Lok Sabha Question No. 304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Strength of Women Personnel in CAPFs
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Geetha Viswanath Vanga, Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 304

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019/ KARTIKA 28, 1941 (SAKA)

STRENGTH OF WOMEN PERSONNEL IN CAPFs

304. SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH: SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  actual  strength  of  women  personnel  in  the  Central  Armed  Police Forces (CAPFs), State-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  is  giving  more  incentives  to  women  while recruiting them to encourage them; and
- (c)  the  special  recruitment  drives  conducted  and  enrolment  in  this  regard alongwith the response received so far?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

- (a) The State/UT-wise strength of women personnel in CAPFs is at Annexure-I.

(b) & (c) The details are at Annexure-II.

No special recruitment drive have been conducted for female candidates.

## L.S. U.S. Q. No. 304 for 19.11.2019

## ANNEXURE -I

| No.   | Name of State/UT     | Strength of Women   | Strength of Women   | Strength of Women   | Strength of Women   | Strength of Women   |       |
|-------|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------|
| No.   | Name of State/UT     | CRPF                | BSF                 | CISF                | ITBP                | SSB                 | TOTAL |
| 1     | Andaman & Nicobar    | 0                   | 0                   | 8                   | 0                   | 1                   | 9     |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh       | 419                 | 115                 | 446                 | 38                  | 63                  | 1081  |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh    | 15                  | 5                   | 12                  | 6                   | 9                   | 47    |
| 4     | Assam                | 322                 | 234                 | 471                 | 50                  | 146                 | 1223  |
| 5     | Bihar                | 692                 | 405                 | 978                 | 140                 | 204                 | 2419  |
| 6     | Chandigarh           | 2                   | 5                   | 2                   | 7                   | 2                   | 18    |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh         | 395                 | 86                  | 216                 | 20                  | 28                  | 745   |
| 8     | Delhi                | 256                 | 114                 | 243                 | 41                  | 43                  | 697   |
| 9     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 1     |
| 10    | Daman & Diu          | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0     |
| 11    | Goa                  | 1                   | 1                   | 2                   | 0                   | 0                   | 4     |
| 12    | Gujarat              | 177                 | 109                 | 156                 | 34                  | 23                  | 499   |
| 13    | Haryana              | 321                 | 176                 | 361                 | 125                 | 132                 | 1115  |
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh     | 107                 | 45                  | 91                  | 105                 | 31                  | 379   |
| 15    | Jammu & Kashmir      | 142                 | 138                 | 151                 | 27                  | 28                  | 486   |
| 16    | Jharkhand            | 314                 | 150                 | 436                 | 70                  | 54                  | 1024  |
| 17    | Karnataka            | 233                 | 137                 | 206                 | 38                  | 25                  | 639   |
| 18    | Kerala               | 418                 | 120                 | 288                 | 45                  | 46                  | 917   |
| 19    | Ladakh               | 11                  | 0                   | 10                  | 12                  | 11                  | 44    |
| 20    | Lakshadweep          | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0     |
| 21    | Madhya Pradesh       | 275                 | 198                 | 353                 | 55                  | 67                  | 948   |
| 22    | Maharashtra          | 391                 | 193                 | 414                 | 70                  | 71                  | 1139  |
| 23    | Manipur              | 217                 | 108                 | 126                 | 26                  | 139                 | 616   |
| 24    | Meghalaya            | 2                   | 13                  | 18                  | 1                   | 0                   | 34    |
| 25    | Mizoram              | 7                   | 14                  | 7                   | 0                   | 6                   | 34    |
| 26    | Nagaland             | 9                   | 8                   | 36                  | 0                   | 7                   | 60    |
| 27    | Odisha               | 389                 | 156                 | 415                 | 46                  | 52                  | 1058  |
| 28    | Puducherry           | 2                   | 2                   | 0                   | 1                   | 0                   | 5     |
| 29    | Punjab               | 237                 | 842                 | 187                 | 127                 | 48                  | 1441  |
| 30    | Rajasthan            | 452                 | 290                 | 457                 | 120                 | 128                 | 1447  |
| 31    | Sikkim               | 0                   | 1                   | 3                   | 6                   | 6                   | 16    |
| 32    | Tamilnadu            | 269                 | 94                  | 236                 | 28                  | 28                  | 655   |
| 33    | Telangana            | 70                  | 0                   | 163                 | 9                   | 5                   | 247   |
| 34    | Tripura              | 30                  | 39                  | 46                  | 2                   | 4                   | 121   |
| 35    | Uttar Pradesh        | 1103                | 505                 | 1231                | 341                 | 408                 | 3588  |
| 36    | Uttarakhand          | 200                 | 104                 | 149                 | 370                 | 77                  | 900   |
| 37    | West Bengal          | 443                 | 809                 | 721                 | 81                  | 168                 | 2222  |
|       | GRAND TOTAL          | 7922                | 5216                | 8639                | 2041                | 2060                | 25878 |

## L.S. U.S. Q. No. 304 for 19.11.2019

## ANNEXURE -II

- (i) In  compliance  of  recommendations  given  by  Parliamentary  Committee on Empowerment of Women in its sixth report, directions were issued to all CAPFs on 31.05.2011 to bring percentage of women in the forces to 5%.

(ii) On 05.01.2016 it has been decided to reserve 33% posts at Constable level for being filled up by women in CRPF & CISF to begin with and 14-15% posts at Constable level in border guarding forces i.e. BSF, SSB & ITBP. This

- (iii) Recruitment  is  being  conducted  by  making  wide  publicity  through print/electronic media.
- (iv) All female candidates have been exempted from payment of application
- (v) Standard for Physical Standard Test (PST) and Physical Efficiency Test (PET)  for  all  female  candidates  for  recruitment  in  CAPFs  is lesser in

(vi) Physical  Efficiency  Test  (PET)  for  female  candidates  for  the  post  of Constable(General  Duty)  is  1.6  kms  in  8  1/8  minutes  in  place  of  5  kms  for

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