To prevent jawans from sharing their videos on social media platforms complaining poor food and harassment by seniors, the government has reissued the guidelines on using social media by paramilitary personnel.
As per the social media guidelines, jawans of all seven paramilitary have been asked to be extremely cautious while using Tweeter, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram etc.
It also directs a jawan to take permission from superior officer before posting any content, picture, video thereon.
No content related to security affairs should be uploaded on social media and no secret information, picture should be uploaded by any paramilitary personnel, it said.
The guidelines were reissued after three armed men took to social media platforms to share their grievances. On Friday, a video of an Army jawan surfaced online in which he alleged harassment by superiors for writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the problems faced by the soldiers.
Earlier, a BSF soldier had shared three different videos on social media to voice his complaint on the poor quality of food being served to the troops. A similar video of a CRPF constable had also come into light.
MoS for Home Kiren Rijiju on Friday said that all service personnel should take precautions while posting anything on social media.
"Jawans will be told to be cautious while using social media so that country's security is not compromised and morale of the forces is not affected," he told reporters here.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed all paramilitary forces to ensure speedy redressal of jawans' grievances and inform everyone about the existing mechanism to resolve their problems.
In a communication, the Home Ministry told BSF, CRPF, CISF, SSB, ITBP, NSG and Assam Rifles to conduct independent inquiry once a complaint from any jawan is received on any matter and try to resolve it as early as possible.
The seven paramilitary forces have been asked to inform their personnel about the existing grievance redressal cell and register complaints, if any, without any fear, official sources said.
The paramilitary forces were told to accept complaints of jawans through e-letters. Among the seven forces, one has already started receiving the complaints through e-letter, other six have been told to follow suit, it said.
