Central Reserve Police Force

Central Reserve Police Force
Central Reserve Police Force
	CRPF Emblem
	CRPF emblem embroidered on the sky-blue flag
Abbreviation	CRPF
Motto	"सेवा और निष्ठा"; Service and Loyalty
Agency overview
Formed	27 July 1939; (as Crown Representative's Police); 28 December 1949;
Preceding agency	Ministry of Home Affairs;
Employees	313,634 Active personnel
Annual budget	₹31,772.23 crore (US$4.0 billion) (2023–24)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	India
Governing body	Ministry of Home Affairs
Constituting instrument	Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949;
General nature	Gendarmerie;
Operational structure
Headquarters	CGO Complex, New Delhi, INDIA
Minister responsible	Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs;
Agency executive	Anish Dayal Singh, IPS, Director General, CRPF;
Child agencies	•Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA); •Rapid Action Force (RAF); •Special Duty Group; •CRPF Valley QAT; •Parliament Duty Group; •Security Wing(VIP Security Group);
Notables
Programmes	Operation All Out (J&K); Anti-Naxal Operations (LWE Region);
Anniversaries	Valour Day; (9 April 1965); Police Commemoration Day; (21 October 1959);
Website
	crpf.gov.in

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is a reserve gendarmerie and internal combat force in India under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of the Government of India. It is one among the Central Armed Police Forces. 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).

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 the enactment of the CRPF Act on 28 December 1949. 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. During the Parliamentary elections of September 1999, the CRPF played a major role in the security arrangements. Of late, CRPF contingents are also being deployed in UN missions.

With 247 battalions and various other establishments, the CRPF is considered India's largest central armed police force and has a sanctioned strength of more than 300,000 personnel as of 2019.

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