Central paramilitary forces engaged in fighting against Maoist insurgency are now planning to align local youths to its fold with a view to achieve success in their goal of defeating the red rebels. For this purpose, central forces deployed in all insurgency hit states are trying to woo local youths through open recruitment drive.
This will benefit paramilitary forces in double way – while their rank will grow with local youths joining as young recruits, the forces will also be able to garner more information regarding the minute geographical details about the internal parts of Gondwana terrain, which so far has been completely a mystery for them.
Having arrived to fight against the Maoists, assimilating local youths will be a new experience for the paramilitary forces. In Chhattisgarh alone 2272 youth will be recruited who after their selection would join the five paramilitary forces – Central Reserve Police Force, Boarder security Force, Seema Suraksha Bal, Central Industrial Security Force and Indo Tibet Border Police.
In Dantewada, responsibility of recruiting local youths has been assigned to CRPF which will recruit 282 youths in the district. Commandant of CRPF 195 Battalion Vinay Anand Prakash has been made the recruitment officer for the district. According to Prakash, the recruitment drive is intended to bring the local youths to the main stream of the society. This will not only help secure the future of these youths but also reduce the unemployment in the area besides strengthening the base of a better society.
The CRPF Commandant said that under the civic action plan, free training programme is organised by them to enable the youths to compete in free recruitment rally. The rally is slated to be conducted at two places in dantewada. The first rally will be organised at Police line Karli from 27 to 30 May and at Panchayat Stadium Kuakonda from May 31 to June 1. In the rally recruitment will be done for 93 post of general category, 76 post of Backward class, 88 of scheduled Castes and 27 of scheduled tribes category.
Meanwhile, CRPF 195 Battalion is organising free of cost pre recruitment training for local youths and so far has selected 145 youths for the training on the basis of their physical and educational standards. While classes are held to train them for written test, for physical test they are given the training of running 5 km besides other physical regimen. After clearing written and physical test, the youths will have to undergo rigorous medical check up.
Presently, youths selected for training are provided free lodging in camp premises, food, clothes, shoes and also stationeries for reading so they could be able to compete in the selection rally and secure their future in the services of Paramilitary forces. On selection, these youths will be given training in different training centres of central forces and thereafter will be appointed on the pay scale of Rs 21-22 thousand per month besides other benefits announced by the government time to time.