Two women officers have been promoted to IG rank for the first time in which paramilitary forces?

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BSF

NSG

CRPF

CISF

Correct Answer : CRPF

For the first time in India, two women officers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Annie Abraham and Seema Dhundiya, who were inducted into the force in 1987.

Notably, the Central Reserve Police Force was also the first Central Armed Police Force to induct women in combat in 1986, have been promoted to the rank of Inspector General on 2 November 2022.

Inspector general Annie Abraham will be posted as the head of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) of the CRPF while IG Seema Dhundiya will head the Bihar Sector of the CRPF.

RAF is being headed by a woman officer for the first time since its Raising in 1992. While the paramilitary forces are perceived as an extremely challenging job for women, New India has seen more and more women joining the forces as the environment gets conducive for them to work.

Infact, women officers have held senior ranks across India’s various paramilitary forces such as Archana Ramasundram who served as DG of Sashastra Seema Bal, and Manjari Jaruhar as Special DG in the CISF...

Source : News on Air

Published On : November 3, 2022

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