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The Central Reserve Police Force Academy, located in Kadarpur, Haryana, India, is a training institution of the CRPF. [1]At CRPF Academy, 52 weeks of military training is imparted to the cadets selected by the UPSC after an all-India exam. [2]
The CRPF played a major role in the Parliamentary elections of September 1999. [3] The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is the largest paramilitary force in India, comprising 247 battalions and exceeding a total strength of 301,376 personnel as of 2019. [4] CRPF officers are also deployed in United Nations missions.
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.
The school also serves people from outside the CRPF community. The school was established in 1981 and has now grown to more than a thousand students. The school has 3 sections each from class I to Xth while the +2 level has three streams - Arts, Commerce and Science (PCM and PCB).
Accordingly, its recruitment process was unusual. Physical standards of height and weight were relaxed to give a fair chance to the local applicants, and the CRPF provided pre-educational and physical training to the local youths through Civic Action Programmes to maximize applicants' eligibility for induction into the special formation. [2]
In October 2003, with 11 years of service, the force was presented with the President's colours. [2] On 9 November 2013, the RAF Academy of Public Order was established in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. [4] [5] In 2017, the Indian government approved an additional five battalions to be based in New Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. [6]
COBRA (backronym for COmmando Battalion for Resolute Action) is a special operation unit of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) of India proficient in guerrilla tactics and jungle warfare. Originally established to counter the Naxalite movement , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] CoBRA is deployed to address insurgent groups engaging in asymmetrical warfare . [ 6 ]
[1] [2] [3] Each three wings of India's military have their special forces deployed in the region including Indian Army's Para SF, the Indian Navy MARCOS and the Indian Air Force's Garud Commando Force. [3] Apart from this, there is the elite police anti-insurgency force in the region, the Special Operations Group, of the Jammu and Kashmir ...