New Delhi, April 27: Reports said that around 1,000 women will be recruited in J&K for a police battalion, which will primarily deal with incidents like stone pelting in the Valley.
About1,40,000 youths in J&K have applied for 5,000 posts in the five IRBs to be raised in the state.
The women battalion will primarily deal with incidents like stone pelting in the Kashmir valley and other law and order duties, a Home Ministry official said.
The issue was discussed today at a high-level meeting chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Rs 80,000 crore development package announced for J&K by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015.
The IRBs are being raised with an aim to provide jobs to the local youths and 60 per cent of vacancies in the new battalions will be filled from the border districts of the state.
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