Which force has the highest representation of women among the Central Armed…

Concept

Government data on women's representation in central police and paramilitary forces — covering forces such as the Border Security Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, and Assam Rifles — shows the share of women in posted strength varies widely by force, reflecting how each force's recruitment and deployment pattern has developed alongside its mandate.

Application

Government data placed before Parliament (as of 30 September 2024) records the share of women in the Central Industrial Security Force's posted strength at roughly 7.02% — the highest among the four forces named in this question, ahead of the Border Security Force (about 4.41%), the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (about 4.05%), and Assam Rifles (about 4.01%).

Cross-check

RSSB's official Patwar 2025 (Shift 1) answer key for this question confirms Central Industrial Security Force as the correct option, consistent with the government data above — the exam's own key and the underlying statistics agree.

Contrast

• Border Security Force (about 4.41% women in posted strength): its core duty centres on guarding India's land borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh through static border-outposts in remote sectors — structurally different from the Central Industrial Security Force's civilian-facing access-control duty.

• Indo-Tibetan Border Police (about 4.05% women in posted strength): its core duty centres on guarding the high-altitude Himalayan border with China — again structurally different from the Central Industrial Security Force's civilian-facing duty.

• Assam Rifles (about 4.01% women in posted strength): deployed for counter-insurgency and border-guarding in the North-East under dual Army-Home Ministry control — again a role structurally different from the Central Industrial Security Force's civilian access-control duty.