Lok Sabha Question No. 1199 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-27
Subject: Deaths of Paramilitary Personnel
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar, Kani K. Navas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1199

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27 TH  JULY, 2021/ SRAVANA 5, 1943 (SAKA)

DEATHS OF PARAMILITARY PERSONNEL.

1199. SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR: SHRI K. NAVASKANI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that a large number of paramilitary personnel have sacrificed their lives for the Nation:

(b)  if  so,  the  number  of  paramilitary  personnel  who  have  sacrificed  their lives for  the Nation during the last five years in each of the Paramilitary Forces; and

(c) the details of compensation provided to the families of the paramilitary personnel who died in the line of duty?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b):    The number of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles (AR) personnel who have sacrificed their lives for the Nation during the last five years are as under:-

## L.S.US.Q. NO.1199 FOR 27.07.2021

| Name of the Force   |   Number of personnel who have sacrificed their lives for the Nation during the last five years |   Number of personnel who have sacrificed their lives for the Nation during the last five years |   Number of personnel who have sacrificed their lives for the Nation during the last five years |   Number of personnel who have sacrificed their lives for the Nation during the last five years |   Number of personnel who have sacrificed their lives for the Nation during the last five years | Total   |
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|                     |                                                                                            2016 |                                                                                            2017 |                                                                                            2018 |                                                                                            2019 |                                                                                            2020 |         |
| CRPF                |                                                                                              43 |                                                                                              52 |                                                                                              28 |                                                                                              60 |                                                                                              26 | 209     |
| BSF                 |                                                                                              20 |                                                                                              09 |                                                                                              23 |                                                                                              17 |                                                                                              09 | 78      |
| ITBP                |                                                                                              03 |                                                                                              04 |                                                                                              06 |                                                                                              03 |                                                                                               0 | 16      |
| SSB                 |                                                                                              01 |                                                                                              02 |                                                                                              02 |                                                                                              02 |                                                                                              01 | 08      |
| CISF                |                                                                                               0 |                                                                                              01 |                                                                                              02 |                                                                                              04 |                                                                                               0 | 07      |
| AR                  |                                                                                              09 |                                                                                              08 |                                                                                              06 |                                                                                              02 |                                                                                              12 | 37      |
| Total               |                                                                                              76 |                                                                                              76 |                                                                                              67 |                                                                                              88 |                                                                                              48 | 355     |

## (c):        Details  of  compensation/benefits  provided  to  the  families  (Next  of

## Kin) of the CAPFs/AR personnel are given in the Annexure.

## ANNEXURE L.S.US.Q. NO.1199 FOR 27.07.2021

## Benefits available to the Next of Kin (NoK) of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) & Assam Rifles' personnel who are killed on duty:

- (i) 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.

(ii) Extra Ordinary Pension: The NoK of the deceased are entitled to get Liberalized  Family  Pension  under  Central  Civil  Service  (Extra  Ordinary Pension) Rules, 1939.

- (iii) 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.
- (iv) Force  Level  Welfare  Schemes:  Each  of  the  force  has  set  up  force level  welfare  schemes  for  their  personnel  such  as  Benevolent  Funds, Financial  Assistance/Scholarship  to  the  children  for  education,  financial assistance for daughter's/sister's marriage, etc.

## ANNEXURE L.S.US.Q. NO.1199 FOR 27.07.2021

(v) 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 online directly to the accounts of NoKs. In addition, funds received in Bharat Ke Veer corpus are also distributed to the NoKs of such personnel.

(vi) 'Operation Casualty Certificate': 'Operation Casualty Certificate (OCC)'  are  given  to  the  NoKs  of  CAPFs  personnel  killed  in  action  on  the lines of 'Battle Casualty Certificate' in Armed Forces. OCC entitles NoKs to certain benefits viz Air and Rail travel fare concession, allotment of Petrol Pumps, etc. on the lines of benefits available to NoKs of the Armed Force personnel.

(vii) Prime Minister Scholarship Scheme (PMSS): Under PMSS, an amount Rs.3000/- per month for girls and Rs.2500/- per month for boys is released to the wards of serving / Ex-CAPFs, AR and National Security Guard (NSG) personnel.

(viii)  Provision of Ex-gratia compensation by the States/UTs: Many States/Union  Territories  have  also  made  provision  to  pay  compensation /assistance to NoKs as per their own rules.

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