Government okays quotas for women in paramilitary
DELHI: The government on Tuesday took an important step to improve gender equality in the paramilitary by approving reservation of 33% women at the constable rank in two major central paramilitary forces CRPF and CISF and also setting a 15% quota in the border forces BSF, SSB and ITBP.
These forces together comprise of around nine lakh personnel of whom only around 20,000 are women as of now.
The 33% reservation in constable level posts in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and 14-15 per cent posts in Border Security Force (BSF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will come into effect immediately.
The decision was taken by Union home minister Rajnath Singh after a meeting on Tuesday, said sources.
"With a view to enhance representation of women in central armed police forces, home minister Rajnath Singh has approved 33% posts at constable level for being filled up by women," a home ministry statement said.
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