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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.
The Central Reserve Police Force is the largest of the Central Armed Police Forces units with 313,678 personnel in 247 battalions. [11] The Central Reserve Police includes: The Rapid Action Force (RAF), a 15 battalion anti-riot force trained to respond to sectarian violence.
RAC battalions were dispatched to these sensitive areas and earned accolades for their courage and efficiency. Later, seven of these RAC battalions were merged into the Indian Border Security Force and two into the Central Reserve Police Force. The RAC has formed various specialist units along with its regular battalions.
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 ]
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 idea of having a central reserve forces came in 1970 when the Khartoum Directorate established a civil defence force consisting of one faction, trained in the Federal Republic of Germany, to be reserve forces for the police forces in Khartoum State and other states, especially in riots and demonstrations, in order for the regular police to devote themselves to performing their role in ...
Later, he was appointed as the Deputy General of Police of the Central Reserve Police Force (C.R.P.F.) in 1994, wherein he supervised the operation of CRPF troops for their mission in the terrorism-affected areas of Jammu and Kashmir and North-East India. From November 2003 to April 2006, Nataraj served as the Commissioner of Police in Chennai ...
In addition to NFU, Apex OROP for police and civil servants, the UPA Government, in 2008, in recognition of the growing influence of Indian Police service in Ministry of Home (MHA), India's Interior Ministry, promoted the heads of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), and even of the smaller MHA Forces, like the ...