BSF opens facilitation centres in Naxal-infested areas in Odisha

In one of the biggest recruitment drives in Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) the government has decided to recruit over 54,953 jawans in armed forces like BSF, CRPF and ITBP. The CAPFs are deployed for guarding borders, undertaking anti-Naxal operations, assisting in law and order duties, protecting high-value infrastructure and assets apart from a variety of other security tasks across the country. A total of 47,307 vacancies are for men and 7,646 are for women in the constable (general duty) cadre in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Assam Rifles, National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Secretariat Security Force (SSF). The recruitment is through Staff Selection Commission (SSC).

The Border Security Force (BSF) has opened facilitation centres at number of locations in Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Nabarangpur for helping youth free of cost in the recruitment process and enhancing their scope in securing an employment /service. Generally, youth of remote areas could not get a chance to compete with the mainstream to get an employment in spite of their talent and eligibility due to lack of awareness and ignorance in applying, preparing and appearing for the exams.