New Delhi, July 23: The Centre has decided to recruit over 54,000 jawans in paramilitary forces this year. According to reports, out of the total 54,953 vacancies advertised by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), 21,566 posts are kept for the CRPF. It is the country’s largest paramilitary force. A total of 47,307 vacancies are for men, and 7,646 are for women in the constable (general duty) cadre.

The paramilitary forces includes Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Assam Rifles (posts to be called Rifleman), National Investigation Agency and the Secretariat Security Force (SSF). A senior official told PTI, “The central forces, called the central armed police forces (CAPFs) and central police organisations (CPOs), are set for further expansion by raising of new battalions and hence the government has advertised these new vacancies after sanction from the Union home ministry.”

As per advertisement, applicants should be between the age group of 18-23 years and must have completed class 10. The salary offered, as per the SSC advertisement, is in the matrix of Rs. 21,700-69,100. First, a computer-based exam will be conducted, then physical efficiency test, physical standard test and a final medical test will be conducted before being inducted into these forces.

The CAPFs are deployed for guarding borders, undertaking anti-Naxal operations, assisting in law and order duties, protecting high-value infrastructure and assets apart from a variety of other security tasks across the country. The NIA is the federal terror probe agency while the SSF provides security staff to central government establishments.

The Paramilitary forces come directly under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The last date to send an application for these vacancies is August 20.

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