Re-employment of Ex-Servicemen & Ex-CAPF

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO 2833

ANSWERED ON   27.08.2013

RE EMPLOYMENT OF EX SERVICEMEN

2833 . Shri Abhijit Mukherjee

Will the Minister of Home Affairs  be pleased to State:-

(a) whether the Government has any plan to re-employ a large number of personnel retiring from the Armed Forces as well as Central Para-Military Forces comparatively at younger age by way of forming an Auxiliary/ Central Force to deal with the natural calamities; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)

(a) & (b): No Madam. There is no such plan to re-employ a large number of personnel retiring from the Armed Forces as well as Central Para-Military Forces comparatively at younger age by way of forming an Auxiliary/CentralForce to deal with the natural calamities.

However, National Disaster Response force (NDRF) has been created under section 44 of DM Act 2005 for the purpose of specialist response to a threatening disaster situation or disaster. NDRF personnel are taken on deputation from various Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) for a period of five years and 20% of the available strength is rotated every year after completion of the prescribed 5 years tenure.

Source: Lok Sabha Q&A