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CAPF Punarvaas scheme linking WARB with PSARA website for re-employment

PIB announces CAPF Punarvaas scheme linking WARB with the PSARA website for re-employment of retired and willing Ex-CAPF/AR personnel.

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Samachar Pathshala Desk
23 Jul 2026 · 1 min
A computer screen showing two connected government web portals for retired security personnel and private security agencies, with a document folder and a security badge beside the screen.
Key takeaways
  • The Ministry of Home Affairs launched CAPF Punarvaas as a portal linkage for re-employment support.
  • The PSARA framework regulates private security agencies and is part of the new linkage.
  • The Welfare and Rehabilitation Board provides the retired-personnel data channel used in the linkage.

What happened

The Ministry of Home Affairs has launched CAPF Punarvaas by linking the Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005 website with the Welfare and Rehabilitation Board (WARB) website. The stated purpose is to make data of retired and willing Ex-CAPF/AR personnel available to private security agencies for re-employment.

Background and earlier position

The UPSC angle · GS2 · GS3

UPSC may frame CAPF Punarvaas as a welfare-linked manpower recycling measure for retired Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles personnel. The issue connects institutional welfare, private security regulation under the Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005, and the broader demand for trained security manpower in India.

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