Fri May 23 22:50:00 UTC 2025: **News Article:**

**India Grants Honorary Ranks to Retiring Paramilitary Personnel to Boost Morale**

**New Delhi, May 24, 2025** – The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved a new policy to award honorary senior ranks to retiring Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel. This move aims to uplift morale and acknowledge the service of officers who, due to organizational constraints, may not have received promotions during their careers.

The policy, sanctioned on Friday, May 23, 2025, will grant the next senior honorary rank to retiring constables, head constables, assistant sub-inspectors, and sub-inspectors on their last day of service. The MHA clarified that the honorary rank will not entail any additional financial or pensionary benefits.

“To boost the morale, pride and confidence of the CAPF personnel who have had a long tenure, it has been decided to accord the next senior honorary rank to officials on the day of the retirement. This will entail no additional financial or pensionary benefits,” stated the official order, which was approved by Home Minister Amit Shah.

Eligibility for the honorary rank requires a clean service record and no disciplinary actions within the past five years. Mandatory vigilance clearance is also necessary.

The decision follows concerns raised by former CRPF Director-General Anish Dayal Singh, who, upon his retirement on December 31, 2024, suggested that personnel benefiting from the Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) scheme but lacking rank promotions should be allowed to wear the insignia of the next senior rank before retirement.

While all CAPF personnel are entitled to at least three promotions, the MACP scheme provides financial benefits equivalent to the next senior rank after 10, 20, and 30 years of service in the absence of actual promotion opportunities. The new policy seeks to provide a tangible recognition of their service and contribution.

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