New Delhi: PM Manmohan Singh today said the government is committed to providing the best facilities to Police Forces who are serving the nation in very adverse conditions, risking their lives.
After laying the foundation stone for the Central Armed Police Forces Institute of Medical Sciences (CAPFIMS), Singh said men and women of these Forces CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP, SSB, Assam Rifles and NSG work in very adverse conditions.
The Central Armed Police Forces personnel are deployed in some of the most difficult places in the country including the Left-Wing Extremism affected States, the North-Eastern States and Jammu and Kashmir.
Manmohan Singh said, It is a matter of great happiness for all of us that this project has finally reached the implementation stage.
Singh said the CAPFIMS will serve a long-felt need. It will ensure better health care for the families of the Central Armed Police Forces personnel, who spend much of their time away from home discharging their arduous and onerous responsibilities.
Singh said the Central Government had sanctioned 126 additional battalions in these Forces, out of which 71 battalions have already been raised and the remaining are expected to be raised within the current financial year.
We have also given focused attention to strengthening infrastructure and building capacity. The 12th Plan outlay for strengthening infrastructure for Central Armed Police Forces is more than Rs 12,500 crore. Since the year 2008, 24 new training institutes have been sanctioned for these Forces, he also said.
Bureau Report
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