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Context: The Prime Minister has complimented CRPF for impressive and energetic 84th CRPF Day Parade at CRPF Camp, Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh. It is for the first time that CRPF Day Parade is being held in Bastar, Chhattisgarh.

Details: 

About CRPF:

• The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is a federal police organisation in India under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India.
• It is one among the Central Armed Police Forces.

Role:

• The CRPF's primary role lies in assisting the State/Union Territories in police operations to maintain law and order and counter-insurgency.
• It is composed of Central Reserve Police Force (Regular) and Central Reserve Police Force (Auxiliary).
• Besides law and order and counter-insurgency duties, the CRPF has played an increasingly large role in India's general elections.
• This is especially true for the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar and in the North East, with the presence of unrest and often violent conflict.
• Of late, CRPF contingents are also being deployed in UN missions.

Origin:

• 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.

Mission:

The mission of the Central Reserve Police Force shall be to enable the government to maintain Rule of Law, Public Order and Internal Security effectively and efficiently to preserve National Integrity & Promote Social Harmony and Development by upholding supremacy of the Constitution.

Special units:

Rapid Action Force:

• The Rapid Action Force (RAF) is a specialized 15 battalion wing of the Indian Central Reserve Police Force.
• It was formed in October 1992, to deal with communal riots and related civil unrest.

Parliament Duty Group:

• The Parliament Duty Group is an elite CRPF unit tasked with providing armed protection to Parliament House.
• PDG members are trained in combating nuclear and bio-chemical attacks, rescue operations and behavioural management.
• The Parliament House complex is protected by teams from the Delhi police, CRPF, ITBP and personnel of the Parliament Security Service.
• The Parliament Security Service acts as the overall coordinating agency in close cooperation with various security agencies such as the Delhi Police, CRPF, IB, SPG and NSG.

Special Duty Group:

The Special Duty Group is an elite battalion of the CRPF tasked with providing security for the outer cordon of the Prime Minister's official residence on 7, Lok Kalyan Marg and his office in the North Block as well as during outdoor functions.

CoBRA

• Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) is the special operation unit of CRPF created in 2008 to deal the Naxalite movement in India.
• This specialised CRPF unit is one of the few units of the Central Armed Police Forces in the country who are specifically trained in guerilla warfare.
• This elite fighting unit has been trained to track, hunt and eliminate small Naxalite groups.

 

PRACTICE QUESTION Q) Besides law and order and counter-insurgency duties, the CRPF has played an increasingly large role in India's general elections. Discuss. (150 words)

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