Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently launched a new online portal ‘e-Awas’ for CAPF personnel.

• With the help of this new portal, CAPF personnel will also be able to find the houses available with other forces instead of searching for accommodation available in their force. This web portal will enable online registration and allotment of residential quarters to eligible personnel of CAPFs and Assam Rifles.
• Apart from the Assam Rifles, the CAPFs also include Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
• According to the data released by the Ministry of Home Affairs, at present about 19 percent of the houses of the CAPFs are vacant and through this portal, the force personnel can find the houses available with other forces.