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Stagnant Ranks, Broken Morale: The cost of CAPF’s skewed HR policies
CRPF commandos in an anti-Naxalite operations camp in Chhattisgarh. (Photo for representation)A slow-burning crisis is consuming India’s central armed police forces (CAPFs) from within. Not a crisis of courage – the jawans and officers of...
Chanakya’s Warning and India’s Shame: How the state fails its CAPFs
Two commandos of the CRPF’s elite CoBRA special operations unit during jungle-warfare training. (Photo for representation.)“The day the soldier has to demand his dues will be a sad day for Magadha, for then, on that day, you will have los...
Give CAPF officers what Supreme Court ordered – and what they earned
The Indian Army chief, Gen Upendra Dwivedi, pinning a medal on a BSF soldier for playing an exceptional role during Operation Sindoor, in May 2025. (File photo)The Border Security Force, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, and the Sashastra Seema Bal gua...
Supreme Court judgment on CAPF officers is final. Implementation must begin
Fresh officers during a pass-out ceremony at the CRPF Academy at Kedarpur, Gurugram, Haryana. (File photo for representation.)On May 23, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment that vindicated the professional capabilities of central armed po...
End Colonial Charade: Implement Supreme Court judgment on CAPF officers now
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2025–2026)Winston Churchill, ever the sceptic of Indian administrative capabilities, once declared: “To give India self-government now would mean the end of any prospect of India be...
Blood, Sweat, and Bureaucracy: Supreme Court’s CAPF ruling demands immediate implementation
Fresh BSF officers at their passing-out parade at the BSF Academy, Tekanpur (Gwalior), in December 2024. (Photo: BSF)In my previous analysis of India’s central armed police forces (CAPFs), particularly the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), B...
Erosion of India’s armed forces is a cause for national concern
The national emblem on the top with the insignias of (L to R) Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, and the Headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Sanket Oswal)Not so long ago, India was perceived as a healthy d...
Tackling attrition in CAPFs: A call for in-depth analysis and proactive measures
Fresh BSF recruits celebrating after their passing-out parade in Srinagar. (File photo for representation.)Morale and motivation are the vital cornerstones of any efficient force, and the CAPFs are no exception. They are intertwined; neglecting one w...
Unveiling injustice: Have the armed forces been discriminated against? Hardly any doubt.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh (2R) with the Army chief, Gen Manoj Pande; Air Force chief, ACM Vikram Ram Chaudhari; and the Navy chief, Admiral Radhakrishnan Hari Kumar. (Photo: MoD)“Well fought Blue, Red is the Winner.” This situa...
Indian Armed Forces: Whose military is it anyway?
Army contingents marching during Republic Day parade in New Delhi. (Representational photo)The 2014 general election was unique in many ways. The world, perhaps for the first time, witnessed expenditure on a poll campaign on such a massive scale, esp...Results
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