84,405 posts vacant in CAPF to be filled up by December 2023: Government
Press Trust of India | July 27, 2022 | 09:29 PM IST | 1 min read
CAPF: The total strength of CRPF, BSF, CISF, SSB, ITBP and Assam Rifles is 10,05,779; CRPF has the highest number of vacancies.
NEW DELHI: A total of 84,405 posts are lying vacant in six Central Armed Police Forces, with the Central Reserve Police Force having the highest number of vacancies at 29,985, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Union minister of state for home Nityanand Rai also said the government has decided to fill up the existing vacancies in CAPFs by December 2023. The total strength of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Assam Rifles is 10,05,779.
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Altogether, 84,405 posts are lying vacant in the six CAPFs, Rai said in a written reply to a question. He said the CRPF has the highest number of vacant posts at 29,985, followed by 19,254 in the BSF, 11,402 in the SSB, and 10,918 in the CISF, 3,187 in the ITBP and 9,659 in the Assam Rifles. The minister said the examination for filling up 25,271 posts of constable (general duty) has already been conducted.
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