Transgender officers: Four CAPFs agree, CISF seeks more time to discuss issue
(WorldNews India)

NEW DELHI: The CISF, the paramilitary force that guards over 60 airports in the country and the , has sought more time to reply to the government on whether transgenders can be recruited as its combat officers, officials said on Saturday. In a first-of-its-kind move, (MHA) had recently asked for "comments" on the issue from the five paramilitary or Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) so that (UPSC) can be intimated whether or not to include the "" category in the soon-to-be published notification for this year's CAPFs' assistant commandants (ACs) exams. The AC is the entry-level officer rank in the five CAPFs - (CRPF), (BSF), (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police...