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  • CRPF Constable Recruitment 2023: Notification for 1.30 lakh released, 10% reserved for Agniveers

    CRPF Constable Recruitment 2023: Notification for 1.30 lakh released, 10% reserved for Agniveers


    NEW DELHI: On Thursday, the Ministry of Home Affairs released a notification for the recruitment of approximately 1.30 lakh constable positions in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), which includes a 10 per cent reservation for Agniveers.
    The notification reads, “8n exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 18 of the Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949 (66 of 1949) and in supersession of the Central Reserve Police Force Group ‘C’ (General Duty/Technical/Tradesmen) Cadre Recruitment Rules, 2010 in so far as they relate to the post of (General Duty Cadre), Constable, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the post of Constable (General Duty) in Group ‘C’ post, General Duty Cadre in the Central Reserve Police Force.”
    A total of 1,29,929 posts of Constable (General Duty) which includes 4667 posts for women in General Central Service, Group ‘C’, Non-Gazetted, (Non-Ministerial Combatant) have been announced in the notification.
    The upper age limit shall be relaxable up to five years for the candidates of the first batch of Ex-Agniveers. And the upper age limit shall be relaxable up to three years for the candidates of Ex-Agniveers. Ex-Agniveers shall be exempted from Physical Efficiency Test (PET), it reads.
    It further reads that 10 per cent of vacancies shall be reserved for Ex-Agniveers for recruitment to the post of Constable (General Duty).
    Eligibility
    Candidates must be matric or equivalent from a board or university recognized by the Central Government or State Government or equivalent Army qualification in case of Ex-Army personnel. They must also meet the physical and medical standards for recruitment to the posts of constable in CRPF.
    Age Limit
    Apart from educational qualifications, they must be in the age group of 18 to 23 years.
    CRPF Constable Recruitment 2023
    CRPF Constable Recruitment 2023



  • Uphold dignity in death penalty

    Uphold dignity in death penalty


    There are layers upon layers in the judicial debate on capital punishment — the efficacy and ethics of administering the death penalty, the adequacy of procedural safeguards, the choice of the most humane way to execute a person, and even the moral argument — but at its heart rests the motivation to safeguard the dignity of the life that is to be extinguished. It is this impetus that has animated the Supreme Court (SC) to narrow the scope of the death penalty to rarest-of-rare cases, insist on procedural safeguards, ask courts to make a list of mitigating circumstances before taking a decision, and decide whether long delays in deciding on mercy petitions or review pleas are grounds enough to commute their sentence. This same motivation was behind the SC’s move this week, asking the Centre to discuss whether there are less painful ways to execute the death sentence than hanging by the neck, the current practice.

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    This debate has played out at various levels across the world, but which, in India, has been muted. (PTI)

    This debate has played out at various levels across the world, but which, in India, has been muted. Of the 53 countries that retain capital punishment, several have moved from hanging to lethal injection or the electric chair (such as the United States). In India, the first institutional response to this debate came in 1967 when the 35th law commission report found that “there is a considerable body of opinion which would like hanging to be replaced by something more humane and more painless”, but stayed away from a firm conclusion. Again, in 2003, the 187th law commission report recommended alternative modes of execution, such as lethal injection, but didn’t receive a response from the central government.

    In recent decades, even as the number of executions has tapered, India has been roiled by polarised opinions on whether the death penalty is necessary. Yet, the spirit of the Constitution bestows a deeper duty on the government and the judiciary — to administer this irreversible punishment in the most humane way possible to preserve dignity not only in life, but also in death. Efforts to affirm this dignity, therefore, should not be limited only to the mode of execution, but also must be expanded to ensure that the marginalised don’t face heightened risks of death row, and that all legal checks are followed. As the 2003 report observed, “The State should not punish with a vengeance”.

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