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Concerned at underutilisation of training facilities individually maintained by central armed police forces (CAPF), like the CRPF and BSF, due to erratic intake of officers over the years, the home ministry is mulling pooling these resources to allow multi-organisation use. | Concerned at underutilisation of training facilities individually maintained by central armed police forces (CAPF), like the CRPF and BSF, due to erratic intake of officers over the years, the home ministry is mulling pooling these resources to allow multi-organisation use. | ||
At present, each CAPF takes care of its own training needs. While CRPF runs its officer training facility at Mount Abu, BSF has its facility at Tekanpur, ITBP in Mussoorie, CISF in Hyderabad, and SSB in Srinagar and Uttarakhand. | At present, each CAPF takes care of its own training needs. While CRPF runs its officer training facility at Mount Abu, BSF has its facility at Tekanpur, ITBP in Mussoorie, CISF in Hyderabad, and SSB in Srinagar and Uttarakhand. | ||
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“Existing facilities with each CAPF can be converted into basic and specific training central institutes like National Academy for Basic Training, Central Institute for Jungle Warfare, Central Institute for Commando Training, etc, without extra financial burden. This will also allow inter-organisational exchange of experiences among trainers and trainees,“ the officer said. | “Existing facilities with each CAPF can be converted into basic and specific training central institutes like National Academy for Basic Training, Central Institute for Jungle Warfare, Central Institute for Commando Training, etc, without extra financial burden. This will also allow inter-organisational exchange of experiences among trainers and trainees,“ the officer said. | ||
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Officers
The Times of India, Aug 22 2016
Bharti Jain
Centre mulls pooling training facilities for paramilitary forces
Concerned at underutilisation of training facilities individually maintained by central armed police forces (CAPF), like the CRPF and BSF, due to erratic intake of officers over the years, the home ministry is mulling pooling these resources to allow multi-organisation use. At present, each CAPF takes care of its own training needs. While CRPF runs its officer training facility at Mount Abu, BSF has its facility at Tekanpur, ITBP in Mussoorie, CISF in Hyderabad, and SSB in Srinagar and Uttarakhand.
Specialised training in jungle warfare and counterinsurgency is also separately handled by each force.CRPF has a National Institute of Jungle Craft in Belgaum, counter-insurgency and anti-terrorist school in Silchar and an IED school in Pune. The BSF Academy is located in Tekanpur and the training school in Hazaribag. SSB has a counter-insurgency and jungle warfare school at Chamoli.
Seeking to cut costs and enable optimum utilisation of training infrastructure, the home ministry is examining if multi-force institutes can be brought under a single training directorate.
A senior home ministry officer said a closer look at the syllabi of basic training courses of various central forces revealed a lot in common. In the 1+52 week basic training for officers, provided by each force, 38 weeks are devoted to creating common soldierly skills. Specific training for the particular force is only for 12 weeks.
Data on intake of officers into various forces between 2008 and 2014 indicate major variations in numbers, irrespective of the capacity of the training institutes. However, the overall variation is less if the combined figure for all CAPFs is taken. The overall intake was 376 in 2008, 680 in 2009, 753 in 2010, 497 in 2011, 401 in 2012, 424 in 2013 and 136 in 2014. However, the intake into CRPF has varied from 326 in 2010 to 28 in 2014, into BSF from 388 in 2009 to 11 in 2011, etc.
“Each basic facility has indoor classes, sand model rooms, IED model rooms and firing ranges, which are similar for each CAPF. However, such facilities remain idle in years when the intake is less,“ an officer said.
The home ministry has suggested combined training at two or three such academies with a capacity of training 500-600 officers.
“Existing facilities with each CAPF can be converted into basic and specific training central institutes like National Academy for Basic Training, Central Institute for Jungle Warfare, Central Institute for Commando Training, etc, without extra financial burden. This will also allow inter-organisational exchange of experiences among trainers and trainees,“ the officer said.
2010-14: Attrition rate
Attrition in paramilitary dropped below 10,000
Deeptiman Tiwary The Times of India Mar 06 2015
Slew of Steps For Anti-Red Forces Stops Resignations
Thanks to a host of measures taken by the government to ease pressure on security forces fighting Maoists and positive expectations from the seventh pay commission, lesser number of men in uniform are hanging up their boots. For the first time in the past five years, the cumulative annual attrition from paramilitary forces has dropped below 10,000.
According to latest home ministry data, in 2014, only 7,700 odd personnel quit various central armed police forces as against over 11,000 in 2013 and 13, 000 in 2012.
Sources say the positive change has come about following various measures taken by the government (both UPA and NDA) to ease the hardship of men fighting in Maoist areas and the borders. What has also contributed to the low attrition are expectations of bet ter remuneration from the seventh pay commission next year. It has led to those planning voluntary retirement holding back their decision.
Past few years have seen heavy attrition from forces due to denial of leave, consistent posting in hard areas, poor working conditions, lack of pay parity and separation from family . Between 2009 and 2012, over 44,000 personnel had quit paramilitary forces either through resignations or by opting for volun tary retirement. During the period, more paramilitary men committed suicide (398) than died fighting terrorists (328). The situation had got the government so alarmed that it hired the services of IIM-Ahmedabad to look into the reasons for such a high churn and suggest remedies.
Attrition from CRPF and BSF which face tough working conditions has dropped significantly .
Women personnel and suicides
The Times of India, Jul 23 2015
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Atul Thakur & Deeptiman Tiwary
Women account for 2% of central forces, but 40% of suicides
All cases from MP, Telangana, Bihar and J&K
Women constitute less than 2% of central pa ramilitary personnel but account for over 40% of the suicides in these forces, data collated from National Crime Records Bureau and Bureau of Police Research & Development shows. MP , Telangana, Bihar and J&K accounted for all these suicides. The NCRB data on accidental deaths and suicides shows that in 2014, 175 people in central armed police forces including BSF, CRPF, CISF committed suicide. As many as 73 of them or 41.7% were women. Data from BPRD shows that of nearly 9.3 lakh people employed in these forces, just a little over 18,000 were women compared to over 9.1 lakh men.
The data clearly suggests women face a much higher degree of stress. Sources in the forces said they were surprised at the data and said the pattern had not been studied. What that means is that the suicide rate for women in paramilitary forces is 396.9 per lakh compared to just 11.2 per lakh for men. Incidentally , suicide rates for men in paramilitary forces are actually a little lower than in the general population, where it is about 13.9 per lakh. For women, obviously , the rate is way above the rate in the general population, where it is just 7.1 per lakh.
What makes this gender skew even more shocking is that women personnel are not deployed in combat positions.
CRPF has sent its first batch of women personnel for combat roles in Chhattisgarh as a pilot project, but they have not been part of any operation so far. So the reason cannot be stress associated with duty in conflict situations.
The NCRB data suggests that marital discord is the biggest cause of suicides among central paramilitary personnel. Of the total 45 persons suicides due to this reason, who killed themselves because of marriage-related issues 21 were men while 24 women.
Sources from the forces expressed surprise at the data and said there is no study that has examined the high suicide rates among female personnel.They speculated, however, that a major factor could be that it is generally far more difficult for women to work in these forces. Many of them, they pointed out, join the forces in their twenties, which is around the same time as they get married or have children.
Quotas for women in paramilitary forces: 2016
The Times of India Jan 06 2016
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
33% In CRPF & CISF, 15% In BSF, SSB, ITBP
The government on Tuesday took an impor ant step to improve gender equality in the paramilitary by approving 33% reserva ion for women at the constable rank in two major central paramilitary forces -CRPF and CISF and also setting a 15% quota in the border orces BSF, SSB and ITBP.
These forces together comprise around 9 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 Securi y Force (CISF) and 14-15% posts in Border Security Force BSF), Sashastra Seema Bal SSB) and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will come into ef ect immediately .
The decision was taken by home minister Rajnath Singh after a meeting on Tuesday , said sources. “With a view to enhance representation of women in central armed police forces, Singh has approved 33% posts at constable level for being filled up by women,“ a home ministry statement said. The move came following the recommendation of the committee on empowerment of women in its sixth report, that said there is an urgent need to pro vide due representation to women in paramilitary forces.
The CRPF has about 6,300 women in its ranks. The par liamentary standing committee on home affairs recently found that women personnel constitute only a little over 9% of the Delhi Police force.
“The committee notes that as on date, the representation of women in Delhi Police is 9.27% only . However, on March 20, 2015, Government of India has approved reservation of 33% for women horizontally and in each category (SC, ST, OBC and others) in direct recruitment in non-gazetted posts from constable to sub-inspector in the police forces of all Union Territories,“ the committee observed.