Encouraging signs from J&K as 1.5 lakh apply for police posts

Terror groups have threatened to attack the police in J&K, but that has not been a deterrent.

There has been some very encouraging response with 1,50,000 youth in Jammu and Kashmir applying for the 5,000 posts in the new police battalions to be raised in the state.

Authorities processing recruitments in the five India Reserve Battalions have received around 1,50,000 applications, 405 of which are from the Kashmir Valley.

PTI quoted a government officer saying, "This is a very encouraging response as there are 30 applicants for one post." The IRBs are being raised with an aim to provide jobs to the local youths and 60 per cent of vacancies in the new battalions will be filled from border districts of the state. The cost of raising each battalion is around Rs 61 crore and 75 per cent of it will be provided by the Central government.

Personnel of India Reserve Battalions are normally deployed in their respective states but they can be deployed in other states too if required.

At present, there are 144 India Reserve Battalions in various states. In addition, four IRBs each are being raised in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, 12 in Maoist-hit states besides the five battalions in Jammu and Kashmir.

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