CRPF, BSF willing to recruit transgenders
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, July 4
The CRPF and BSF have agreed to the proposal of recruiting transgenders in their ranks even as other Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) have begun the process of firming up their views for the change in the recruitment rules on the matter.
‘All forces on board’
All border guarding forces are by and large have, in principle, agreed to the proposal and are in the process of finalising their respective formats to recruit transgender candidates in their ranks at officer level — Senior MHA official
A senior official in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the largest among the paramilitary outfits, said, “We fully value the spirit of the order of the Supreme Court on transgenders. We already have a gender neutral work environment. In view of the impending policy guidelines of the MHA, we shall make it further compatible as per the need.”
Similarly, in the Border Security Force (BSF), an official said the security outfit had already communicated their consent for recruiting transgender candidates in its ranks at the officer level (Assistant Commandant-AC). “The consent was sent soon after receiving the communication from the MHA around 2019 yearend,” he said.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) have already put in place the process of firming up their opinion. The two forces have written to their field formations to elicit their opinion on the issue of transgender recruitment.
In a communication to the CAPFs, the MHA has sought their views.
