Honour to personnel of para military forces queried in Rajya
Sabha
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME
AFFAIRS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1474
ANSWERED ON-18.12.2013
Honour to personnel of para military forces
1474 . SHRI KIRANMAY NANDA
(a) whether it is a fact that by now 31,895 security
personnel belonging to para-military forces have lost their lives in
discharging their duties in internal security of nation, but Government has not
considered their sacrifice as "Shaheed/martyrs" because they do not
belong to Army, Air Force or Navy;
(b) if so, whether Government has any plan to go for
Constitutional Amendment in present Act so that sacrifice of our security
personnel can be honoured as "Shaheed/martyrs"; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI
R.P.N. SINGH)
(a) to (c): No sir. As reported by the CAPFs, the number of
force personnel, who have sacrificed their lives in action, is 4942. The
Government does not differentiate between the sacrifice made by the personnel
belonging to the various armed forces of the union. The Ministry of Defence
have indicated that shaheed/martyr is not defined anywhere and presently they
are not issuing any such order/notification to this effect in respect of the
defence personnel. Similarly, no such order/notification to this effect is
issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs in respect of the CAPF personnel who are
killed in action while discharging their duties. However, their families/Next
of Kin (NOKs) are given full family pension under the Liberalized Pensionary
Award (LPA) rules, i.e. the last pay drawn, and ex-gratia compensation as per
rules in addition to the other ex-gratia/benefits admissible.
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