Highlighting the low representation of women in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), a parliamentary committee has asked the Union Home Ministry to take steps to encourage them to join the services, besides recommending a reservation for transgenders.
In its latest report, the panel said a policy may be explored for women officers to be given soft postings and not subject them to extremely strenuous working conditions.
The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, headed by BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi, said the representation of women personnel in the CAPFs and Assam Rifles is 3.76% as on September 30, 2022.
