New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the Central Government shall ensure to implement a system where a Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel gets to live with his family members for about 100 days.
Shah was addressing at the 56th Anniversary Parade of the SSB and said, “The SSB has never taken a step back whenever it was needed to sacrifice itself for the security of the country. Wherever the jawans of SSB were posted, irrespective of the country and situation, they have kept their duties above their lives. We are ensuring implementation of a system where an SSB jawan gets to stay with his family for about 100 days.”
Shah applauded the SSB jawans by saying that the force caught banned substances worth over Rs 380 crore on India-Nepal and India-Bhutan borders.
“The SSB is responsible for about 2,450 kilometres of the open boundary between India and Nepal and India and Bhutan. Both countries are our friends, but the easiness in infiltration has seen a lot of misuses across the globe. In one year, SSB has caught banned substances worth over Rs 380 crore on the borders out of which Rs 166 crore of seized materials like alcoholic substances and drugs were recovered,” Shah said.
He also said that Home Ministry is taking steps for the welfare of the SSB jawans and the retirement age of the personnel has been increased from 57 to 60 years.
