In the last five years, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as many as 2 lakh youths have been recruited in six Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).

Those six Central Armed Police Forces include the Border Security Force and the Central Reserve Police Force. The recruitment is part of the Narendra Modi government’s efforts to provide jobs to unemployed youths, officials said.

However, as of July-end this year, there are still over 84,000 vacancies in these forces — the Border Security Force (BSF), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Assam Rifles (AR). Steps have been taken to fill them too.

According to Union Home Ministry data, the highest number of 1,13,208 youths were recruited in the CRPF in the last five years (2017-2021), 29,243 were recruited in the SSB and 17,482 were hired by the BSF.