Figure 4: No Copyright Infringement Intended

Context:

• Recently, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has decided to start a ‘Chaupal’ like get-together for its personnel to vent their mental agony.
• Chaupal is a popular meeting activity in the rural areas.

About CRPF:

• The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is India's largest Central Armed Police Force. It functions under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of the Government of India.
• It came into existence as the Crown Representative's Police on 27 July 1939.
• After Indian Independence, it became the Central Reserve Police Force on enactment of the CRPF Act on 28 December 1949.

Duties performed by CRPF:

• Crowd control
• Riot control
• Counter Militancy / Insurgency operations.
• Dealing with Left Wing Extremism
• Overall coordination of large scale security arrangement especially with regard to elections in disturbed areas.
• Fighting enemy in the event of War.
• Participating in UN peacekeeping Mission as per Govt. policy.
• Rescue and Relief operations at the time of Natural Calamities and disasters