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PANJIM: In a landmark decision, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved conducting Constable (General Duty) examination for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in 13 regional languages, in addition to Hindi and English.
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The historic decision has been taken at the initiative of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah to give impetus to participation of local youth in the CAPFs and encourage regional languages.
In addition to Hindi and English, the question paper will be set in Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Odia, Urdu, Punjabi, Manipuri and Konkani.
The decision will result in lakhs of aspirants taking part in the examination in their mother tongue/regional language and improve their selection prospects.
The MHA and Staff Selection Commission would sign an addendum to the existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the conduct of the examination in multiple Indian languages. Constable GD is one of flagship examinations conducted by the Staff Selection Commission attracting lakhs of candidates from across the country.
The examination in 13 regional languages in addition to Hindi and English will be conducted from January 1, 2024 onwards.
Thanking the Union government for the historic decision to conduct Constable (GD) CAPFs exams in 13 regional languages including Konkani, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that it surely will open more opportunities to local youth who aspire to join CAPFs.
