There has been a rise in resignations and applications seeking voluntary retirement from Central armed police forces in 2016, with the BSF and the CRPF topping the chart, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
There was no specific study to find reasons for voluntary retirement and resignation, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said in a written reply. There have been 151 voluntary retirements and resignations of gazetted officers in 2016 compared to 117 in 2015.
The figure for subordinate officers had almost doubled for the same period. There were 1,400 resignations and voluntary retirements in 2016 whereas the figure stood at 707 in 2015.
For other ranks, the figure stood at 7,415 in 2016.
