Voluntary retirement and resignation by officers and personnel of CRPF

Voluntary retirement and resignation by officers and personnel of CRPF
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO-374
ANSWERED ON-19.02.2014

Voluntary retirement and resignation by officers and personnel of CRPF
374 . DR. CHANDAN MITRA

(a) whether it is a fact that about 16,665 officers and personnel of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have availed voluntary retirement or resigned from service during the last four years;

(b) if so, the reasons for such a large scale exodus of personnel from CRPF;

(c) whether there is any transparent grievance redressal mechanism and specific promotional avenues in CRPF, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(d) the steps taken by Government to grant CRPF the status of organized service and provide for professional career management including related benefits like non-functional upgradation?

ANSWER

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*374 FOR 19.02.2014.

(a): As reported by the Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF), the details of officers and personnel of CRPF who have proceeded on voluntary retirement or resigned from service during the last 4 years are as under:-

Year
(1) CRPF officers/personnel who proceeded on Voluntary retirement

(2) CRPF officers/personnel who Resigned

(3) Total

(4)=(2)+(3)
2010 2801 822 3623
2011 2379 971 3350
2012 4854 830 5684
2013 3519 667 4186
Total 13553 3290 16843

(b): The total number of CRPF officers/personnel who proceeded on voluntary retirement or resigned from service during the last four years are only 16843, which is about 1.41% of the existing total Force strength per year. It may also be seen that the number of officers/personnel of CRPF who have taken voluntary retirement or resigned from the service declined during the year 2013 as compared to 2012. The CRPF officers/personnel proceeded on voluntary retirement or resigned mainly due to their personal and domestic reasons, including children/family issues, health/illness of self or family, social/family obligations and other commitments etc. Some personnel sought voluntary retirement to enjoy a static life by availing pensionary benefits after completing 20 years of regular service.

(c): To address the personal as well as official problems and grievances of the Force personnel, the CRPF already have a proper grievance redressal mechanism in place at all levels viz Unit/ Battalion, Group Centre, Range, Sector & Directorate level.

R.S.S.Q.NO. 374 for 19.02.2014

On receipt of the grievance from the serving/retired personnel or from their spouse or from NOKs of the deceased personnel regarding maintenance of family, non receipt of pension/family pension, and other terminal dues etc., the same is forwarded to all concerned offices i.e. Sector, Range, Group Centre and unit with the instructions to settle their grievances within 30 days. The applicant is also apprised with the factual position/ status with reference to his/her grievance within the stipulated time.

Further, the Force Headquarters also take care of the personal grievances of the officials regarding their promotions/transfers and other related service matters through personal audiences, representations/ petitions etc.

Promotional avenues are available in the Force for the personnel at different levels as per the Recruitment Rules for the respective ranks. The cases of eligible personnel are placed before the Departmental Promotion Committees. Some time, even those personnel are also considered for promotion who fall short of the eligibility conditions of residency etc. by granting them relaxation in the residency period and other eligibility conditions to fill up the vacancies. Further, the Govt. has also extended fast track promotion from the post of Inspector to Assistant Commandant through Limited Departmental Competitive Examination-Assistant Commandant. Time bound financial upgradation of Senior Time Scale is granted to Assistant Commandants after completion of 4 years of service and to Medical officers up to IG(Medical) rank under Dynamic Assured Career Progression Scheme. All service benefits/promotional avenues and Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme are extended to the Force personnel as per the existing norms.

(d): CRPF does not fall under the Organized Group-A Service (OGAS) category as it does not fulfill the requisite criteria/conditions of the OGAS prescribed by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). Also, it is a conscious decision of the Government not to grant them status of Organised Group A Service due to command and control issues in the Force. The Force personnel are, instead, given benefits of MACP as per the recommendation of 6th Central Pay Commission. Further, other financial benefits in the form of a number of allowances are also given to the Force personnel as per their eligibility/entitlement/place of posting.

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