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More than 93,000 posts are lying vacant successful the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles, the authorities informed the Rajya Sabha connected Wednesday (March 11, 2026).
In a written reply to a question, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai presented information connected vacancies successful the paramilitary forces, showing that the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has the highest fig of 28,342 vacant posts followed by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) with 27,400 vacancies.
The Border Security Force (BSF) has 14,531 vacancies, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has 12,333, and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has 6,784 vacant positions. The Assam Rifles has 3,749 vacancies, taking the full to 93,139 posts.
Responding to concerns implicit whether the vacancies person affected instrumentality enforcement, interior information and catastrophe effect capabilities, Mr. Rai said the information unit are continuing to execute their responsibilities effectively. “The forces are discharging each duties successful a highly nonrecreational mode done optimal utilisation of disposable resources,” helium said.
The Minister added that filling vacancies successful CAPFs and Assam Rifles is simply a continuous process, with recruitment being carried retired done agencies specified arsenic the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the Staff Selection Commission (SSC).
He said respective measures person been taken to expedite recruitment, including yearly recruitment for Constable (General Duty) posts done the SSC, information of a nodal unit to coordinate recruitment for cardinal ranks, and the usage of vigor frequence recognition (RFID) exertion during carnal tests to streamline the enactment process.
The authorities has besides reduced the clip taken for aesculapian examinations and lowered cut-off marks for shortlisting candidates successful categories facing shortfalls to guarantee capable recruitment, the Minister said.
Regular meetings of departmental promotion committees are besides being conducted to capable promotional vacancies and accelerate the manpower augmentation process, helium added.
In effect to different question, Mr. Rai laid retired the information connected resignation of employees moving successful assorted CAPFs.
According to the information presented to the House, resignations person been connected the emergence implicit the past fewer years arsenic determination were 2,333 resignations successful 2025 compared to 1,255 successful 2021. The information shows that determination were 1,183, 2,037, and 2,724 resignations successful 2022, 2023, and 2024, respectively.
The figures besides amusement that determination has been a diminution successful the fig of suicides, fratricides, and voluntary retirements successful the paramilitary forces.
The fig of suicides has travel down to 158 successful 2025 arsenic compared to 143 successful 2021. The fig of fratricide cases has travel down to 4 successful 2025 from 11 successful 2021. Voluntary retirements person dropped from 10,828 successful 2021 to 4,291 successful 2025.
On the question, whether the authorities is reconsidering for restoration of OPS (Old Pension Scheme) and perks etc. to CAPF unit besides aft the Delhi High Court has fixed a judgement successful 2023 treating Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) unit arsenic "Armed Forces of Union of India," the Minister said that "the issue/matter is presently sub-judice and is pending adjudication earlier the Supreme Court of India.”
When asked astir the payment boards for CAPFs, Mr. Rai said that “the Ministry has established the Welfare and Rehabilitation Board (WARB) to look aft the payment and rehabilitation of retired CAPF unit and their families, including adjacent of kin (NoKs) of deceased/disabled personnel”.
WARB has further designated Central payment officers (CWOs), State payment officers (SWOs) and territory payment officers (DWOs) successful States/U.T.s, Mr. Rai added.
