexure-I.
(b) & (c) The details are at Annexure-II.
No special recruitment drive have been conducted for female candidates.
ANNEXURE –I
| No. | Name of State/UT | Strength of Women | |||||
| CRPF | BSF | CISF | ITBP | SSB | TOTAL | ||
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 419 | 115 | 446 | 38 | 63 | 1081 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 15 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | Assam | 322 | 234 | 471 | 50 | 146 | 1223 |
| 5 | Bihar | 692 | 405 | 978 | 140 | 204 | 2419 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 395 | 86 | 216 | 20 | 28 | 745 |
| 8 | Delhi | 256 | 114 | 243 | 41 | 43 | 697 |
| 9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Daman & Diu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Goa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Gujarat | 177 | 109 | 156 | 34 | 23 | 499 |
| 13 | Haryana | 321 | 176 | 361 | 125 | 132 | 1115 |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh | 107 | 45 | 91 | 105 | 31 | 379 |
| 15 | Jammu & Kashmir | 142 | 138 | 151 | 27 | 28 | 486 |
| 16 | Jharkhand | 314 | 150 | 436 | 70 | 54 | 1024 |
| 17 | Karnataka | 233 | 137 | 206 | 38 | 25 | 639 |
| 18 | Kerala | 418 | 120 | 288 | 45 | 46 | 917 |
| 19 | Ladakh | 11 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 44 |
| 20 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Madhya Pradesh | 275 | 198 | 353 | 55 | 67 | 948 |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 391 | 193 | 414 | 70 | 71 | 1139 |
| 23 | Manipur | 217 | 108 | 126 | 26 | 139 | 616 |
| 24 | Meghalaya | 2 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 34 |
| 25 | Mizoram | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 34 |
| 26 | Nagaland | 9 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 60 |
| 27 | Odisha | 389 | 156 | 415 | 46 | 52 | 1058 |
| 28 | Puducherry | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 | Punjab | 237 | 842 | 187 | 127 | 48 | 1441 |
| 30 | Rajasthan | 452 | 290 | 457 | 120 | 128 | 1447 |
| 31 | Sikkim | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 32 | Tamilnadu | 269 | 94 | 236 | 28 | 28 | 655 |
| 33 | Telangana | 70 | 0 | 163 | 9 | 5 | 247 |
| 34 | Tripura | 30 | 39 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 121 |
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 1103 | 505 | 1231 | 341 | 408 | 3588 |
| 36 | Uttarakhand | 200 | 104 | 149 | 370 | 77 | 900 |
| 37 | West Bengal | 443 | 809 | 721 | 81 | 168 | 2222 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 7922 | 5216 | 8639 | 2041 | 2060 | 25878 | |
ANNEXURE –II
(i) In compliance of recommendations given by Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women in its sixth report, directions were issued to all CAPFs on 31.05.2011 to bring percentage of women in the forces to 5%.
(ii) On 05.01.2016 it has been decided to reserve 33% posts at Constable level for being filled up by women in CRPF & CISF to begin with and 14-15% posts at Constable level in border guarding forces i.e. BSF, SSB & ITBP. This reservation would be horizontal.
(iii) Recruitment is being conducted by making wide publicity through print/electronic media.
(iv) All female candidates have been exempted from payment of application fee.
(v) Standard for Physical Standard Test (PST) and Physical Efficiency Test (PET) for all female candidates for recruitment in CAPFs is lesser in comparison to Male candidates.
(vi) Physical Efficiency Test (PET) for female candidates for the post of Constable(General Duty) is 1.6 kms in 8 1/8 minutes in place of 5 kms for male.
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