Exams for constables in CAPFs to be conducted in 13 regional languages, Hindi and English | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs (MHA) on Saturday approved the conduct of constable (general duty) examination for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in 13 regional languages. This is in addition to Hindi and English.
The historic decision has been taken at the initiative of Union home minister Amit Shah to give impetus to the participation of local youths in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and encourage regional languages, an official statement said.

In addition to Hindi and English, the question paper will be set in Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Odia, Urdu, Punjabi, Manipuri and Konkani.
“In a landmark decision under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, (the) ministry of home affairs has approved conducting constable (general duty) examination for CAPFs in 13 regional languages, in addition to Hindi and English,” an official statement said.
The CAPFs are the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the National Security Guard (NSG).
The announcement comes days after Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin wrote to Amit Shah, calling him to include Tamil as a language for the written exam in the recruitment for CRPF personnel.
– With agency inputs