Over 9,000 personnel have left Indian paramilitary forces this year owing to reasons varying from domestic problems to deployment in remote and difficult terrains, besides Voluntary Retirement schemes and death or disability.
The highest attrition has been reported by Central Reserve Police Force with 3,522 personnel quiting their job, Indian Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken told the Lower House Lok Sabha in a written reply on Tuesday.
It was followed by BSF with 3,000 and Central Industrial Security Force with 1,417 personnel leaving the forces. In total, the attrition rate up to June 30 this year in the six
paramilitary forces was 9,036.
"The main reasons for attrition are superannuation,retirement, removal from service on account of disciplinary proceedings, death or disability, resignation and voluntary retirement.
They also include "family, personal or domestic problems, separation from family for long durations, difficult duties in remote or hard areas, sickness, mental depression, psychiatric and emotional cases," Maken said.
Other reasons cited by him were fear of punishment for wrong doings, attractive alternative employment and reduction of qualifying service for full pension after the sixth Central Pay Commission.
Maken said steps have been taken to prevent the high attrition rates. They include transparent leave policy, revamping of grievance redressal machinery, provision of telephone facilities to troops, increased risk and hardship allowance, yoga classes for better stress management, better
facilities and others.