Retd Paramilitary staff gets ex-servicemen status
November 8th, 2012
Government has given its approval for granting retired paramilitary personnel from forces like CRPF, CISF, BSF, ITBP and SSB the status of ex-servicemen which will enable them to avail welfare benefits.
What will be the benefits of this status?
With the new status, the retired personnel of paramilitary forces will be able to avail certain canteen and hospital facilities run by the government while they will be able to apply for jobs in the private sector which recognizes "ex-servicemen" as a trained and suitable talent for their organizations. Govt will also approach states to provide benefits to the wards of these retired personnel in educational institutes and jobs. Currently, India has more than 4 lakh retired paramilitary personnel. The total strength of these forces is about 8 lakh men and women
the official definition adopted in 2011, "Paramilitary Forces" refers to three organisations which assist the Indian Armed Forces particularly closely and are led by officers of the Indian Army or Indian Navy. They are [1]
- The Assam Rifles (AR) 50,000 personnel
(led by Indian Army officers reporting to the Ministry of Home Affairs) - The Special Frontier Force (SFF) 10,000 personnel
(led by Indian Army officers reporting to Indian Intelligence) - The Indian Coast Guard 5,400 personnel (29 stations)
(usually led by Indian Navy officers and reporting to the Ministry of Defence).
The term "paramilitary forces" was previously used to refer to a variety of armed services that aid the operations of the law enforcement agencies of India and the Indian Armed Forces.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is an Indian force conceived on October 24, 1962 for security along the India's border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, border covering 2115 kilometres. It is one of the Central Armed Police Forces. The first Director General of the ITBP was Late Sardar Balbir Singh (itbpolice.nic.in). This was also his brain child along with his colleagues.
ITBP is a multi-dimensional force which primarily has 4 functions-
- Vigil on the northern borders, detection and prevention of border violations, and promotion of the sense of security among the local populace.
- Check illegal immigration and trans-border smuggling .
- Provide security to sensitive installations and threatened VIPs.
- Restore and preserve order in any area in the event of disturbance.
- to maintain the peace in the country.
Presently, Battalions of ITBP are deployed on Border Guarding Duties from Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Diphu La in Arunachal Pradesh, covering 3488 km of the India-China Border.
The ITBP is trained in Civil Medical Camp, disaster management, and nuclear, biological and chemical disasters. ITBP personnel have been deployed abroad in UN peacekeeping missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Haiti, Sudan, and elsewhere....CELEBRATED GOLDEN JUBILEE
Armed Border Force (Sashastra Seema Bal or SSB (Devanāgarī: सशस्त्र सीमा बल, ) is one of India's Central Armed Police Forces. It is often referred to as a paramilitary force (although it is not one of the three officially defined paramilitary forces of India). It is currently under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India. It was formerly known as the Special Service Bureau.
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) maintains roads that serve the borders areas of India. It is staffed with a combination of Border Roads Engineering Service officers from the General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) and officers from the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The organisation develops and maintains arterial roads on the borders of India. The BRO is also involved in the construction of a tunnel at the Rohtang pass.
BRO has operations in twenty-two states, including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory
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