Brief History of CRPF

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Central Reserve Police Force
अरविन्द सरोज

Abbreviation C.R.P.F
Central Reserve Police Force emblem.svg

Emblem of the Central Reserve Police Force

Motto Service and Loyalty
Agency overview

Formed
27 July, 1939

Legal personality
Non government:
Central Armed Police Forces

Jurisdictional structure

Federal agency
IN

Governing body
Ministry of Home Affairs (India)

Constituting instrument
Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949
General nature
Federal law enforcement
Civilian agency

Specialist jurisdictions
Paramilitary law enforcement, counter insurgency, armed response to civil unrest, counter terrorism, special weapons operations.

Counter terrorism, special weapons and tactics, protection of VIPs.
Protection of international or domestic VIPs, protection of significant state asseets.

Operational structure
Headquarters
New Delhi, India

Minister responsible
Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister

Agency executive
K Durga Prasad, IPS, Director General, CRPF
Parent agency Central Armed Police Forces

Child agency
CoBRA

Sectors
10



Rank Structure Gazetted,Group A Officer
CRPF RANKS
POLICE RANKS
Director General (Apex Scale of the Indian Police Service)
Director General of a State Police Force

Special Director General (HAG+ Scale of the Indian Police Service)
Special Director General

Additional Director General (HAG Scale of the Indian Police Service, also available to BSF cadre)
C.P, ADG

Inspector General (IG)
IG/ Joint CP

Deputy Inspector General (DIG)
DIG/ Additional CP

Commandant (CO)
SSP/DCP

Second In Command (2 I/C)
SP/DCP

Deputy Commandant (DC)
Addl. SP/Addl. DCP

Assistant Commandant (AC): Group A Gazetted Officer
DSP/ACP




Weapons
Pistol Auto 9mm 1A and Glock 17 9 mm pistols

Heckler & Koch MP5 replacing the Carbine 1A 9 mm sub-machine guns

INSAS 5.56 mm assault rifles

INSAS 5.56 mm light machine guns replacing the Bren L4 machine guns

CRPF CoBRA Personnel
AGS-30 Plamya 30 mm automatic grenade launcher

AKM for counter-insurgency

FN MAG

OFB 51mm Mortar

Tavor TAR-21

Micro Tavor (X95) Bullpup.

OFB 81mm Mortar

Carl Gustav 84 mm recoilless rifles




Central Reserve Police Force website
crpf.gov.in/default.aspx



Broad gamut of duties performed by the CRPF are:
Crowd control

Riot control

Counter Millitancy / Insurgency operations.

Dealing with Left Wing Extremism

Overall co-ordination of large scale security arrangement specially with regard to elections in distrubed areas.

Protection of VIPs and vital installations.

Checking environmental de-gradation and protection of local Flora and Fauna

Fighting aggression during War time

Participating in UN Peace Keeping Mission

Rescue and Relief operations at the time of Natural Calamities.