New Delhi: The first full tribal Central paramilitary battalion will be ready for training in April 2017 and its 33 per cent recruits will be women.

This was conveyed to Home Minister Rajnath Singh at a high-level meeting held to review the functioning of Central armed police forces here today.

The Home Minister was informed by the senior officers that the CRPF, for the first time, is raising an exclusive composite tribal battalion by recruiting male and female tribal youths from south Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

The recruitment process is going on and is likely to be completed by mid-January, 2017.

“The recruits will be joining during April, 2017 for their basic training. This is also a first recruitment process, where CRPF has implemented 33 per cent reservation at the constable level recruitment for females,” an official statement said.

Singh was informed about the steps to promote the digitisation campaign on cashless transactions launched by the Central government and to make the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel i.e CRPF, BSF, SSB, ITBP, CISF, NSG and Assam Rifles aware about the benefits of usage of latest technology in cashless transaction.

On the directions of the Ministry of Home Affairs, CAPF personnel also attended Digi-Dhan Mela organised by NITI Aayog on December 25 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

The National Disaster Response Force also organised a workshop on December 21 with an aim to train the personnel in process of mobile banking and conducting daily transactions through various mobile application such as UPI, e-wallets and internet banking.

The Home Minister advised the heads of CAPFs to organise workshops upto the battalion level in their forces so as to apprise all the force personnel and their families about benefits and different models of cashless transaction.

Necessary instructions have been passed by the MHA to all CAPFs, the statement said.

PTI