Question : STAMPEDE IN RECRUITMENT CAMPS



(a) the total number of recruitment drives conducted by the Central Paramilitary Forces during each of the last three years and the current year, force-wise;

(b) the total number of stampede cases reported and candidates killed/ injured in recruitment camps during the said period, force-wise; and

(c) the details of the compensation provided to the families of the deceased and the injured during the said period?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI GURUDAS KAMAT)

(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1942 FOR 8.03.2011:

(a) The details are as under:-

Force	2008	2009	2010	2011
Assam Rifles 23 10 15 - BSF 13 8 10 1 CISF 1 - 3 (venues) - CRPF 4 2 4 1 (under way) ITBP 12 6 12 1 SSB 2 3 3 -

(b): No stampede cases have been reported while conducting recruitment in CPMFs except in CISF. There was a stampede during the recruitment of followers (Group-D) at CISF 8th Reserve Battalion, Jaipur on 11.3.2008 in which one person was killed.

(c): No compensation paid by CISF.