Satisfaction among CRPF, BSF personnel low due to no quarters: CAG

NEW DELHI: A report from Comptroller and Audit General of India ( CAG) has found that the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) like CISF, CRPF and BSF have provided very limited number of residential quarters leading to low satisfaction level among them.

The performance audit titled--construction activities in CAPFs,said the satisfaction level in providing residential accommodation for personnel of CAPFs was ranging between 3 to 22 per cent as on March 2014 as against the prescribed satisfaction level of 25 per cent.

There were problems in land acquisition as CAPFs failed to adhere to the time limit prescribed by the Home Ministry mainly due to their failures in identification of land, obtaining administrative approval and expenditure sanction, delay in depositing the cost of land with state governments etc,.

“CAPFs did not pursue the matter with state governments for speedy completion of land acquisition process resulting in delays,” the report said. The CAG said there was complete absence of any planned interaction between higher authorities of CAPF or Home Ministry and state revenue departments for sorting out issues causing abnormal delay in acquisition of land.