Lok Sabha Question No. 416 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Welfare Schemes for Paramilitary Forces
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari, Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy, Dayakar Pasunoori, Geetha Viswanath Vanga

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 416

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020/ MAGHA 15, 1941 (SAKA) WELFARE SCHEMES FOR PARAMILITARY FORCES

416.  SHRI N. REDDEPPA: SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY: SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR: SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  working  on  various  welfare  schemes  for paramilitary forces;

(b) if so, the details thereof during the last five years; and

(c)  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  enhance  housing satisfaction  for  jawans  and  officials  of  the  central  armed  police  forces, 100  days'  leave  per  annum  with  their  families  getting  health  cards  and other facilities for their families?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Welfare  of  Central  Armed  Police  Forces  (CAPFs)  and  Assam Rifles (AR) is a continuous process. Some of the major steps taken by the Government towards the welfare of CAPFs and AR including enhancement of housing satisfaction are listed at Annexure-1.  In addition, Government has decided to take appropriate steps to facilitate 100 days per year stay of the force personnel with their families. Government is also taking steps to  extend  better  medical  facilities  to  the  force  personnel  and  their families by issuing health cards.

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## ANNEXURE-1 L.S.US.Q.NO.416 FOR 04.02.2020

## Government of India has taken the following decisions towards the welfare of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles (AR) :-

-  Enhancement of existing Risk & Hardship Allowance for personnel deployed in the State of Jammu  and  Kashmir  and  Left-Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  affected  Districts  for  Anti  Naxal Operations.  The increase in allowances varies from Rs. 2987/- p.m. to Rs. 11987/- p.m. for officers  and  from  Rs.  2231/-  p.m.  to  9831/-  p.m.  for  PBORs,  depending  on  the  areas  of deployment.
-  Sanction  of  additional  HRA  at  the  rate  of  'Y'  Class  city  (16%  of  basic  pay)  to  the  CAPF personnel posted in Kashmir Valley for keeping their families at last place of posting.
-  Travel by air of non-entitled personnel of CAPF/AR and NSG from Delhi to Srinagar and back on duty/transfer/tour and also from Jammu to Srinagar and back on official duty/ transfer/tour and leave (on termination/commencement at base point at Jammu) has been allowed.
-  Air Courier Services for CAPFs, IB and NDRF personnel posted in North East and Jammu &Kashmir sectors to facilitate convenient movement of jawans as a welfare measure.
-  Upgradation of 35,496 posts Constable to Head Constable (BSF-11529, CRPF-13860, AR2484,  ITBP-3024  &  SSB-4599)  between  2015  and  2019  for  increasing  the  promotional avenues in CAPFs.
-  Cadre reviews have been undertaken, interalia, to facilitate better promotional avenues.
-  Benefits available to the Next of Kin (NoK) of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) & Assam Rifles' personnel who are killed in action: -

-Central Ex-gratia: The Central ex-gratia lump-sum compensation has been enhanced with effect from 01/01/2016 from Rs. 15 lakh to Rs. 35 lakh for death on active duty and from Rs.  10  lakh  to  Rs.  25  lakh  for  death  on  duty,  as  the  case  may  be,  to  the  NoK  of  the deceased CAPF & AR personnel.

- -Extra Ordinary Pension : The  NoK of the deceased are entitled to get Liberalized Family Pension (i.e. last pay drawn) under Central Civil Service (Extra Ordinary Pension) Rules, 1939.

## ANNEXURE-1 L.S.US.Q.NO.416 FOR 04.02.2020

- -Service Benefits: All service benefits viz, Death-cum-Retirement Gratuity (DCRG), Leave Encashment,  Central  Government  Employees  Group  Insurance  Scheme  (CGEGIS), General Provident Fund (GPF) etc. are admissible.
- -Funds from 'Bharat Ke Veer': 'Bharat ke Veer' is an online portal which enables people to donate  voluntarily  to  the  NoKs  of  CAPF  personnel  who  sacrifice  their  lives.    Such contributions are made directly to the accounts of NoKs online.  In addition, funds received in Bharat Ke Veer corpus are also distributed to the NoKs of such personnel.
- -'Operational  Casualty  Certificate':  The  CAPFs  personnel  killed  in  action  get  'Operational Casualty  Certificate'  on  the  line  of  'Battle  Casualty  Certificate'  as  available  to  Armed Forces.  NoKs are entitled to certain benefits viz Air and Rail  travel fare concession and allotment  of  Oil  Product  Agencies  etc  on  the  line  of  benefits  that  NoKs  of  the  Defence personnel get on being conferred 'Battle Casualty Certificate'.
-  Prime Minister Scholarship Scheme (PMSS):Under PMSS, an amount Rs.2250/- per month for girls and Rs.2000/- per month for boys is released to the wards of serving / Ex-CAPFs, AR and National Security Guard (NSG) personnel. The amount of Scholarship has been increased from Rs. 2000/- per month to Rs. 2500/ per month for boys and from 2250/- per month to Rs.3000/- per month for girls from the academic year 2019-2020 onwards.
-  The present housing satisfaction level in CAPFs is 43.78% (as on 19.12.2019), i.e. against the authorization of 2,68,341 houses, 1,17,481 houses are available. Apart from the above, Government have sanctioned purchase of 5938 ready-built flats for CAPFs in the last three years (2017-18 to 2019-20).
-  Web Portal and Mobile App to redress grievances of CAPF personnel.
-  In addition to the medical facilities available to Central Government employees, there are 40 composite hospitals for providing specialty services to the CAPF personnel and their family members.  These  composite  hospitals  are  common  to  all  the  CAPFs  (BSF,  CISF,  CRPF, ITBP, SSB), NSG and Assam Rifles. Govt. has allowed appointment of doctors on contractual basis to meet the requirements of the Forces. Apart from the above, as and where required, CAPFs personnel and their families can also take treatment from CGHS empanelled private hospitals, if such specialized services are not available in CAPFs hospital.

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