The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced reserved seats for wards of Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles personnel in undergraduate medical education. The reservation applies to wards of serving and deceased personnel, and it covers both MBBS and BDS admissions.
Background and earlier position
Central Armed Police Forces personnel and Assam Rifles personnel perform demanding internal-security duties. Educational support for their dependents is a welfare measure that can reduce family burden linked to prolonged field deployment, risk, and service-related hardship.
What changed now
The Ministry of Home Affairs has now announced a specified reservation in MBBS and BDS for wards of serving and deceased personnel of Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles.
Why it matters for UPSC
Related current affairs
- Reservation and age relaxations for Ex-Agniveers in CAPFs/Assam Rifles recruitment
- Welfare and Rehabilitation Board (WARB) for retired CAPFs and their families
- CAPF e-Awas Portal for registration and allotment of residential quarters
- Contributory Welfare Fund guidelines for uniform payouts to next of kin of deceased CAPF personnel
- Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) for wards and widows of CAPFs and Assam Rifles
- Ex-gratia payments for CAPF deaths during duty, including terrorist/enemy action