The Centre has asked state governments to clear pending dues for Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) deployment while mentioning a new five-year policy in this regard. The Home Ministry in a letter to state governments has conveyed that in years to come, they will have to more for CAPF deployment. Currently, states pay somewhere between Rs 13 crore annually for CAPF deployment and around Rs 34 crore for deployment in the high-risk regions. But by 2023-24, the states will have to pay Rs 22 crore annually and up to Rs 42 crore for CAPF deployment in high risk zones. There are six central paramilitary forces that are active in the country including — Assam Rifles, Border Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Sashastra Seema Bal.

Source: dna October 10, 2019 09:45 UTC