Constable examination for CAPFs will now be in 13 regional languages

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Ministry of Home Affairs has approved conducting Constable (General Duty) examination for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) in 13 regional languages, in addition to Hindi and English. The historic decision has been taken at the initiative of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah to give impetus to participation of local youth in the CAPF and encourage regional languages.

In addition to Hindi and English, the question paper will be set in the following 13 regional languages:

Assamese

Bengali

Gujarati

Marathi

Malayalam

Kannada

Tamil

Telugu

Odia

Urdu

Punjabi

Manipuri

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 Ministry of Home Affairs and Staff Selection Commission would sign an addendum to the existing MoU to facilitate the conduct of the examination in multiple Indian languages.