Lok Sabha Question No. 1309 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-03
Subject: Central Armed Police Forces
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Ujjwal Raman Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1309

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  DECEMBER, 2024/ AGRAHAYANA 12, 1946 (SAKA)

CENTRAL ARMED POLICE FORCES

†1309.     SHRI UJJWAL RAMAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  total  number  of  Women Jawans recruited in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) during the year 2024;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  been  unable  to  achieve  the  target  of recruiting women to 33 percent posts in the CAPF;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the total of Women jawans likely to be recruited in the CAPF during the year 2025?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Total  number  of  Women  jawans  recruited  in  Central  Armed  Police

Forces (CAPF)  & Assam Rifles (AR) during the year 2024 are  as under:

| CAPFs & AR                               |   No. of recruited |   No. of ongoing recruitment |
|------------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|
| Assam Rifles (AR)                        |                 08 |                           42 |
| Border Security Force (BSF)              |                152 |                         1849 |
| Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) |                209 |                         2344 |
| Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)      |                276 |                          216 |
| Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)        |                 62 |                          960 |
| Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)                |                128 |                           58 |
| Total                                    |                835 |                         5469 |

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 1309 FOR 03.12.2024

(b) to (c): It is a constant endeavour of the Ministry to increase the number of women in CAPF. It is noteworthy that number of women in CAPF has gone up from 15,499 in 2014 to 42,190  in 2024. The percentage of women in CAPFs & AR as on 30.09.2024 is enclosed as per Annexure-I.

## (d): Total of Women jawans likely to be recruited in the CAPFs & AR during the year 2025 I

| CAPFs & AR                               | Number   |
|------------------------------------------|----------|
| Assam Rifles (AR)                        | 100      |
| Border Security Force (BSF)              | 2,419    |
| Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) | 818      |
| Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)      | 242      |
| Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)        | 456      |
| Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)                | 103      |
| Total                                    | 4,138    |

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LS UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1309

## ANNEXURE-I

REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN CAPFs & AR AS ON 30.09.2024

| Sl.No.   | CAPFs &AR   | Total sanctioned strength   | Total posted strength   | Strength of Women   |   %age |
|----------|-------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|--------|
| 1        | CRPF        | 3,30,883                    | 2,97,604                | 10,076              |   3.38 |
| 2        | BSF         | 2,65,808                    | 2,53,775                | 11,195              |   4.41 |
| 3        | CISF        | 1,93,058                    | 1,51,448                | 10,641              |   7.02 |
| 4        | ITBP        | 98,858                      | 89,838                  | 3,642               |   4.05 |
| 5        | SSB         | 1,00,444                    | 92,366                  | 4,101               |   4.43 |
| 6        | AR          | 66,411                      | 63,173                  | 2,535               |   4.01 |
| Total    | Total       | 10,55,462                   | 9,48,204                | 42,190              |   4.44 |