'4 paramilitary forces seek 53 new battalions'
New Delhi, March 19 -- The Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) has received proposals from four paramilitary forces to raise at least 53 new battalions, comprising around 53,000 personnel, a parliamentary committee on home affairs has said in its report.
The parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, in its report, said the MHA is considering the proposal to raise 20 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 12 Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), 16 Border Security Force (BSF) and five Assam Rifles (AR) battalions.
The report, tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday by the committee led by BJP MP Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, also said that the MHA has approved and raised at least seven battalions of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and three battal...
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