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Railway Protection Force (RPF) is an armed force of the Union [2] under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India. The force was established by the RPF Act, 1957, [3] enacted by the Indian Parliament for "the better protection and security of railway property and passenger area". It has the power to search, arrest, enquire, and prosecute ...
This arrangement has occasionally caused friction between the Ministry and state governments. Furthermore, the GRP does not handle the security of goods and freight on railways. To address this gap, the Ministry later established the Railway Protection Force (RPF), which focuses specifically on protecting railway property. [6]
It was established in 1955 at Lucknow, and has since been renamed to Jagjivan Ram RPF Academy(JJRPF Academy) in honour of the Indian freedom fighter and former deputy prime minister. Babu Jagjivan Ram was also Union Railway minister from Dec 7,1956 to April 10, 1962.This academy is currently headed by a director of the rank of Inspector General ...
The commission is headed by a Chairman [5] and two members after him. Besides, there are one Secretary, one Director, one Deputy Secretary, two Joint Directors, nine Under Secretaries, four Deputy Directors, one Finance & Budget Officer, one Assistant Director (OL), 24 Section Officers and more than 183 supporting officers/staff are at the Headquarters for discharging the duties and ...
Originally constituted as the Crown Representative Police in 1939, CRP was raised in response to the political unrest and agitations in the then Princely States of India following the Madras Resolution of the All-India Congress Committee in 1936 and the ever-growing desire of the Crown Representative to help the vast majority of the native States preserve law and order as part of imperial policy.
Hon'ble Home Minister of India Shri Amit Shah with the Union Home Secretary and Chiefs of the CAPFs. Central Armed Police Forces are organised with the primary role of border guarding for AR, BSF, ITBP, SSB; Security of sensitive establishments by CISF, Assisting Police to tackle Law & Order, Counter-Terrorist Operations, Counter Naxal Operations by CRPF, NSG.
General Sir Richard Dannatt, dressed in the formal attire of the Constable of the Tower, speaking at the Ceremony of the Constable's Dues, June 2010. Historically, the title comes from the Latin comes stabuli (attendant to the stables, literally 'count of the stable') and originated from the Roman Empire; originally, the constable was the officer responsible for keeping the horses of a lord or ...
Agnipath Scheme [1] (also spelled Agneepath Scheme) (Hindi: Agnīpath Yojanā, transl. Agnipath [Fireway] Scheme) is a tour of duty style scheme approved by the Government of India on 14 June 2022 and implemented in the country a few months later in September 2022, for recruitment of soldiers below the rank of commissioned officers into the three services of the armed forces. [2]