Question

Which is the only Para Military Force in the Country which has 06 Mahila (Ladies) Battalions?
1. ITBP
2. CISF
3. CRPF
4. BSF

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : CRPF

• Mahila Battalions
  • CRPF is the only Para Military Force in the Country which has 06 Mahila (Ladies) Battalions.
  • After its training in March 1987, 88(M) Bn won laurels for its work assisting the Meerut riots and later with the IPKF in Srilanka. Personnel of second Mahila battalion (135 Bn) performed credibly during the Lok Sabha elections 1996 in many states. At present mahila personnel are deployed in active duty in Jammu & Kashmir, Ayodhya, Manipur, Assam and other parts of the country where they are doing commendable job. ln addition each RAF battalion has a Mahila (Ladies) component consisting of 106 personnel.

• With increasing participation of women in politics, agitation and crime, policemen have been feeling handicapped in handling women agitations especially because even a small, real or alleged misdemeanour on their part in dealing with any matter related to women has the potential of tuming into a serious law & order problem. To cope with such eventualities the first Mahila Bn in CRPF, the 88(M) Bn was created in 1986 with HQR in Delhi. The successful experiment of the 88 (Mahila) Bn and ths ever increasing requirement of a Mahila component in dealing with emerging law and order situation as well as the Govemment emphasis to empower the women Departnent had taken a of raising the second and third Mahila Bn i.e the 135 (M) Bn with HQR at Gandhinagar (Gujarat) in 1995 and the 213 Bn with HQR at Nagpur(Maharastra) in 201 l.
• Further to augment above concept 03 new CRPF Mahila Bn. i.e. the 232(M), 233(M) Bn & 240 (M) Bn also raised during 2014-15,2015-16 & 2016-17 respectively.