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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...
SMPP wins additional order for 10,000 bullet-proof jackets for paramilitary forces
New Delhi: SMPP Limited, a Delhi-based manufacturer of ballistic protection equipment, has received an additional order for 10,000 bulletproof jackets for paramilitary forces including the Border Security Force (BSF), the Central Industrial Security ...
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...
Democratic Dilemma: How elections compromise border security
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2025–26)Every election season in India brings with it a peculiar national security paradox: the very forces meant to guard our borders are pulled away to guard ballot boxes. This isn&rsqu...
My Identity Crisis: The CAPF soldier’s perennial dilemma
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2025–26)Am I a civilian employee, a police officer, or part of the armed forces of the Union? This question is both confusing and difficult to answer. I will attempt to untangle this comp...
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...
CAPF Leadership Crisis: Supreme Court speaks, government must act
The Supreme Court of India. (File photo)With over a million personnel in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB),...
Bangladesh’s descent into chaos is a looming threat to India’s eastern frontier
The Siliguri Corridor, also known as the “Chicken’s Neck”, shown by the pin on this Google Maps screenshot.Bangladesh has been in a perpetual state of upheaval since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina’s government on August 5, 2024. ...Results
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