Question : RECRUITMENT IN PARA MILITARY FORCES

(a) whether the recruitment for various categories in Para Military Forces are conducted annually throughout the country ;

(b) if so, the number of recruitment made for various categories during the last three years, State-wise ;

(c) the minimum physical and educational qualification laid down for the each category and the method of recruitment prescribed therefor ;

(d) whether the Government give some relaxation for recruitment in para military forces as given by Indian Army; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI SRIPRAKASH JAISWAL)

(a) & (b): Recruitment in Central Police Forces (CPFs) for General Duty (GD) steam is done in the ranks of Constable, Sub-Inspector(SI) and Assistant Commandant (AC). Recruitment of Constables (GD) is done by the forces themselves by allocating vacancies to the States/UTs as per guidelines issued by the Ministry. Recruitment for ACs (GD) and SIs (GD) is carried out by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Staff Selection Commission (SSC) respectively at all India level through competitive examinations.Assam Rifles does not recruit personnel in the ranks of SI and AC.

The details of recruitment made by CPFs in the ranks of Constable, SI, and AC of GD stream during the last three years are given in Statement enclosed as Annexure-I.

There are a large number of other posts in different streams, for e.g. Medical, Para-medical, Ministerial, Technical etc, for which recruitment is made by each force as per provisions in the Recruitment Rules. Since the question has not been raised about specific posts, the details have been restricted to the major streams i.e. GD posts in CPFs.

(c), (d) & (e):The requisite details regarding physical and educational qualifications and allowed relaxations for recruitment in the ranks of Constable, SI and AC of GD stream in CPFs are given in statement enclosed as Annexure-II.