New Delhi:- The Centre has accepted CRPF’s suggestion against para-military forces personnel going public with operational details on ‘Anubhav’, a portal created for sharing commendable work done by them, citing “risk” to national security.
The largest central para-military force (CPMF) had also said that sharing operational details will jeopardise the security of jawans deployed in insurgency or militancy-hit areas.
‘Anubhav’ was started by the Personnel Ministry recently where retired employees can showcase the good work done by them during active service.
According to minutes of the review meeting on ‘Anubhav’ held earlier this month by the Personnel Ministry, the CRPF representative present had objected to putting operational details in public domain.
The commandant-rank officer had conveyed since a large part of a soldier’s time is spent on operational activities in the field, making it public “will be a risk to national security and could compromise the safety” of the personnel still in service.
The Defence Ministry, which was represented by a Director level officer, also had a word of caution when its representative said ‘Anubhav’ should not be reduced to a grievance portal.
The objection came at a meeting called by the Personnel Ministry with representatives of CRPF, Defence and Railways ministries, among others to encourage submission of write-ups for ‘Anubhav’–a portal for the retiring central government employees to showcase commendable work done by them during their service.
After hearing them out, Secretary (Pension) clarified that in case of Border Security Force, CRPF, Indo Tibetan Border Police, Sashastra Seema Bal, Central Industrial Security Force and other paramilitary forces, there is no need to put up details relating to operational activities but administrative experience can be shared.
The rationale behind starting the exercise, which is being monitored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is that it would provide satisfaction to the retiring employee and also act as a motivator for those still in service.
“This would also be a wonderful opportunity to garner the resource of retiring employees for voluntary contribution to nation building post-retirement,” a Personnel Ministry official said.
Government employees retiring within six months have been requested to submit write-ups of not more than 5,000 words for the portal, he said.
About 264 write-ups have already been published on the Anubhav website, while another 42 are in the pipeline. As many as 13 write-ups have been rejected.
PTI
