Parliament Budget Session LIVE: Lok Sabha to take up CAPF Bill 2026 today
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The Lok Sabha is scheduled to take up the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, on Thursday (April 2, 2026), after it was passed in the Rajya Sabha.
The Bill provides for 50% of posts in the CAPFs to be filled by deputation in the rank of Inspector General, and a minimum of 67% of the posts to be filled by deputation in the rank of Additional Director General, and all posts in the ranks of Special Director General and Director General shall be filled by deputation only.
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As Union Minister Amit Shah is expected to be in West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections, MoS Home Nityanand Rai is likely to move the Bill in the House.
On Wednesday (April 1, 2026), the CAPF Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha amid a walkout staged by the Opposition.
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