GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 266
ANSWERED ON 06.08.2013
VRS BY CAPF PERSONNEL .
266 . Shri P. K. BIJU, ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:-
(a) whether a large number of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel availed the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS);
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the total number of VRS taken by such personnel during each of the last three years and the current year, force-wise rank-wise, and gender-wise; and
(c) the remedial measures taken by the Government to stop such cases and improve the service and working of CAPF?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)
(a) & (b): As reported by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) & Assam Rifles (AR), the force-wise, rank-wise, gender-wise and year-wise details of personnel proceeded on Voluntary retirement during each of the last three years and the current year are as under:-
| YEAR | OFFICERS/GOs# | JCOs/SOs# | ORs# | Total | ||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Total | ||
| 2010 | CRPF | 16 | 1 | 230 | 8 | 2522 | 27 | 2804 |
| BSF | 18 | # | 171 | # | 5254 | # | 5443 | |
| ITBP | 2 | # | 42 | 2 | 418 | # | 464 | |
| SSB | 7 | # | 49 | # | 391 | # | 447 | |
| CISF | 29 | 1 | 235 | 2 | 611 | 10 | 888 | |
| AR | # | # | 18 | # | 715 | 3 | 736 | |
| 2011 | CRPF | 26 | # | 280 | 25 | 2026 | 26 | 2383 |
| BSF | 26 | # | 202 | # | 5649 | # | 5877 | |
| ITBP | 4 | # | 42 | 1 | 342 | # | 389 | |
| SSB | 1 | # | 35 | 1 | 276 | # | 313 | |
| CISF | 23 | 1 | 252 | 4 | 682 | 11 | 973 | |
| AR | # | # | 20 | 2 | 774 | 4 | 800 | |
| 2012 | CRPF | 20 | 1 | 321 | 20 | 4491 | 23 | 4876 |
| BSF | 19 | # | 225 | # | 3227 | # | 3471 | |
| ITBP | 8 | # | 78 | 2 | 256 | # | 344 | |
| SSB | 4 | # | 62 | # | 381 | # | 447 | |
| CISF | 23 | 1 | 230 | 1 | 778 | 7 | 1040 | |
| AR | # | # | 24 | 1 | 351 | 2 | 378 | |
| 2013 (upto June, 2013) |
CRPF | 17 | 1 | 129 | 5 | 1177 | 14 | 1343 |
| BSF | 14 | # | 108 | # | 1117 | # | 1239 | |
| ITBP | 3 | # | 34 | 1 | 98 | # | 136 | |
| SSB | 1 | # | 18 | # | 94 | 1 | 114 | |
| CISF | 1 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 256 | 4 | 324 | |
| AR | # | # | 8 | 1 | 273 | 2 | 284 | |
| Total | 262 | 7 | 2874 | 77 | 32159 | 134 | 35513 | |
(GOs-Gazetted Officer, JCO/SOs-Junior Commanding Officer/Subordinate Officers, # ORs- Other Ranks)
(c) : From the above, it may be seen that the total number of personnel who have proceeded on voluntary retirement during last three years and the current year is only 35513, which is about 1.18% of the Forces posted strength per year. The personnel proceed on voluntary retirement from service mainly due to various personal and domestic reasons including children/family issues, health/illness of self or family, social/family obligations and commitments etc. The Government has taken following steps to improve the service and working conditions of the personnel:-
(i) Implementing a transparent, rational and fair leave policy;
(ii) Grant of leave to the Force personnel to attend to their urgent domestic problems/issues/needs;
(iii) Regular interaction, both formal and informal, among Commanders, officers and troops to find out and address their problems;
(iv) Revamping of grievances redressal machinery;
(v) Regulating duty hours to ensure adequate rest and relief;
(vi) Improving living conditions through provision of basic amenities/ facilities for troops and their families;
(vii) Motivating the forces through increased risk, hardship and other allowances;
(viii) Provision of STD telephone facilities to the troops to facilitate being in touch with their family members and to reduce tension in the remote locations;
(ix) Better medical facilities for troops and their families including introduction of Composite Hospitals with specialized facilities;
(x) Organising talks by doctors and other specialists to address their personal and psychological concerns;
(xi) Yoga and meditation classes for better stress management;
(xii) Recreational and sports facilities and provision of team games and sports etc;
(xiii) Providing welfare measures like Central Police canteen facility to the troops and their families, scholarships to their wards, etc;
(xiv) Giving status of ex-CAPFs personnel to the retired personnel of CAPFs, which is expected to boost the morale of the existing CAPFs personnel and also expected to provide better identity, community recognition and thus higher esteem and pride in the society to the Ex-CAPFs personnel.
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Admin
COMMENTS
MHA vide order dated 10/10/1997 has rationalized Rank and pay structure of non gazzetted cadres in cpmf.Based on said order ,MHA/Assam Rifles upgraded rank and pay scale of LDC from the rank of Head Constable (975-1600) to ASI (1320-2040) at par with other sister CPMF (CRPF/BSF)w.e.f. 10/10/1997 to existing staff.
Similarly,based on said order of MHA, Rank and pay scale of Radio Machanics working in Assam Rifles has also been upgraded from Head Constable to ASI at par with their counterparts working in CRPF/BSF w.e.f.10/10/1997 as decided by Honorable Supreme Court of India in Civil Appeal no 25/2008 decided on 04/01/2008.
Based on said order of MHA and decision in said Appeal, Pharmacists working in CRPF are also entitled for upgradation of their rank and pay scale from ASI(1320-2040) to SI(1400-2300) at par with their counterparts working in ITBP w.e.f. 10/10/1997,but not yet implemented and unnecessary litigation is being created.Request do needfull please.