CAPF Bill likely in Rajya Sabha on March 25; eight-hour discussion allocated

The Central Armed Police Force (General Administration) Bill, 2026 will apt beryllium introduced successful the Rajya Sabha connected Wednesday (March 25) aft not being taken up for 2 days contempt being initially listed for information connected March 23, a authorities authoritative said. Eight hours person been allocated for instauration and treatment of the Bill successful the Upper House opening Wednesday, a subordinate of 1 of the absorption parties confirmed.

The Bill, which has been criticised by the Opposition members and retired officials, says that successful CAPFs, 50% of the full posts successful the fertile of Inspector General, astatine slightest 67% posts successful the fertile of Additional Director General and each posts successful the fertile of Special Director General and Director General shall beryllium filled by Indian Police Service (IPS) officers connected deputation. Retired officials accidental the Bill is unjust arsenic it goes against a May 23, 2025 Supreme Court judgement which granted Organised Group A Service (OGAS) presumption to CAPF officers and asked the authorities to progressively trim IPS deputation successful CAPFs up to the fertile of I-Gs implicit the adjacent 2 years.

Till now, specified postings were done based connected enforcement orders, and the Bill volition codify the provisions.

Raising the substance earlier Zero Hour commenced successful the Rajya Sabha connected March 23, Trinamool Congress subordinate Derek O Brien said that portion the CAPF Bill was listed for introduction, members “did not person 48-hour beforehand notice”. Following this, TMC members staged a walkout.

Around 2 p.m. the aforesaid day, the subordinate again raised the contented asking “what happened betwixt 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.” that the Home Ministry decided not to present the Bill successful the location and the Appropriation Bill was being considered instead.

Retired CAPF officials person opposed the Bill stating that the authorities is discriminating against cadre officers who won the lawsuit aft 10 years of litigation to flooded vocation stagnation. Due to lack of elder level posts, it takes an serviceman who joins arsenic an Assistant Commandant successful CAPFs, astatine slightest 15-18 years for her/his archetypal promotion. The Home Ministry is the cadre controlling authorization of CAPFs and IPS. There are astir 13,000 CAPF officers successful information forces specified arsenic CRPF,BSF,ITBP, SSB and CISF.

Several Opposition members from the Samajwadi Party, Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal person written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi opposing the Bill.