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It has already set in motion its plan to hire 8,533 women constables in paramilitary forces like CRPF, BSF, CISF and ITBP after it recently announced one of its biggest recruitment drives to hire over 62,000 young men and women as constables this year.
Source: PTI | Updated: May 17, 2015, 11:07 AM IST
Over 11,000 women will soon be recruited in central security forces for combat duties like border guarding and law and order assignments.
The government has taken this decision to enhance representation of women in these forces.
It has already set in motion its plan to hire 8,533 women constables in paramilitary forces like CRPF, BSF, CISF and ITBP after it recently announced one of its biggest recruitment drives to hire over 62,000 young men and women as constables this year.
Also, sanctions have been granted by the Union Home Ministry for raising 21 new companies or a total of 2,772 women personnel in the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) which guards open Indian borders with Nepal and Bhutan by 2017.
"The recruitments are being done to take the representation of women in central forces to at least 5 % of the total strength in the coming days. At present, women constitute about 2.15 % of the total strength of these forces," a senior officer said.
Under the mega drive to hire a young workforce for these forces, a special sanction has also been accorded to the CRPF to raise two exclusive 'Mahila' (women) battalions within its establishment to bolster the strength of the existing three such units.