New Delhi, Oct 10 (TIWN) States and union territories will have to pay around 10 per cent more each year till 2024 to secure the services of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and Rapid Action Force (RAF) as the Ministry of Home Affairs has reviewed the policy on fixation of deployment charges for various duties.

The Home Ministry, however, makes exception for the northeastern states, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Left Wing Extremism-affected states, asking them only to pay 10 per cent of the total charges of CAPF deployment.  The ministry urged states and union territories to "ensure necessary heads are opened in their budget, if not existing, to facilitate regular payment of deployment charges".  The ministry has also asked to rationalise the deployment charges of CAPFs, which comprises of - Border Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Assam Rifles, National Security Guard and Sashastra Seema Bal.  Apart from counter-insurgency operations in troubled states and conflict zones, states ask MHA to provide paramilitary forces for various law and order, rescue and relief operations and security arrangements.