new Delhi . The announcement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to give at least 100 days leave in a year to all Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel will be implemented soon and a policy has been prepared in consultation with all stakeholders. The officials of the security system gave this information. The Home Minister had announced in 2019 that all CAPF jawans would be given at least 100 days of leave in a year so that they could spend more time with their families.
According to officials, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is examining all the details regarding the proposal before formulating the policy and the CAPFs have also been asked to submit their recommendations to the ministry at the earliest.
Officials also said that the MHA recently held several rounds of meetings to formulate the policy and discuss ways to implement it. The last meeting was held in the second week of March to address the delay in implementation.
He said it is expected that by next month the 100-day annual leave policy is likely to be implemented in all paramilitary forces.
The new annual leave scheme aims to reduce the work-related stress of over one million soldiers in the CAPFs, who have to perform arduous duties in some of the most challenging and unfavorable environmental conditions in remote locations.
Recently, Central Reserve Police Force DG Kuldeep Singh had said that a CRPF jawan gets an average of 60 to 65 days of leave in a year, if a proposal is brought to increase the casual leave from 15 days to 28-30 days. If possible, then 100 days leave can be given for the soldiers.
The move to extend the holiday comes after an increasing number of suicides and fraternity incidents in the recent past.
As per the data shared by the government in Parliament, there have been a total of 25 fratricide incidents in the CAPFs during 2019-2021.
In these incidents, the maximum number of 11 cases were in CRPF and 9 in BSF.
Further, as per the data till August 2021, a total of 680 CAPFs or central paramilitary personnel have died by suicide in the last six years. Force officials said that these figures have now crossed the 700 mark.
A senior official said, “If this 100-day annual leave scheme is fully implemented in para-military forces, it can reduce the issues of suicidal tendencies among jawans and possibly replace voluntary retirement schemes. may also address concerns related to the high number of personnel to be selected.”
—AnyTV News
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