First-ever all-women CISF reserve battalion of 1,000 personnel sanctioned by Centre
- The Union Home Ministry issued a sanction order approving this exclusive women’s reserve unit, which will comprise 1,025 personnel led by a senior commandant-rank officer.
In a significant move to empower women across the country and encourage more to join the forces, the Union government on Tuesday, November 12, sanctioned the establishment of the first-ever all-women reserve battalion of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). The battalion will consist of over 1,000 personnel and support the force's expanding duties.
According to officials, this new unit will be formed within the CISF's existing manpower of roughly 200,000 personnel. The CISF had previously requested the establishment of an all-women battalion, which has now been granted, as confirmed by a home ministry official.
In a statement, CISF Deputy Inspector General Deepak Verma said, “The CISF headquarters has started preparations for the early recruitment, training and selection of location for the HQrs of the new Battalion.”
"The training is being specially designed to create an elite Battalion capable of performing multifarious roles as Commandoes in VIP security and also security of airports, Delhi Metro Rail duties," mentioned the statement. Also Read | CISF personnel’s quick reaction saves life of passenger at Delhi airport | Watch
The women’s reserve unit will comprise 1,025 personnel led by a senior commandant-rank officer. Currently, the CISF maintains 12 reserve battalions, which are typically kept in reserve and deployed as reinforcements when new tasks arise.
Such tasks include temporary responsibilities such as election security, assignments like the recent addition of Parliament House security.
The force has a huge women interface at facilities like the 68 civil airports that it guards, the Delhi Metro and historical monuments like the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort.
Apart from these installations, the 1969-raised CISF provides a counter-terrorist security cover to a number of facilities in the nuclear and aerospace domain apart from those in the private sector like the Infosys offices in Bengaluru and Pune, Reliance refinery in Jamnagar (Gujarat), among others.
(With agency inputs)
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First Published:12 Nov 2024, 11:34 PM IST
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