NEW DELHI : The government on Tuesday informed the Parliament that there were 1,11,093 posts lying vacant across the paramilitary forces, with the majority of them at the constable-rank.Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the recruitment process was hit by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
The selection of nearly 56,000 constables was done for the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and the Assam Rifles recently, the minister added.In response to a query by BJP MP from Jaipur (Rural) Rajyavardhan Rathore, the MoS for Home Affairs said there were 28,926 vacancies in the Border Security Force (BSF) followed by 26,506 in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 23,906 in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), 18,643 in.