Better facilities for BSF at border posts: Shinde
18 May 2013 6:38 AM IST
Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde Friday lauded Border Security Force (BSF) personnel for guarding areas prone to infiltration and said more facilities would be provided to the troopers deputed on the border-posts.
‘The government is aware about the difficult conditions in which BSF personnel work. Their task becomes more difficult in adverse climatic conditions. The government is taking every possible step to enhance the service conditions of the BSF,’ Shinde said at 11th investiture ceremony of the BSF here.
He added: ‘I expect senior officers of the BSF to be little more considerate about the problems faced by junior officers and jawans.’
‘Living conditions in borders of the force have undergone a major transformation in last few years with better facilities for jawans. I am confident that within the next two years, basic facilities will improve further even in the remotest border-post of the force,’ he added.
Shinde said he was ‘well aware of the adverse climatic condition and shortage of infrastructure at some places’.
‘A lot of welfare schemes have been undertaken for the betterment of BSF jawans like jawans pension adalat, scholarship scheme and provisional of educational loans for their wards. These steps certainly will go a long way in strengthening the morale of jawans,’ he added.
The minister added that a family housing scheme was also underway to provide better housing for officers and other personnel.
Shinde also decorated 15 BSF personnel with the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) and 34 other officers and troopers with the Police Medal for Meritorious Service (PMMS).
PEOPLE CREATE WRONG IMPRESSION OF MY STATEMENTS: MINISTER
Facing flak for several goof ups, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today expressed disappointment over people misunderstanding him over his comments and said a ‘wrong impression’ is being created.
Referring to a recent incident, where the minister had expressed his desire to bring in a new and attractive uniform for Home Guard personnel, Shinde said, it was misunderstood that he was intending to change the official dress of all central paramilitary forces.
‘Sometime I make statement and some people at the higher level...those who are retired...misunderstand me. When I had talked about the (change of) uniform of home guards they took it for (change in) uniform of the entire paramilitary forces.
Some people misunderstand me and give wrong impression...,’ he said at a BSF event here.
‘The government is aware about the difficult conditions in which BSF personnel work. Their task becomes more difficult in adverse climatic conditions. The government is taking every possible step to enhance the service conditions of the BSF,’ Shinde said at 11th investiture ceremony of the BSF here.
He added: ‘I expect senior officers of the BSF to be little more considerate about the problems faced by junior officers and jawans.’
‘Living conditions in borders of the force have undergone a major transformation in last few years with better facilities for jawans. I am confident that within the next two years, basic facilities will improve further even in the remotest border-post of the force,’ he added.
Shinde said he was ‘well aware of the adverse climatic condition and shortage of infrastructure at some places’.
‘A lot of welfare schemes have been undertaken for the betterment of BSF jawans like jawans pension adalat, scholarship scheme and provisional of educational loans for their wards. These steps certainly will go a long way in strengthening the morale of jawans,’ he added.
The minister added that a family housing scheme was also underway to provide better housing for officers and other personnel.
Shinde also decorated 15 BSF personnel with the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) and 34 other officers and troopers with the Police Medal for Meritorious Service (PMMS).
PEOPLE CREATE WRONG IMPRESSION OF MY STATEMENTS: MINISTER
Facing flak for several goof ups, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today expressed disappointment over people misunderstanding him over his comments and said a ‘wrong impression’ is being created.
Referring to a recent incident, where the minister had expressed his desire to bring in a new and attractive uniform for Home Guard personnel, Shinde said, it was misunderstood that he was intending to change the official dress of all central paramilitary forces.
‘Sometime I make statement and some people at the higher level...those who are retired...misunderstand me. When I had talked about the (change of) uniform of home guards they took it for (change in) uniform of the entire paramilitary forces.
Some people misunderstand me and give wrong impression...,’ he said at a BSF event here.
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