Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a portal on Thursday for allotment of residential quarters to Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel.
Mr. Shah said the portal ‘CAPF e-Awas’ will end the “caste system” prevalent in allotment of residential quarters to the jawans as it will bring transparency and accountability.
He said CAPFs have been a strong pillar supporting various internal security responsibilities which include controlling riots or through deployment in Jammu and Kashmir and northeast.
“India is becoming the global production hub and CAPF personnel who ensure internal security have a big role in this,” Mr. Shah said, adding that since Independence more than 35,000 police personnel have lost their lives while ensuring internal security.
He said it is the responsibility of the government to care for the families of jawans who protect the nation’s borders in difficult circumstances, so that they can serve the country without worry.
“A system had been created in the CAPFs under which only personnel of the Force for which houses had been constructed could be allotted these houses. This had left many thousands of houses vacant. This has now been changed through the e-Awas portal and houses lying vacant will also be available for personnel of other CAPFs. This will increase the Housing Satisfaction Ratio by 13% without even constructing a building,” he said.
He said in the last eight years more than 31,000 houses have been constructed, more than 17,000 houses are under construction and about 15,000 additional houses have been proposed to be constructed. “The housing satisfaction ratio was around 33% in 2014 and is 48% today. With the launch of the CAPF e-Awas portal, it will increase by 13%,” the Minister said.
Mr. Shah said that an e-Transfer software has been developed to bring transparency to the transfer of CAPF personnel. At present ITBP and CISF have started using this software on an experimental basis. With the e-Transfer software, the posting can be linked with the age and health status of jawans, he said.
