March 08, 2015 11:05 am | Updated November 17, 2021 03:14 am IST - New Delhi
Till now, women could only don the combat uniform in the officer cadre in all central security forces like the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and the border guarding forces Border Security Force and Sashastra Seema Bal, except ITBP. File Photo: A. Muralitharan
The Union Home Ministry has given in-principle approval for recruitment of women officers in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), a specialised mountain force that guards the 3,488-km India-China border at high altitudes along the Himalayan ranges.
The Ministry is soon expected to amend the recruitment rules, following which the Union Public Service Commission will advertise recruitment of women officers of the Assistant Commandant rank.
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