Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday announced 33 percent reservations would be provided for women in all paramilitary forces, including Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

Noting that women share in the force stood at just 5.04 percent, he stressed on the need to increase the number of women personnel up to one-third of the overall strength of the force.

Rajnath Singh asked the CISF, which is actively involved in the developmental activities at the areas affected by left-wing extremism, to also improve its core competence in newer areas of crime such as dealing with cyber crimes.

He also said that initiatives had been launched to take the head count of the force from the present 1.36 lakh to an estimated two lakh.