400 pc jump in jawans, officers leaving CAPFs in 2017: Govt

Jawans and officers leaving paramilitary forces witnessed an over four-fold increase last year when compared to 2015, owing to various personal and domestic reasons, the government informed Parliament today.

The maximum resignations or voluntary retirements have taken place in the ranks of constables and head constables in the forces tasked with maintaining internal security in the country.

Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, said the "number of officers and jawans of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles who left their job in 2017 is 14,587 as compared to 3,425 in the year 2015."