Central Reserve Police Force

Central Reserve Police Force केंद्रीय रिजर्व पुलिस बल
Abbreviation	C.R.P.F
Emblem of the Central Reserve Police Force
Motto	Service and Loyalty
Agency overview
Formed	27 July, 1939
Employees	308,862 Active Personnel
Annual budget	₹17,868.53 crore (US$2.7 billion) (2016-17)
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, RAF
Sectors	10
Website
crpf.gov.in

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF; Hindi: केंद्रीय रिजर्व पुलिस बल) is the largest of India's Central Armed Police Forces. It functions under the aegis of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of the Government of India. The CRPF's primary role lies in assisting the State/Union Territories in police operations to maintain law and order and counter insurgency. 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.

Besides Law and Order and counter-insurgency duties, the role of CRPF in the General Elections, held repeatedly during the past few years, has been very significant and vital. This is especially true for the trouble-ridden states of Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar and in the North East. 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 235 battalions and various other establishments, the CRPF is considered India's largest paramilitary force and has a sanctioned strength of 308,862 personnel.

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.

In performing these tasks with utmost regard for human dignity and freedom of the citizens of India, the force shall endeavour to achieve excellence in management of internal security and national calamities by placing Service and Loyalty above self.

There are few parallels of such a battle and the then Union Home Minister very appropriately graded it as a "Military Battle" not a Police battle.The service and their sacrifice will now not need turning back to old records for appreciation with that historic moment being picked up for celebration as "Valour Day” of the Force after Year.

As of 2010, the CRPF is the largest paramilitary organisation of the country and is actively looking after the internal security of every part of India and are were even operating abroad as part of IPKF and the United Nations peacekeeping missions. It is performing a variety of duties ranging from VIP security to election duties, from guarding of vital installations to the counter-naxal operations.