Archive · 23 Aug 2026
CAPF Veterans Announce Hunger Strike Over IPS Deputation, Pensions
Former paramilitary personnel plan to stop eating for a protest beginning November 7.
They will gather at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
They oppose a new law governing senior jobs in five Central Armed Police Forces.
The law allows many senior posts to be filled by Indian Police Service officers on deputation.
The protesters want the law withdrawn.
They also want the old pension system brought back.
The association says experience inside the forces should matter more than deputation.
It also says the government has not answered its letters about these demands.
The government’s response was not included in the article.
The Alliance of All Ex-Paramilitary Forces Welfare Association will begin a hunger strike at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on November 7.
The veterans are demanding withdrawal of the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Act 2026 and restoration of the old pension scheme.
The Act, effective April 9, sets quotas for IPS officers on deputation in senior positions across five CAPFs.
It removes the 50 percent cap on deputy inspector-general posts held by Group A CAPF officers.
The association says the Act circumvents a Supreme Court directive to progressively reduce IPS deputation up to inspector-general level.
- Who
- The Alliance of All Ex-Paramilitary Forces Welfare Association and CAPF veterans.
- What
- A hunger strike over the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Act 2026, IPS deputation, and restoration of the old pension scheme.
- When
- The hunger strike is scheduled to begin November 7; the Act came into effect on April 9.
- Where
- Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
- Why
- The association wants the Act withdrawn, IPS deputation reduced, and the old pension scheme restored.
- Protesting group
- Alliance of All Ex-Paramilitary Forces Welfare Association
- Protest date
- November 7
- Protest venue
- Jantar Mantar, Delhi
- Law
- Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Act 2026
- Act effective date
- April 9
- IPS deputation provisions
- IPS officers may fill 50% of inspector-general posts, at least 67% of additional director-general posts, and all special director-general and director-general posts in the five CAPFs.
- Other demand
- Restoration of the old pension scheme
- Court directive
- The Supreme Court directed the Home Ministry to progressively reduce IPS deputation up to inspector-general level within two years and conduct a cadre review within six months.