crpf news letter 2012-13 - Central Reserve Police Force

CRPF WELCOMES ITS NEW CHIEF : SH. PRANAY SAHAY, DG, INSPECTING THE GUARD OF HONOUR AT CRPF HQ

TAKING OVER THE REINS : SH. PRANAY 

SAHAY, TAKES OVER AS DG CRPF

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CONTENTS 

MESSAGES FROM VVIPs 

FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL's DESK 

CHANGING INTERNAL SECURITY ENVIRONMENT AND CRPF Sh.S.V.M.Tripathi, Former DG CRPF 1 

CRPF - INTERNAL SECURITY FORCE OF THE NATION Sh. D.R.Kaarthikeyan, Former Director CBI 6 

TRAITS OF A LEADER Sh. H.R. Singh, Director, CRPF Academy 11 

MILITANCY/INSURGENCY - FROM CONFLICT TO 

ENTERPRENEURSHIP UNLIMITED 

Sh. K. Srinivasan, Consultant (Intelligence) 20 

VALUE BASED EDUCATION - ROLE OF CRPF PUBLIC SCHOOLS Sh. A.N.Srinivasan, Former IG CRPF 25 

CRPF FEATURED IN BACSA (LONDON) MAGAZINE Sh.J.S. Gill, Former IG CRPF 28 

CRPF AT A GLANCE 30 

20TH RAF ANNIVERSARY 56

Chief Patron - Pranay Sahay, DG CRPF 

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 

Chairman - D.K.Pathak, Addl. DG (HQ) 

Members - R.P. Mehrda, IG (Pers) 

G.D.Pewal, IG (Prov) 

Rozy Agarwal, Dy.FA 

Anupam Kulshreshtha, DIG (Adm) 

B.S. Chauhan, DIG (Pers) 

M.P.S.Negi, DIG (Prov) 

Pawan Kr.Sharma, DIG(Ops) 

Praveen Kumar Sharma, DIG(Trg) 

Chief Editor - B. C. Khanduri, PRO 

Editing Layout & Design - Tamal Sanyal 

Photos - PR Photo Cell & CRPF Units 

Disclaimer 

CRPF Samachar is a bi-monthly magazine. The views expressed by authors are their own and the department doesn’t subscribe 

to them 

-Chief Editor 

Printed by : India Offset Press, 

A-1 Mayapuri Indl. Area Phase-1, 

New Delhi-110064

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PRESIDENT OF INDIA 

MESSAGE 

I am happy to learn that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is celebrating its 73 rd Anniversary on November 1,2012. 

The CRPF has distinguished itself in undertaking its multi-dimensional responsibility of maintaing internal security through the 

length and breadth of the country. It has also ably tackled Naxalism and terrorism and also assisted the States in maintaining law 

and order. It has not only shown operational prowess, but also made a mark as a force with a humane face through its stellar Civic 

Action Programmes. I am confident that the Force would grow from strength to strength and continue to be an important asset to 

the nation and its people in maintaining peace, security and tranquility. 

On this occasion, I extend my warm greetings and felicitations to all ranks of the Central Reserve Police Force and their families. I 

wish the Force continued success and progress in its future endeavours. 

New Delhi 

October 18, 2012 

(Pranab Mukherjee)

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VICE-PRESIDENT OF INDIA 

MESSAGE 

I am happy to know that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is celebrating its 73 rd Raising Day on November 1, 2012 

Over the years, the personnel of the CRPF has served the country with dedication, valour and professionalism. I believe that in the 

years ahead, the CRPF will remain a vital asset for our national security and will continue to perform its mandated tasks with vigor 

and diligence, in order to effectively combat the interal security challenges before the country. 

I extend my warm greetings and best wishes to all ranks of the CRPF and their families. 

New Delhi 


( Hamid Ansari )

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PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA 

MESSAGE 

It gives me great pleasure to convey my very warm greetings to the Director General and all ranks of the Central Reserve Police Force 

and their families on the occasion of the 73 rd Anniversary of the CRPF. 

The CRPF has achieved many milestones in combating Naxalism, insurgency and terrorism. It has provided the states with unstinted 

support in maintaining law and order. Its role in strengthening the internal security architecture of the country is commendable. 

I am sure the Force would prosper and flourish and the valour of its men would win it more recognition in the years to come. I 

extend my good wishes for a bright future of the CRPF and its continued dedicated service to the nation. 

New Delhi 

21 September, 2012 

(Manmohan Singh)

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HOME MINISTER OF INDIA 

MESSAGE 

I am delighted to learn that Central Reserve Police Force is celebrating its 73 rd Anniversary . 

The CRPF performs an extremely important and arduous task to secure the citizens of India against the nefarious activities and 

designs of Naxals, saboteurs and terrorists. 

The force had played a significant role in eradicating terrorism in Punjab and now is on the forefront in combating Naxal menace in 

LWE area. It is also playing critical role in the fight against terrorism in J&K and insurgency in North-East. 

Known for valour, discipline and devotion to duty a large number of brave soldiers of the CRPF have laid down their lives at the altar 

of duty. The force has also won numerous gallantry and distinguished Service medals since its raising. 

On the special occasion, I convey my wishes to all ranks of the Force and their families and exhort them to remain ever alert and 

committed to their goals. 

New Delhi 


(Sushil Kumar Shinde)

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MINISTER OF STATE FOR HOME AFFAIRS 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 

MESSAGE 

I am glad to know that the 73 rd Anniversary of the Central Reserve Police Force is being celebrated on 01 st November, 2012. 

The personnel and officers of the CRPF have set high standards in carrying out their responsibilities with courage and dedication to 

duty. The role that they have played for maintaining internal security in several parts of the country is praiseworthy. The supreme 

sacrifices of the CRPF personnel while performing their duties testify to their commitment to serve the Nation. 

I greet all the personnel and officers of the CRPF and convey to them my good wishes for their future success. 

(Mullappally Ramachandran)

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MINISTER OF STATE FOR HOME AFFAIRS 


MESSAGE 

I am extremely happy to learn that the Central Reserve Police Force is celebrating its 73rd Anniversary on 01 st November, 2012. 

Since inception, CRPF has emerged as a formidable and dependable force in the country and also glorious history of its serving the 

Nation in a multi-dimensional way. The CRPF personnel work tirelessly throughout the length and breadth of the country for tackling 

insurgency, terrorism and helping the States in maintaining law and order. The Force has given an impeccable account of itself in 

fighting subversive elements to maintain internal security of our country under most difficult times. 

On this joyous occasion, I send my warm greetings and felicitations to all ranks of CRPF and their families. 

(JITENDRA SINGH )

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CABINET SECRETARY 


MESSAGE 

It gives me immense pleasure in extending my very warm greetings and good wishes to all ranks of Central Reserve Police Force and 

their families on the occasion of its 73th Anniversary. 

As the largest Central Police Force, the CRPF is fully committed to its multi-dimensional role. It has remained deployed in the length 

and breadth of the country. Today it is tackling insurgency, terrorism and helping the States in maintaining law and order. In the years 

ahead, I am sure that the Force would grow further and continue to be an important instrument for giving protection to the citizens 

and help maintain peace and tranquillity in different parts of the country. 

Please accept my good wishes for the success of the members of the Force in their future endeavours. 

New Delhi 

September 21, 2012 

(AJIT SETH )

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HOME SECRETARY 


MESSAGE 

I extend my warm greetings and felicitations to all members of the Central Reserve Police Force and their families on the occasion 

of 73 rd Anniversary of the Force. 

With its trustworthy performance and supreme sacrifice, the CRPF has emerged as the most dependable and People Friendly Force 

entrusted with maintaining internal security. Today, CRPF is the foremost force in anti-Naxal operations. Its CoBRA Bns. are making 

a mark by their professionalism. The Force is rendering a yeoman service by maintaining law and order and providing security to the 

countrymen. 

I wish the Force every success in its future endeavours . 

New Delhi 

1 October, 2012 

( R.K. Singh)

From the Director General's Desk 

The Central Reserve Police Force has completed 73 years of glorious existence and is striding ahead confidently. CRPF is unique in 

many things : it is the biggest CAPF, versatile in task accomplishment and posted in all theatres of conflict. It has a very distinguished 

history of dedication and valour and has been serving the country from pre-independence era. I bow my head in reverence to the 

martyred soldiers and their families for the service they rendered to the Nation in general and to the Force in particular. 

Modernization and innovative training are key factors for the success of any Force. Syllabi of many courses have been revised. The 

need for specialized schools was felt since long as CRPF has to play a multifarious role. ‘Training of Trainers’ school at Dharampur 

(HP), ‘Dog Training School’ at Taralu, Bangalore, ‘Indian Institute of IED Management (I3M)’ Training School at Pune and ‘Intelligence 

School’ at Kadarpur, Gurgaon have started functioning. “Indian Institute of Jungle Craft and Counter Insurgency” at Belgaum and a 

‘Training School for RAF’ at Meerut will be established shortly. To impart most modern IT knowhow to the men, we have established 

a state-of-the-art IT school at Bangalore. 

The achievement of CRPF, the flagbearer force in Left Wing Extremism areas of the country, this year, was unparalleled and 

unprecedented. Axis figure of naxal militia, the dreaded Kishenji was eliminated in the jungles of Burisole, Midnapore, West Bengal.

Setting a precedent, CRPF freed the area of Saranda, from naxals, in Jharkhand. For the very first time in history, the Force forayed 

into the never trodden territory of Ábhujmad’, which was considered to be dark area and no Security Force had ever set foot on this 

‘’liberated’ zone. Sh. R.K.Singh, Sh.Nagendra Singh and Sh. Vinoj P.Joseph, all Assistant Commandants were awarded the coveted 

‘Shaurya Chakra’ , the highest peacetime gallantry award, for their courageous feats against naxals. 

CRPF has taken some path-breaking decisions in the field of Welfare. In case of unfortunate death of an individual, the risk fund 

benefit has now been extended to the parents of the deceased. In case of death in action, out of a total of Rs.15 lacs, Rs.4 lacs, will 

now be paid to the parents. Similarly, in case of death in accident while on duty or death due to cerebral malaria, Rs.4 lacs out of 

the total of Rs.12 lacs will be paid to parents. In case of other deaths, the amount will be Rs. 2.5 lacs out of Rs. 8 lacs . Benefit of Risk 

fund in invalidation cases have also been enhanced. 

CRPF is always ready to face the daunting challenges to internal security of the country. I am confident that it will not only stabilize 

the situation, but also bring a paradigm shift in each theatre of deployment. 

On the joyous occasion of 73rd Anniversary, I convey my warm greetings to all the CRPF personnel and their family members and 

wish them the very best. 

JAI HIND 

( PRANAY SAHAY ) 

Director General

Changing Internal Security environment 

and CRPF 

-S.V.M.Tripathi, 

Former DG CRPF 

The profile of Central Reserve Police 

Force, born in Neemuch (now in 

Madhya Pradesh) as a single battalion 

in 1939 and christened as “His 

Excellency The Crown Representative’s 

Police” has undergone a sea change in 

the present era. Always famous for its 

versatility the Force has augmented its 

skills with addition of specialist units 

such as Rapid Action Force, Mahila 

battalions, signal units, intelligence 

units, Special Duty Group and CoBRA 

battalions. The preference of States 

during countrywide elections for 

CRPF as against other Central Police 

Organisations, of which I have personal 

experience, is a testimony to its people 

friendly image and a general belief 

in the high level of its competence. 

Composed of personnel belonging 

to every state, in proportion to its 

population to the possible extent, it 

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has a permanent presence throughout 

the country. 

The Internal Security scenario has 

undergone a change which is no less 

drastic. Factors constituting internal 

security cover spectrum which 

is getting wider by the day. It is a 

continuum from the criminal acts and 

minor disturbance of the peace in the 

villages to high voltage terrorist acts 

like the Mumbai carnage of “26/11” or 

killing of a very large number of CRPF 

personnel in Dantewada. It can only be 

managed efficiently if functionaries at 

all levels from the village, the district, 

the state and the central organizations 

anticipate, prepare for and take timely 

and efficient action against perpetrators 

of criminal acts. 

There is an unfortunate impression 

that prophylactic and preventive action 

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and in time. At the level of the state 

and at lower levels a number of nonprofessional 

factors intrude. This starts 

at the level of the police stations. 

I venture to give a few of the 

requirements which may bring about 

an improvement in the capacity to 

assist in management of the internal 

security. 

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There is an obvious need to reduce 

the width of the spectrum of duties 

to be handled by the force. It 

should be scrupulously kept away 

from deployment in routine law 

and order duties. Unfortunately, 

once the force is placed at the 

disposal of the states this call is 

taken out of the hands of the CRPF 

officers. The Group of Ministers 

on reforming National Security 

System had reiterated that it 

should act as a “striking reserve”. 

Many guidelines have been issued 

by the Union Government but they 

have not always been observed. 

Deployments at the state and local 

levels have to be decided on the 

basis of a definite plan and in active 

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consultation with the CRPF officers 

in appropriate positions. Even 

the threat of withdrawal, which is 

never invoked, has failed to make a 

dent in the practice of retaining the 

force for long periods and loosely 

controlled deployments. 

Modernising training programmes 

and introducing strategic training 

systems to cater for the rapid 

changes in environment. Massive 

injection of resources and highest 

level of instructional staff should 

be provided. The importance of 

making training institutions centres 

of excellence is not always selfevident 

to powers that be. No 

compromises should be permitted 

in the content and duration 

of training courses, especially 

including basic training. Too much 

stretching of training facilities can 

lead to dilution in training and 

would be counterproductive. In this 

context sudden expansion of the 

force should give way to phased 

inductions, which are possible if 

forward planning is made. Training 

should make each individual feel 

confident of fully and competently 

handling the job he/she is required 

to do. Specialised training facilities 

of other organizations and even 

foreign institutions should be 

judiciously utilized. 

Operational autonomy to the 

officers is a requirement if we 

envisage high level of performance. 

Due to dispersed deployment 

in large areas under immediate 

supervision of state authorities, 

the close touch, active guidance 

and strict control of the officers 

of the force- a hallmark of CRPF is 

not always visible. If this goal is to 

be achieved than the unit should 

not be dispersed, the level of force 

required for a given task has to be 

determined in consultation with the 

force officers, intelligence inputs 

made available to them and the unit 

should be asked to complete the 

operation. This, in no way, dilutes 

the powers of the state government 

or the federal structure. 

CRPF has the richest bank of 

experience in the field of handling

law and order situations and 

countering insurgency, terrorism 

and militancy. In the present scheme 

of things CRPF is the premier 

central police organization which is 

handling these tasks. There is very 

little faithful chronicling of incidents 

as it is feared that even honest 

mistakes would mean visitation 

of punishments. In the process 

shortcomings are glossed over and 

many valuable lessons are lost for 

ever. There is no better method of 

learning than analyzing mistakes 

as well as adopting successful 

practices. Actually preparing 

realistic case studies, which involve 

a lot of effort and expertise, would 

go a long way not only in improving 

its own performance but would 

also be of great help to other police 

organizations in the centre and the 

states. 

CRPF is arguably the largest 

armed police organization in the 

world with nearly 226 battalions 

and various other units. The 

personnel work under very harsh 

and demanding conditions. Being 

a highly mobile force they face 

considerable disruption in their 

family commitments. Although 

every effort is made to provide 

basic living comforts at their work 

stations but conditions are not 

always ideal. In most deployments 

they face real danger, even to 

their lives. Taking these factors 

into consideration the need for a 

proactive, generous and protective 

role of the officers is obvious. 

This would mean a conscious and 

close interaction of the officers 

and men. There is an established 

actuarial method by which realistic 

leave, training and medical leave 

reserves can be calculated. It is 

an unfortunate fact that financial 

considerations almost always 

prevail and lead to minimizing the 

actual numbers required so that 

the physical, emotional and social 

needs of personnel, especially in 

the lower ranks, are met in terms 

of adequate leave, family living 

accommodations and dependent’s 

education etc. Considerable more 

resources and attention needs to 

be given to these aspects. 

The Central Reserve Police Force 

has always shown commendable 

capability of adapting its profile 

and work habits to master the 

escalating and varying challenges 

thrown at them during the last 

more than seven decades. With 

there capacity to scan the horizons 

and anticipating the changes in the 

Internal Security scenario they will 

more than justify their status as the 

“Peace Keepers of the Nation”. 




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73 Years of Glorious Existence

CRPF – Internal Security Force of the Nation 

-D.R. Kaarthikeyan 

Former Director CBI 

I 

cherish the few years that I served 

with the CRPF as amongst the most 

valuable periods of my life and service. 

The Force had a humble beginning in the 

year 1939, with just one battalion, then 

known as CRP-Crown Representative’s 

Police. It was a self sufficient force 

organised and trained on military lines 

to function in aid of civil power in the 

Princely states. This battalion was 

constituted on religious lines with 375 

Hindus, 375 Muslims and 250 Sikhs 

and even these personnel were mostly 

from retired or released ex-army 

personnel from Punjab, Rajputana and 

Delhi areas. 

It was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first 

Home Minister of independent India 

who had the vision of re-orienting this 

force and saw the need for such a force 

in future India. 

Introducing the Central Reserve Police 

Force bill in the parliament he said – 

“Ours is a vast country, where 

consolidation has taken place with 

electric rapidity. So, unless we are 

very watchful we may find to our cost, 

difficulties arising for which we may 

have to pay heavily. 

“Therefore, we have taken care to 

organise our services, our police force 

and all the requirements that are 

considered necessary for keeping law 

and order in the whole land so that 

progress may be as effective and as 

rapid as possible”. 

“As part of the political settlement of 

transfer of power, the force passed on 

to the Central control and since then it 

has been used by us in various states 

whenever demands of law and order 

justified its use. This force, with further 

augmentation, partly to meet up the 

depletion on account of the partition 

and partly to meet the growing 

demands from the States and Unions 

has performed most useful functions 

and has been a very good reserve force, 

which has been sent from time to time 

in aid of local forces. In Junagarh, on the 

borders of Jaisalmer, in Mayurbhanj, 

in Saurashtra and elsewhere it has 

been stabilizing influence, whenever 

any threat to security has manifested 

itself”. 

Sardar Patel further added – “This little 

force which we had, came in very handy 

and it did very useful work also. But it 

is small and had to be augmented. We 

have done our best in this direction 

and it is still being increased”. 

India’s Iron Man’s dream and message 

proved to be prophetic. The Crown 

Representative’s Police became Central 

Reserve Police Force and one of the 

armed forces of the Union and its scope 

of duty extended to all over India. The 

members of the force were clothed 

with certain powers connected with 



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the larger objectives of active duty, that 

is, suppression of internal disturbances 

and restoration of order. 

But no one would have even imagined 

that an organisation which was born as 

a tiny force of one battalion constituted 

purely on religious composition, would 

grow in the course of 73 years into a 

mighty and most dependable internal 

security force of India. 

TRIBUTES FROM LEADERSHIP 

If we recall some of the tributes paid 

to the force by some of the former 

Presidents and Prime Ministers of this 

great nation from time to time, then 

the nation would truly be proud of this 

most versatile and multi dimensional 

force. Some such tributes are quoted 

below:- 

“ The hallmark of the CRPF has been 

a high level of discipline, professional 

competence and a tradition of service 

to the community”. 

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“Central Reserve Police Force is the 

oldest and one of its own kind of 

security force in the country, which has 

been used everywhere and in every 

way”.

“The CRPF fulfilled an essential need 

which was to have a force which may 

comprise people from different states, 

speaking different languages and still 

working together”. 

“We have observed that whenever 

the CRPF has gone, the people have 

reposed confidence in it and they (CRPF 

personnel) too have worked with great 

courage and dedication”. 

“The CRPF men have shed blood in 

every part of the country in service of 

the nation. The challenges faced by the 

CRPF and sacrifices made, have given 

it an identity. The CRPF has become 

symbol of our unity and integrity”. 

“CRPF has earned public confidence not 

once but again and again. We are sure 

that the CRPF will stand the test of time 

and will continue to strive to maintain 

the integrity, glory and honour of the 

country”. 

“The country would always remember 

the martyrs of CRPF with honour for the 

sacrifices they had made in defending 

unity and integrity of the nation. The 

future of the country is safe in the 

hands of Central Reserve Police Force”. 

POLICING – AN ARDUOUS TASK 

Policing is the most difficult and thankless 

job among all the functions of the 

government. It is so all over the world. 

Police has to face the consequences 

of the omissions and commissions 

of the various functionaries in the 

government. When political parties 

fail to fulfill the promises made 

during the elections, when officers at 

various levels in various departments 

annoy or frustrate the public by their 

highhandedness, indifference or 

omissions and commissions, it is the 

police which has to face the brunt 

of the public anger. The police being 

charged with responsibility to maintain 

order, protect VIPs, preserve the 

integrity and security of the society 

and the nation and implement and 

enforce laws and lawful orders of the 

government of the day, are placed in an 

unenviable position. Very often when 

such negative role is played again and 

again, naturally the police comes to be 

disrespected and disliked. People forget 

the initial anger and aversion against 

various authorities which pushes them 

face to face against the law. They only 

remember the treatment they received 

at the hands of the law enforcement 

agencies. The frustration and anger of 

the public gets deflected towards the 

police, who invariably had no role in 

the omissions and commissions and 

failings of the various departments 

and authorities. The main grievance 

is forgotten and the campaign starts 

against the police. Thus, the police 

are necessarily forced to play the role 

of shock absorber of the government 

authorities. 

Someone in the society has to play this 

unenviable role and invariably it is the 

police which is called upon to perform 

this difficult, thankless and risky job. 

Their job becomes more difficult and 

unpopular when sufficient authority, 

power and status is not given by the 

laws to the forces. 

WHAT MAKES CRPF CLICK 

In spite of the fact that the law 

enforcement including maintenance of 

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and terrorism continues to be the most 

challenging and thankless task, CRPF 

has enjoyed the highest credibility 

and utmost confidence of the nation. 

There are many factors which make it 

possible for the CRPF to be considered 

the most dependable and credible 

internal security force of the nation. 

The Force is on the move all the time 

between various difficult theatres 

of operation in this vast country. 

Companies are moved constantly by 

air, train and road to different States 

with varying climatic conditions and 

vastly differing security challenges. 

The Force has suffered and continue 

to suffer considerable supreme 

sacrifice of valuable lives. The supreme 

sacrifice made by CRPF personnel 

is unparalleled. Many more sustain 

injuries, including disabilities in the 

performance of their duties. 

The Force, with utmost adaptability 

is in great demand from all parts of 

the country and from governments 

run by various political parties. It 

is all due to its political neutrality, 

secularism, dedication, human rights 

consciousness, good behaviour and 

effectiveness in dealing with various 

situations. 

They are called upon to deal with 

extremism, communal violence, 

insurgency and terrorism in various 

theatres. They fought shoulder to 

shoulder with the army in the wars with 

Pakistan and China. They performed 

admirably in Srilanka as part of the IPKF 

along with Indian Army. They provided 

security to the Amarnath Yatris, 

security during various elections, relief 

and rehabilitation during earthquakes, 

cyclones, floods and other natural 

calamities and also provided protection 

to high security VVIPs in the nation. 

PROUD HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD 

Despite performing highly risky tasks 

in hostile conditions and suffering loss 

of life all the time and being away from 

their families for months together, the 

Force has shown tremendous restraint 

while dealing with the public. The 

human rights record of the Force has 

throughout been commendable. Odd 

violations here and there are promptly 

noticed and effective corrective action 

taken by senior officers. 

With vast experience in dealing with 

various situations, the entire force is 

fully aware that their effectiveness 

and success in dealing with various 

situations will depend largely on the 

cooperation and respect that the Force 

is able to command from the local 

population. Efforts are on all the time 

in sensitizing the Force at different 

levels on finer aspects of human rights 

and human rights laws. 

A fine tradition is also built into the 

Force of serving the society in all 

possible ways. The Force has been 

undertaking blood donation from 

time to time showing concern for 

their fellow-beings in distress. Intense 

Civic Action Programme of the CRPF 

has shown its human face. Similarly, 

conscious effort has been made 

throughout to plant and raise trees as 

a contribution towards improvement 

of the environment and atmosphere in 

which we live. All the CRPF campuses 

are like mini forests. 

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TRAINING AND TRADITION 

Health and fitness is given utmost 

importance as it is only when the 

personnel are healthy physically, they 

will be healthy mentally also. Only 

healthy and fit people can have the 

courage to act and also will have the 

ability to work hard for long hours 

without getting fatigue. Only then 

sound and bold decisions can be 

arrived at. 

Training has been given the utmost 

importance in the Force. The training 

institutions, the syllabus and the 

methodology are constantly reviewed 

and improved upon. 

The orientation is towards improving 

basic skills and aptitudes and 

professionalism in performance, 

whatever be the nature of duty. The 

effort is to expand mental horizon, 

attain professional excellence and 

individual skills and more practical 

orientation to meet the present 

day constantly evolving operational 

challenges. 

The Training methods have kept 

in view that the role of the Force 

demands both offensive action against 

insurgents, terrorists and extremists, 

while at the same time ensuring 

adequate sensitivity to public order 

and respect for Human Rights. The 

training is a planned process to help 

personnel acquire new competencies 

and to fine-tune the existing ones. The 

training aims at improving managerial 

competence, strategic competence, 

role effectiveness, responsiveness and 

leadership. 

The services rendered by the CoBRA, 

Rapid Action Force and Mahila 

components of the CRPF on various 

occasions, including the IPKF operations 

in Srilanka, natural calamities, 

communal situations and while dealing 

with insurgency, terrorism, extremism, 

has been appreciated and commended 

by the concerned authorities and the 

people. 

The CRPF personnel have also brought 

glory to the nation in international 

sports meets and also as part of the 

India’s contingents in the UN Peace 

Keeping Forces in many disturbed parts 

of the world. 

FUTURE 

To make this Force more effective and 

raise the morale, a lot needs to be done 

in the area of housing and rationalizing 

the deployment of personnel so that 

they are enabled to spend more time 

with their families or at least function as 

close to their home towns as possible. 

Constantly living up to the motto 

“Service and Loyalty”, this force has 

come to be regarded as the most 

dependable internal security force of 

the nation. 

I will always cherish the many years 

that I had spent with this great Force, 

which also gave me the opportunity 

to understand and appreciate the 

complexities and problems in various 

parts of our country. 

To sum up, I can say without any fear of 

contradiction that the CRPF is a Multidimensional 

Force for all occasions 

and situations. It is a Model Force. This 

largest para-military force in the world 

today, is an Asset to the Nation. 



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TRAITS OF A LEADER 

-H.R. Singh 

Director, CRPF Academy 

Leader says – Follow me 

Leadership is a matter of intelligence, 

trustworthiness, humaneness, 

courage, and discipline . . . Reliance 

on intelligence alone results in 

rebelliousness. Exercise of humaneness 

alone results in weakness. Fixation 

on trust results in folly. Dependence 

on the strength of courage results 

in violence. Excessive discipline and 

sternness in command result in cruelty. 

When one has all five virtues together, 

each appropriate to its function, then 

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one can be a leader. — Sun Tzu 

LEADERSHIP TRAITS 

Intelligence- 

More intelligent 

than non-leaders 

Scholarly 

Honesty 

Initiative 

Knowledgeable Aggressive 

Being able to 

get things done 

Physically 

Selfconfident 

Doesn’t see to 

be correlated 

Personally 

Verbal facility 

Adaptability 

Ambitious 

Originality 

Sociability 

Varieties of individual power 

According to Patrick J. Montana and 

Bruce H. Charnov, the ability to attain 

these unique powers is what enables 

leadership to influence subordinates 

and peers by controlling organizational 

resources. The successful leader 

effectively uses these powers to 

influence his men, and it is important 

for leaders to understand the uses of 

power to strengthen their leadership. 

Various types of organizational power: 

• Legitimate Power refers to the 

different types of professional 

positions within an organization 

structure that inherit such power 

(e.g. Commandant, DIG, Director/ 

IGP etc.). 

• Reward Power is the power 

given to officers that attain

administrative power over a range 

of rewards (such as raises and 

promotions). Employees who work 

for Commanders desire the reward 

from them and will be influenced 

by receiving it as a result of work 

performance. 

• Coercive Power is the officer’s ability 

to punish an employee. Punishment 

can be mild, such as censure, or 

serious, such as dismissal. 

• Expert Power is attained by the 

officer due to his or her own talents 

such as skills, knowledge, abilities, 

or previous experience. An officer 

who has this power within the 

organization may be a very valuable 

and important in the organization. 

• Charisma Power: an officer/ 

commander who has charisma 

will have a positive influence on 

his personnel, and create the 

opportunity for interpersonal 

influence. 

• Referent Power is a power that is 

gained by association. A person 

who has power by association is 

often referred to as an assistant or 

deputy. 

• Information Power is gained by 

a person who has possession 

of important information 

at an important time when 

such information is needed to 

organizational functioning.[87] 

ATTRIBUTES OF LEADERSHIP 

If you are a leader who can be trusted, 

then those around you will grow to 

respect you. To be such a leader, there 

is a Leadership Framework to guide our 

Officers: 

BE KNOW DO 

BE a professional. Examples: Be loyal 

to the organization, perform selfless 

service & take personal responsibility. 

BE a professional who possesses good 

character traits. Examples: Honesty, 

competence, candour, commitment, 

integrity, courage, straightforwardness 

& imagination. 

KNOW the four factors of leadership 

- follower, leader, communication & 

situation. 

KNOW yourself. Examples: strengths 

and weakness of your character, 

knowledge & skills. 

KNOW human nature. Examples: 

Human needs, emotions & how people 

respond to stress. 

KNOW your job. Examples: be proficient 

& be able to train others in their tasks. 

KNOW your organization. Examples: 

where to go for help, its climate and 

culture, who the unofficial leaders are. 

DO provide direction. Examples: goal 

setting, problem solving, decision 

making & planning. 

DO implement. Examples: 

communicating, coordinating, 

supervising & evaluating. 

DO motivate. Examples: develop 

morale and esprit de corps in the 

organization, train, coach & counsel. 

According to Gen Robert T. Herres , the 

guidelines for Leadership are as under:- 

leadership is not something you can 

learn and then go execute; rather it is 

something to be lived, leadership is a 

constant learning experience that is 

wholly individualized and very much 

a problem of adapting one’s attributes 

(and accounting for one’s weaknesses) 

to the situations encountered. 

Sh K Vijay Kumar outgoing DG 

interacting with Trainee Officers 

Leadership is clearly an art rather 

than a science; indeed, an elusive art 

form. Because it is so elusive, “causing 


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others to participate productively 

and positively contribute to the 

achievement of a set of goals too big 

for individual accomplishment.” In 

other words, getting others to do 

things collectively that they could not 

or would not be able to do on their 

own. There are really no set rules or 

theorems that will work for everyone, 

every time. 

The nature of the Police profession is 

so entwined with the very existence 

of our nation that Police leaders 

must maintain a high standard of 

conduct; higher than is expected in 

any other profession. Integrity is the 

most important characteristic that 

any leader can ever have and this is 

even more critical in a Police leader. It 

has more to do with whether you are 

going to be effective as a leader than 

any other factor. People instinctively 

respect others with integrity. 

A man can be selfish, cowardly, disloyal, 

false, fleeting, perjured, and normally 

corrupt in a wide variety of other 

ways, and still be outstandingly good 

in pursuits in which other imperatives 

bear than those upon the fighting man. 

He can be a superb artist for example, 

or a scientist in the very top flight and 


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still be a bad man. What the bad man 

cannot be is a good soldier. 

Six guidelines may help Understand the 

absolute criticality of the overarching 

principle of integrity, 

communicate, fix responsibility, be 

loyal both ways, be consistent, learn 

from mistakes, and be yourself. 

Each one of these will be discussed in 

some detail. 

1. Communicate. You must learn 

how to get concepts and ideas 

across-accurately-to others; both 

subordinates and supervisors. 

Workers deal with hardware, 

tools, and equipment; leaders deal 

with people, concepts, and ideas. 

Communicating those concepts 

and ideas to your people is much 

harder than most of us realize. 

Telling people what they need to 

know is one thing; getting across 

the idea they need to understand 

is likely to be a much higher order 

of achievement. The business of 

leadership is the transmission of 

ideas, and that is difficult. Most of 

our professional education includes 

a number of written assignments 

for this reason. Leaders must be 

able to reduce good ideas to the 

precision of the written word. 

but many effective leaders are 

not particularly articulate, yet 

still are able to get their ideas 

across by example or similarly 

subtle techniques. Nevertheless, 

unambiguous, clear instructions are 

critical to the successful execution 

of any project-both up and down 

the chain of command. 

The best way to improve this ability 

is to read a lot. Get a lot of your 

news and opinions from reading and 

don’t be afraid to read viewpoints 

that may be out of the mainstream 

or that may go against the grain. 

Read the works of great leaders of 

the past to see how they expressed

Sh K Vijay Kumar outgoing DG interacting with Trainee Officers 

their ideas. Great leaders have 

always been great communicators 

-- George S. Patton; Douglas 

MacArthur; Winston Churchill; and 

Abraham Lincoln ,have all been the 

great communicator of all times. 

2. Fix responsibility not only among 

your subordinates but also for 

yourself. Understand exactly what 

your responsibility is, and be sure 

you and your boss have a common 

understanding. If you seek authority 

but dodge responsibility (and many 

do) you are a non leader, worse 

than that, you are an imposter. 

There must be no confusion about 

what the task is and what results 

are expected. From this it should 

be clear that fixing responsibility 

is dependent on the previous 

principle, communication. 

Avoid assigning the same tasks to 

more than one person without 

putting someone in charge. There 

must be no confusion about who 

will have to answer if the result is 

failure; likewise, this ensures that 

the deserving are rewarded for 

success. Committees are not, and 

cannot be responsible because 

individual accountability is shared. 

Fixing responsibility means ensuring 

that the “what” and the “who” are 

clearly communicated. People like 

to get credit when they do a good 

job, and they know if one of their 

fellow workers is not doing a good 

job. You can’t put credit with the 

right person unless it’s clear who’s 

responsible for what. Similarly, you 

want your boss to know that you 

know what he or she expects of 

you. 

3. Loyalty, that is fundamental as a 

leadership characteristic, goes in 

two directions. You must be loyal 

to your people and to your boss. 

If you have built your relationships 

with both based on integrity, there 

will be no conflicts between your 

loyalties. You will take on many roles 

in the eyes of your subordinates; 

the one that you cannot abdicate is 

that of leader. In taking care of your 

subordinates, you must ensure that 

you don’t confuse yourself or your 

people by replacing loyalty with 

doting paternalism. Field Marshal 

Erwin Rommel has rightly said 

“The best form of welfare for the 



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troops is tough training.” Be loyal to 

your people by ensuring that they 

understand what you want and by 

rewarding them for success. Your 

integrity will let you know when 

you should shield them from the 

fallout of your mistakes. 

Remember, you’ve got to be loyal 

to your boss as well. You boss’s job 

and mission are your responsibility. 

You should know what his or her job 

description is and you should know 

what piece of that job description 

is yours. Everybody who works 

for the same boss has a piece of 

his or her job description. An old 

boss who was a real leader, Gen 


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Address from QG on Independence Day 

William McBride, once said, “You 

should always work your boss’s 

problems, not your own. That’s part 

of selflessness. Don’t expect him to 

work your problems. You work his. 

You think about him. Think about 

his responsibilities. Think about 

what he is trying to do. Not only 

what he told you to do, but think 

hard about what he really wants to 

do. Work his problems . . . if you will 

be selfless, you will fit that category 

of bright leadership of tomorrow.” 

You can’t have loyalty until you 

understand what is expected of 

you and what you expect of other 

people. 

4. Be consistent. The kindest thing 

you can do for your men is to be 

consistent. They want to know 

what to expect from you and what 

you expect from them. Among 

these expectations or standards 

may be the use of technical data or 

operational procedures, compliance 

with regulations, standards for 

personal appearance, or treatment 

of poor performance. Be sure any 

variations are well understood. 

Troops who don’t know what to 

expect of their “leader” and have 

difficulty knowing how he or she 

will react, are not likely to be happy 

with their situation. The good 

leader must weave a strong thread 

of consistency through the fabric of 

it all. 

5. Learn from mistakes. This guideline 

is very important. It’s what 

experience is all about. Abraham 

Lincoln said he had no respect for 

the man who was not smarter today 

than he was yesterday. The only 

way to be smarter today is to study 

yesterday; treat every unsuccessful 

event as if you must unlock it. Not 

to fix blame, but to fix the problem 

and learn ways to prevent others 

like it before they happen. Don’t

go through an operation, incident, 

or any event without learning 

something. Learn from other 

people’s mistakes, learn from your 

own-, analyze your mistakes and 

don’t be afraid to look at yourself 

in the mirror and think about them. 

Don’t ever pass up an opportunity 

to learn from a mistake, even one 

you didn’t make. Say to yourself 

that could be you if you don’t pay 

attention to what you are doing. 

What is it that person did wrong 

and how do you prevent that from 

happening to yourself or to your 

organization? 

6. Be yourself. Here is where the 

principle of integrity is most pervasive. 

If integrity is truly deeply ingrained in 

your character, then this guideline will 

probably take care of itself. Learn from 

others -- from the great lessons and 

leaders of history -- learn to apply the 

principles that made great leaders what 

they were, but don’t imitate their style. 

There are characteristics of others that 

you can adapt to your own style and 

there are things you can learn from the 

way others operate and behave, but 

never imitate anyone. Make whatever it 

is you do to be a good leader fit you. You 

have to do what’s comfortable for you. 

So be yourself. In a letter to his son on 

the day the Allies landed at Normandy 

Beach, George S. Patton wrote, “People 

who are not themselves are nobody.” 

If you’re trying to be somebody else, 

you’re kind of losing something of your 

own fundamental self and with that, 

your integrity. 

So, remember these six guidelines: 

communicate with others; fix 

responsibility; be loyal both ways; be 

consistent; learn from mistakes; and 

be yourself. Above all, remember that 

integrity is the essential ingredient that 

binds them all together. 

ENVIRONMENT 

Every organization has a particular 

work environment, which dictates to 

a considerable degree how its leaders 

respond to problems and opportunities. 

This is brought about by its heritage of 

past leaders and its present leaders. 



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GOALS, VALUES, AND CONCEPTS 

Leaders exert influence on the 

environment via three types of actions: 

1. The goals and performance 

standards they establish. 

2. The values they establish for the 

organization. 

3. The business and people concepts 

they establish. 

Successful organizations have leaders 

who set high standards and goals 

across the entire spectrum, such as 

strategies, leadership, plans, meetings 

and presentations, productivity, quality, 

and reliability. 

Values reflect the concern the 

organization has for its employees, 

Concepts define what products or 

services the organization will offer 

and the methods and processes for 

conducting business. 

These goals, values, and concepts 

make up the organization’s personality 

or how the organization is observed 

by both outsiders and insiders. 

This personality defines the roles, 

relationships, rewards, and rites that 

take place. 


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These Group Leaderships or Leadership 

Teams have specific characteristics: 

Characteristics of a Team 

• There must be an awareness of 

unity on the part of all its members. 

• There must be interpersonal 

relationship. Members must have a 

chance to contribute, and learn from 

and work with others. 

• The members must have the ability 

to act together toward a common 

goal. 

TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF WELL- 

FUNCTIONING TEAMS: 

• Purpose: Members proudly share a 

sense of why the team exists and 

are invested in accomplishing its 

mission and goals. 

• Priorities: Members know what 

needs to be done next, by whom, 

and 

by when to achieve team goals. 

• Roles: Members know their roles in 

getting tasks done and when to 

allow a more skillful member to do a 

certain task. 

• Decisions: Authority and decisionmaking 

lines are clearly understood. 

• Conflict: Conflict is dealt with 

openly and is considered important 

to decision-making and personal 

growth. 

• Personal traits: members feel 

their unique personalities are 

appreciated and well utilized. 

• Norms: Group norms for working 

together are set and seen as 

standards for every one in the 

groups. 

• Effectiveness: Members find team 

meetings efficient and productive 

and look forward to this time 

together. 

• Success: Members know clearly 

when the team has met with 

success and share in this equally 

and proudly. 

• Training: Opportunities for feedback 

and updating skills are provided 

and taken advantage of by team 

members. 

1. A leader has to be a person of 

Character. 

A leader knows the difference

etween right and wrong and have 

the guts to do the right thing. 

A leader does not abuse his power. 

He weighs the consequences of his 

actions 

2. A leader has to be Competent. 

A leader should know what’s got be 

done. He must be a problem solver. 

A competent leader chooses his/ 

her team well. 

He/she picks people who know 

what they’re doing 

3. A leader has to show Curiosity 

He/she listens to people outside of 

the “Yes, sir” crowd in his/her inner 

circle. 

If a leader never steps outside his/ 

her comfort zone to hear different 

ideas, he/she grows stale. 

If you don’t put your beliefs to the 

test, how would you know if they 

are right? 

4. A leader has to Communicate. 

Leaders must know how to talk 

straight, not spending time 

convincing us that things are not 

really as bad as they seem. 

Communication has to start with telling 

the truth, even when it’s painful. 

5. A leader has to be Creative. 

A leader has to think outside the box. 

Leadership is about managing change. 

Things change, and you get creative. A 

leader adapts to change 

6. A leader must have Courage. 

A leader must have “ balls.” 

Courage is a commitment to sit down 

at the negotiating table and talk. 

A political leader takes a position even 

when he/she knows it will cost him/her 

votes 

7. To be a leader, you’ve to have 

Conviction. 

A leader must have passion to get 

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Leaders lives upto their pledge 

Weapon Handling drill by a team of Trainee Officers 

He/she never abandons advocacies 

and missions in life. 

8. A leader should have Charisma. 

Charisma is the quality that makes 

people want to follow you. 

A leader must be able to inspire. 

People follow a leader because they 

trust him. 

9. You can’t be a leader, if you don’t 

have Common Sense 

Common sense means knowing “a 

dip of horseshit from a dip of vanilla 

ice cream.” If you don’t know the 

difference, you can never be a leader. 

Leader are made especially in times of 

Crisis. 


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MILITANCY/INSURGENCY 

FROM CONFLICT TO 

ENTREPRENEURSHIP 

UNLIMITED 

- K. Srinivasan 

IG/Consultant (Intelligence) 

While it is a fact that 

the insurgencies 

or movements to replace 

democracy with selfconceived 

concept of 

governance originated 

on ideological premises, 

today become a business, 

a livelihood and a tool for 

existence. Be it Kashmir 

militancy, NE insurgency 

or Left Wing Extremism, 

all started from the 

element of ideology 

but gradually drifted to 

become a private business 

with money and power 

playing complementary 

role discarding its original 

aim. 



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Kashmir Militancy : - 

2. Understanding the politico situation 

in Kashmir would be incomplete 

unless one has propensity to study 

the dynamic that have contributed 

in creating the situation. Multitude 

of factors are responsible for 

defining and determining the 

nature and complexion of the 

conflict in Kashmir which was 

never static, taking different shape 

and forms with the passage of time. 

History unfolds that Kashmir valley 

has been ruled by various ethnic 

groups from outside India followed 

by fractured governance by the 

kings of those time thus making the 

inhabitants prone divergent values 

and traditions. 

3. The growing unrest against the 

Indian rule fuelled by successive 

Govt. The manifestation of people’s 

anger against corrupt Govt., lack of 

development avenues (due to self 

imposed inhabitant article 270) and 

unfair means in election in 1987 all 

triggered the eruption. 

4. Beneath the sounds of gun fire 

and the firing of political rhetoric’s, 

there is an unseen clash of values in 

society with contradicting currents. 

The violence continues to get 

natured despite knee jerk reaction 

followed by piece meal political 

initiative, the militancy has acquired 

political and criminal contour. Thus, 

today, we are witnessing a militancy 

which has been thoroughly 

politicised, criminalised and 

business live. Over a period of time, 

people have developed their vested 

interests into the conflict which 

ensures otherwise unattainable 

benefit for them. It may be not out 

of place to state that many people 

are in reality being benefitted from 

conflict who obviously opposes 

any peace initiative which may 

change the status-quo. Like most of 

other conflicts elsewhere in world. 

Kashmir conflict has given birth 

to a large scale conflict enterprise 

which has key factors such as Govt, 

politicians, separatists, business 

people, militant, security forces, 

civil society actors, media and 

general public which has become 

and emotionally appealing and 

theatrically mark-able commodity. 

North-East Insurgency : - 

5. North-East, by very nature of its 

cultural and ethnic diversions is 

riddled with governance problems. 

The tribal and culture, the 

discrimination by the ruling faction 

and the perceived suppression 

has created number of outfits for 

separation. Though the ideology 

was prevalent in the conceptual 

shape, ultimately it transformed 

into business of making money 

to serve their personal growth. 

Thus, there was criminalization of 

the entire movement by means of 

extortions, blackmailing, forcible 

collection, pilferage, looting, etc. 

Obviously, the role of ISI becomes 

evident in supporting these groups 

in one form or the other. 

Left Wing Extremism :- 

6. While the naxalism had strong 

roots of ideology to start with, 

to-day, we are seeing them as a 

band of extortionists, blackmailers 

in the name of protagonist 

of development. Even the 

developmental works initiated by 

the Government are forced to be 

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stalled on the premises that it is a 

naxal Who could be instrumental in 

development? Illegal transactions, 

extortions, commission on all 

transactions, blackmailing and 

murders are common. 

Marketability : 

7. As Chris Hedges in his book “war 

forms its own culture” argues 

that war energy generates its own 

culture pedalled by myth makers. 

The players in Kashmir militancy 

have become ‘mythmakers’ which 

includes politicians, militants, 

business men and media, all selling 

the myth-“dreams of freedom and 

prosperity”. The entire enterprise 

is revolving around this myth 

factor serving the all big and small 

entrepreneurs whose interests are 

vested in the conflict. Thus it has 

become vicious circle. These multifactored 

dimensions are as under: 

(a) Conflict and Government: 

While there is not much economic 

potential alluring Pakistan to have 

hold on Kashmir, it has got a emotional 

appeal for Pakistan. While India 

maintains the “sovereignty and integral 

part factor”, for Pak policy makers it is 

a “jugular vein” and almost becomes a 



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war cry. The binding force among the 

various political parties in Pakistan is 

the Kashmir factor and no Govt. can 

afford to lose sight of this. Kashmir also 

continues to be a distraction to shift 

public attention from other serious 

issues. Thus, for Pakistan, Kashmir is 

an agenda that cannot be closed. 

(b) Separatists and Conflict : 

The complicity of the separatists 

marketing the conflict is certainly true 

in Kashmir as both pro-Indian as well 

as separatist remain away from the 

election so to have a sway over the 

state politics. The separatist on the 

other hand having realised the absence 

of grass root support, wishes to be an 

anti establishment force to keep their 

organisation abreast. At present there 

are more that 30 odd separatist political 

parties who claim to be representing 

people. The separatist politicians are 

able to sustain with huge finance with 

militancy as the key. 

(c) Conflict and Entrepreneurship : 

The ongoing militancy having passed 

almost 22 years almost has given a 

livelihood to the outfit leaders with 

vital position, status, money, perks. 

College dropouts raised from ‘Nothing’ 

to ‘something’ are owning several real 

estate properties. Similarly, senior 

separatists have, though claims to be 

living on meagre income are having 

huge property with family staying 

abroad. Thus, the militant group 

commanders have all along remained 

adverse to initiation of peace process 

in Kashmir by claiming themselves as 

‘Zealot” of the movement making them 

difficult to come to normal stream as 

militancy has become a livelihood/ 

business for them. 

(d) Conflict and Business People : 

No struggle can survive without 

finance. Though, initially there was 

fanatic fervour in jihad elements, all 

these dissipated as time passed. While 

the businessmen initially suffered due 

to parting way of money for militancy, 

today, they have no hesitation to fund 

the militants as long as their business 

interests are promoted. Some business 

establishments have been providing 

the required cover for siphoning funds 

for militancy. Hawala transaction 

or money laundering provided huge 

incentives to these businessmen. The 

unholy nexus between the North- 

Eastern IIGs and also business groups 

involved in mining and fertilizer supply 

in LWE region is well known. 

(e) Conflict and People : 

Though, it is believed that it is a 

common people who were at the 

receiving end during the trouble and 

trauma in Kashmir, yet is has benefited 

them as well. The fluid situation during 

militancy provided scope for evasion 

of tax payments and other revenue 

collection process. Any move of 

normalcy and inter-alia which activates 

the Govt. machinery is unwelcome due 

to habitual law violation tendency on 

the part of some people. 

(f) Conflict and Civil Society : 

One glaring phenomenon in this entire 

militancy was a lack of vibrant civil 

society which worsened the situation. 

However, as the militancy grew, human 

right groups began to mushroom in the 

name of giving succour to the people. 

However, these groups who were 

mainly funded by international NGOs, 

with their hidden agenda, do not focus 

to bring reconciliation between various 

groups of society, but to increase 

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their property and status. It has 

become another economic activity or 

a business venture as they would not 

find a more lucrative and high profile 

jobs elsewhere. Often they were 

speaking for the militant outfits having 

got substantial funds from them. 

(g) 

Conflict and Media 

With the emergence of number of 

national/regional electronic and 

print channels, the competition for 

“breaking news” has taken a centre 

state. In this game of “one up man 

ship”, some sections of Media focus 

their attention to support the cause 

of the naxals/militants in the name 

of transparency, thereby giving fillip 

to the stand/actions undertaken by 

these anti-national elements. While 

the constructive criticism was always 

welcome, negative or adverse/ 

unwarranted criticisms of the security 

action highlighting the ANE actions 

have been counterproductive in the 

overall security strategy. However, of 

late, it has been seen that the Media is 

also sensitive to the security concerns 

and are able to expose the negative 

side of the militancy/LWE, etc., as well. 

Conclusion 

Thus, today the movement of 

militancy or insurgency or naxalism 

has transformed itself from being an 

instrument of change of the society 

based on ideology to instrument of 

change for self-centred growth by 

vested interests. 

By and large every section of society 

has evolved to learn how to adapt 

to the highly charged atmosphere 

of violence and muster art of using 

conflict like a commercial product for 

the personal gain. With a wide section 

of society not having any cultural or 

educational or industrial capital in the 

competitive market, the conflict comes 

handy for them as it does not demand 

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“VALUE BASED EDUCATION - ROLE OF CRPF 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS” 

-A.N. Srinivasan, 

IGP (Retd.) 

It is globally accepted today that quality 

education should be provided to 

every child without any discrimination 

whether the child is a boy or girl, rich or 

poor. Therefore, everyone whether rich 

or poor, strives to ensure that his or her 

child gets admission in a proper school 

right from the Play School level leave 

aside High School or College education. 

Thus, every school is expected to give 

its best to the children studying in 

it and provide appropriate, modern 

and updated infrastructures, study 

materials, congenial environment, 

rich library, adequate facilities for 

sports and games, provisions for cocurricular 

activities, well equipped 

laboratories, very good teachers with 

appropriate educational qualifications 

and experience and proper hygiene 

and sanitation in the school campus 

including proper toilets. 

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enables the mind to find out truth 

which emancipates us from a bondage 

of the dust and gives us the wealth, 

not of things but of inner life, not of 

power but of the love, making the 

truth and giving expression to it as a 

natural choice. Values such as integrity, 

responsibility, discipline, commitment, 

patriotism etc. are considered as old 

fashion by a few in the society. These 

may be old values but they are certainly 

not obsolete. They have stood the test 

of time and will be here for ever. These 

values have the same meaning in New 

York or London or elsewhere as in New 

Delhi. They are universal. 

Since parents are keen that their 

children should have education in 

reasonably good schools and demand 

for such schools is increasing day by 

day, there has been mushroom growth 

of such schools suffixing the words 

“International School”. They make all 

possible publicity to attract the parents 

and children. The fee structures of most 

of such schools are prohibitive. Many 

private schools in the country have 

become profit making business centres 

and the quality of education is not, in 

many schools, as per the expectations 

of the parents. 

Excessive home work, harsh teachers 

with inadequate teaching experience 

and knowledge of the subjects they 

teach, mishandling of the children by 

the teachers, abnormal sessions in 

the school which does not allow the 

children even to have their food in time 

etc. are the important features of some 

of these schools. Instead of making the 

students to understand certain things 

methodically, they are made to just 

memorise it. Thus the child’s originality 

and further developments in life are 

damaged in the initial schooling days 

itself.

One should understand that illuminating 

and refining the minds is the real goal 

of education. Unfortunately, nowadays 

the parents feel that any school that 

imposes un-imaginable work load on 

the children and has extended school 

hours is an ideal school for their 

children to come up in life without 

realising that in that process they are 

just spoiling the basic abilities, aptitude, 

growing process etc. of their children. 

In fact value based education is the 

requirement of the day. Right type of 

living, exemplary discipline, modesty, 

respecting elders, controlling the 

senses, loving the country etc should 

be considered as important ingredients 

of Education besides imparting 

required knowledge in various subjects 

in accordance with the curriculum of 

the school. The schools should also 

devote reasonable time to teach Yoga, 

Meditation, Etiquettes, Ethics, Values 

etc. Creating a conducive ambience in 

every school for the children to learn 

to be disciplined, honest, generous 

and selfless should be the sincere 

endeavour of the authorities managing 

the schools. 

The Supreme Court of India has recently 

upheld the validity of Clause 12 of the 

Right to Education Act which envisages 

that aided and non-aided private 

schools should reserve 25% of the 

seats for the disadvantaged children in 

their neighbourhoods. This judgement 

certainly creates an opportunity for 

all such schools to become a place 

for social transformation. To what 

extent the provisions of the above said 

judgement will be implemented in 

letter and spirit with required sincerity 

by the schools concerned all over India 

is required to be closely watched. A 

socially mixed school with its contacts 

and experience will certainly promote 

greater social integration of the 

children studying there. 

The first CRPF Public School established 

many years back at Rohini, Delhi had 

started functioning on sound footing 

and had taken care of the education 

of the children of all ranks of CRPF 

besides providing certain percentage 

of seats to the children of general 

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social transformation. I, in my capacity 

as Assistant Director (Administration), 

Directorate General, CRPF New Delhi 

during the period 1995-1998, had been 

closely associated with the efficient 

functioning of the CRPF Public School, 

Rohini. The school was one of the best 

schools in Delhi area and there used 

to be great demand for admission in 

this school. During 1995-1996, I had 

played a major role in mobilising funds 

for starting the second Public School 

of CRPF at Ranga Reddy Group Centre 

near Secunderabad (Andra Pradesh). 

Later, the third Public School of CRPF 

has come up at Dwarika, New Delhi. 

As the CRPF gives utmost importance 

for the welfare of the officers and 

men of the Force who are deployed 

throughout the country in all types 

of hard areas, personal care is being 

taken by authorities handling the 

affairs of CRPF Public Schools that the 

quality of education, allied facilities, 

infrastructures, discipline etc are 

not compromised at any cost. The 

enthusiasm and dedication of the 

Principals and staff members of these 

three schools and the administrative 

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Directorate General, CRPF have enabled 

these schools to achieve higher peaks 

of success right from their inception. 

Education is a human necessity. A 

good Education System plays a vital 

role in moulding the life of a child. The 

philosophy of CRPF Public Schools is 

to provide holistic education in order 

to develop the children as responsible 

citizens of India. The Principals, 

teachers, other staff, parents and well 

wishers have taken these CRPF Public 

Schools from pillar to pillar helping 

them to achieve new heights every year. 

Whether it is academics or sports or cocurricular 

activities, CRPF Public Schools 

are among the best in all spheres. 

Carefully constructed buildings using 

the latest modern technologies, well 

equipped laboratories, meticulously 

selected staff (Both teaching and nonteaching) 

and vast play grounds are 

important features of these three 

prestigious schools of CRPF. 

The child is not a vessel to be filled but 

a light to be kindled so as to illuminate 

the whole world. In CRPF Public Schools, 

the students and teachers have always 

been provided the autonomy to work 

at their own pace and also the freedom 

of expression which has helped the 

children to become mature individuals 

who respect each other, not trying to 

encroach upon anyone’s space. It is 

also being ensured that the students 

of CRPF Public Schools learn the values 

of caring and sharing. The student of 

today has access to every information 

at a click of the mouse of a computer. 

Therefore, the real task is processing 

the knowledge properly so that it 

becomes the true asset of the child for 

progressing further in life. 

Indeed, the CRPF Public Schools are 

playing a vital role in helping the 

society by producing students nurtured 

by quality and value based education 

which is the need of the hour. Kudos 

to the CRPF Public Schools which are 

doing yeoman service to the society in 

general and to the CRPF personnel in 

particular. 

“Where the vision is one year we 

cultivate flowers. 

Where the vision is ten years we 

cultivate trees. 

Where the vision is eternity we cultivate 

people”.

CRPF FEATURED IN BACSA (LONDON) MAGAZINE 

- J.S. Gill 

IGP (Retd) 

While I was posted as ADIGP, GC- 

CRPF Neemuch in 2004, I came 

to know that in London there is an 

Organisation named BACSA (British 

Association of Cemeteries in South 

Asia) which looks after the British 

cemeteries in South Asia. 

There is a beautiful cemetery in 

Nimach which is totally neglected. 

Some of the graves are in very good 

shape. BACSA had infact, agreed in 

principle to sanction funds for its 

renovation. However, after my transfer 

the project fizzled out. During my 

tenure, I got it cleaned and entrusted 

the task to CT G.P.Dubey to list all 

graves with inscriptions. CT Dubey 

within two months did a wonderful 

job and presented me the list in a 

bound form. I forwarded the list to Dr. 

Roselyn Jones, Hon. Secretary, BACSA 

in London. She sent me an extract of 

a book by Lady Olive Croften named 

“Monumental Inscription” in Malwa 

and Central India. After few years one 

British named Simon Kidner arranged 

the names in an alphabetical order and 

put them on net. Dr. Roselyn Jones 

visited India during 2010 for launch of 

her book “1857 Revolution” in which 

Nimach Brigade also played a major 

part. 

I again discussed about the renovation 

of the cemetery at Nimach and gave 

her insight into the glorious history of 

CRPF. The accompanying article was 

published in “Chowkidar” a magazine 

of BACSA published from London. 

There is an urgent need to restore 

the heritage buildings of Nimach and 

record the glorious history /events of 

the past. 

THE CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE 

Many people are familiar with the story 

of how today's Indian Army began with 

a handful of sepoys hired to guard the 

East India Company's factories and 

grew to become one of the world's 

largest armies. Lesser well known is 

the story of the Crown Representative 

Forces, which were established by the 

British Government in India in July 

1939. Anticipating trouble, the Forces 

were set up to provide support to the 

rulers of various princely States, to 

enforce surveillance over German and 

Italian prisoners-of-war interned by the 

British, and to counter the menace of 

dacoits. It was also of course to provide 

protection for British residents in the 

different States. 

After Independence it was renamed 

the Central Reserve Police Force 

(CRPF) and is now reputedly the 

largest paramilitary force in operation, 

assisting the United Nations and playing 

a crucial role in keeping law and order, 

particularly during election time in 

India. But of special interest to BACSA 

is the Force's headquarters at Nimach 

in Madhya Pradesh. Here a number of 

fine old buildings in the former British 

cantonment have been re-utilised by 

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of recognizing and restoring these 

heritage structures. 

Chief among them is the Ochterlony 

House, built in 1822 as the British 

Residency by Sir David Ochterlony, 

the 'White Mughal' par excellence, 

with his thirteen 'wives'. The splendid 

house, not dissimilar to the Residency 

at Hyderabad, is now the Officers' Mess 

for the Force. It is said that so great 

was the respect for this redoubtable 

American-born soldier, that his house 

was not only left untouched during the 

1857 uprising, but that long after his 

death in 1825 local Bhil tribes people 

would bring garlands to the house 

to honour his memory. Ochterlony 

also constructed a small fort at 

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is the grave of Lieutenant Richard RW 

Brett, of the Bombay Light Cavalry 

'who died of wounds on 22 November 

1857 when the fort was besieged: 

Other buildings now used by the Force 

include the imposing Victoria' Barracks, 

the Quarter Guard (built in 1878), the 

little Anglican church and the plunge 

bath, constructed for the use of British 

officers during the tormenting summer 

heat. The old cemetery contains many 

interesting tombs, reckoned at over 

eighty in number and impressive 

by"their sheer scale, Here lie the 

daughter-in-law (Sarah) and grandson 

(Robert Shaw) of Robert Burns, the 

poet, who both died in 1821, the 

year that the cemetery was opened. 

Indeed, they may have been its earliest 

inhabitants. Roderick Peregrine 

While I was posted 

as ADIGP, GC- 

CRPF Neemuch in 

2004, I came to know 

that in London there 

is an Organisation 

named BACSA 

(British Association of 

Cemeteries in South 

Asia) which looks after 

the British cemeteries in 

South Asia. 

Ochterlony, a natural son of Sir David 

followed the Burns to the cemetery 

the next year and there was a steady 

stream of burials thereafter. Lady 

Olive Crofton recorded many of the 

inscriptions in the Indian Monumental 

series published in 1934, although it is 

unclear how much might remain today. 

BACSA is indebted to Mr Jasbir Singh 

Gill, Director of the CRPF at its Gurgaon 

Camp, for bringing this cemetery and 

the cantonment's fine old buildings to 

our notice.

CRPF AT A GLANCE 

The history of CRPF is a saga of 

sacrifice and sustained dedication 

for national integration, unity and 

maintenance of peace in the country. 

The force has made its presence felt 

all over the country. Whether it is 

external danger, insurgency, Left-Wing 

Extremism, communal clashes or 

natural calamities, CRPF is always there 

to protect the lives of the citizens. The 

force has always done justice to the 

confidence reposed by the Government 

and the people in it. 

The Central Reserve Police Force was 

formed 73 years ago on 27th July, 

1939 at NIMACH (North India Military 

Artillery and Cavalry HQ) as the 

Crown Representative’s Police. After 

the Independence it was renamed as 

the Central Reserve Police Force and 

Late Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, the 

then Home Minister had visualized a 

multidimensional role for it. 

The CRPF has innumerable 

achievements to its credit. It was the 

CRPF which bore the brunt of the first 

onslaught of the Chinese aggression at 

Hot Springs in Ladakh on October 21, 

1959 when a small CRPF patrol was 

ambushed and heavily out-numbered 

by the Chinese army. In the ensuing 

battle, 10 CRPF men laid down their 

lives. Every year now, 21st October is 

observed as the Police Commemoration 

Day. 

The force once again proved its mettle in 


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1965 when a small contingent of 2nd Bn 

CRPF, successfully fought and repulsed 

an attack by a Pakistani Brigade on 9th 

April at Sardar Post in Gujarat, killing 34 

Pakistani soldiers and capturing 4 alive. 

Never in the history of military battles 

have a handful policemen fought back 

a full-fledged infantry brigade in such 

a manner. In this incident six valiant 

CRPF men also laid down their lives. As 

a tribute to the saga of our brave men, 

9th April is now befittingly celebrated 

as “Valour Day” in the Force. 

The CRPF has also been deployed 

internationally at Kosovo, Haiti and Sri 

Lanka. In Sri Lanka, two CRPF Battalions 

and one Company of Mahila Battalion 

were a part of the Indian Peace Keeping 

Force. The first major offensive of 

the LTTE directed against the CRPF, 

using unconventional warfare was 

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the incident was for her exemplary 

bravery, awarded the highest 

peacetime Gallantry Award ‘Ashok 

Chakra’ posthumously. 

When 5 armed terrorists tried to storm 

the Ram Janambhoomi/Babri Masjid 

Devi was awarded Sena Medal for her 

good work. For the first time in the 

history of UN, a Fully Formed Female 

Unit is posted in Liberia as a part of 

United Nations Peacekeeping Mission. 

On the 13th of December 2001 when 

the terrorists attacked the Parliament 

House it was the brave CRPF who 

successfully foiled the attack. In 

exchange of fire, all the five militants 

were eliminated. Mahila CT Kamlesh 

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Attack on the temple of democracy, the Parliament, was successfully repulsed by CRPF 

Complex in Ayodhya on 5th July, 2005 

and had penetrated the outer security 

rings, they were confronted by the CRPF 

posted at the inner security ring. Our 

Jawans fought bravely and thwarted 

the evil designs of the terrorists and 

successfully eliminated all of them on 

the spot. 

From a single Battalion in 1939 the 

Force has now grown to 226 Bns, 40 

Group Centers, 15 training institutions 

and 4 Composite Hospitals . It is the 

only Para Military Force in the country 

which has 3 Mahila Battalions. The bulk 

of the force is deployed in Jammu & 

Kashmir; Left Wing Extremism affected 

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to tackle terrorist and insurgent 

activities. It presently has 10 COBRA 

units, a specially trained force to fight 

the naxal means. The CoBRA battalions 

have been deployed strategically in the 

naxal effected areas. 

CRPF has always been playing a 

significant role in times of natural 

disasters. When the destructive 

Tsunami had caused an unprecedented 

damage to lives and property or when 

the J&K earthquake had devastated 

large areas disrupting life on a massive 

scale, CRPF played a significant role 

in the relief, rescue and rehabilitation 

efforts. We now have two battalions 

of CRPF designated as Disaster 

Management battalions which are 

located at Pune and Ahmedabad. 

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H.E. Smt. Pratibha D.Patil, Former President of India with DG, senior officers and 

parade commanders of Silver Jubilee Parade of 88 Mahila Battalion 

MAHILA BATTALIONS 

CRPF is the only Para-Military Force in 

the country which has three Mahila 

Bns. The first Mahila Bn (88 Bn) was 

raised in Delhi on Feb 6, l986. Mahila 

troops of 88 Bn performed a great task 

in completion of Amarnath Yatra duties 

and performed duties at Ayodhya 

in Ramjanmbhumi Babri Masjid 

demolition issue in 1991. Ever 

since its raising it was deployed within 

or outside the country and earned 

laureates. When the Bn deployed at 

Srilanka with IPKF at Jaffna, Elephanta 

Pass, Mahila Bn performed duties 

exceptionally well. 

Mahila Constable of 88 Bn Kamlesh 

Kumari showed exceptional courage 

and presence of mind and alerted the 

security Forces when the terrorists 

entered the premises of the Parliament 

on Dec.l3, 200l in which she fell to their 

bullets. For her exemplary bravery 

she has been awarded the highest 

peacetime Gallantry Award ‘Ashok 

Chakra’ posthumously on the 53rd 

Republic Day, 2002. 

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aised in 1995 at Gandhinagar and is 

deployed for law and Order duties/ 

provide protection of witnesses of 

Godhra riots at Delhi/Ayodhya/Imphal 

and Gandhi Nagar. Mahila personnel 

of this unit are being sent to UN peace 

mission at Liberia on rotational basis 

since 2007. 

A New CRPF Mahila Bn. i.e. 213 Bn. has 

also been raised last year. 

The Mahila Bn. celebrated it’s Silver 

Jubilee in the year 2011 H.E. The 

President of India, Smt. Pratibha D. Patil 

took salute of the parade. Smt. Meira 

Kumar, Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha 

honoured the achievers of the unit 

which included Padamsri Ms. Kunja 

Rani Devi and the gallantry medalists. 

Sh. Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister for 

Communications released “First Day 

Cover”. A coffee table book was also 

released by Shri P. Chidambaram, 

Hon’ble Home Minister. Smt. Sonia 

Gandhi, Chairperson NAC presented a 

trophy to the 88 ( Mahila ) battalion, to 

be kept in Unit Quarter Guard to inspire 

generations of women to come. 

RAPID ACTION FORCE 

Rapid Action Force(RAF) formed on 7th 

October,1992 to deal with communal 


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well there. Again the RAF had sent 

a Contingent for UN Peace Keeping 

duties in Kosovo from May’2000 to 

September’2005. RAF creating a golden 

history in the Indian policing during 

their deployment at United Nations 

Mission in Liberia. 

OPERATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF 

CRPF DURING 2012 

a) CRPF along with other Security 

Forces and State Police killed 82 

riots and riot like situations has made 

its impact and won confidence of the 

people from the very beginning. Each 

Bn of RAF looks after the surrounding 

area of its zone of responsibility. 

In normal times, RAF Bns carry on 

exercises to familiarize themselves 

with the ground situations, so that they 

have full co-operation of the people of 

the area while tackling a situation. 

RAF had its first exposure of UN 

Peace Keeping duties when one 

contingent consisting of 123 personnel 

was deployed in HAITI as a part of 

Military Police from 30 th March to 2 nd 

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militants/extremists/naxalites, 

apprehended 1422 others including 

suspects and recovered 823 various 

types of sophisticated weapons, 

15,459 rounds of assorted 

ammunition, 1184 grenades/ 

bombs/rockets & 21,226.3 Kgs 

explosive material in various 

operations through out the country 

during the above period. During the 

course of these achievements, CRPF 

also lost its 35 gallant personnel 


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various incidents. 

DEPLOYMENT 

a) Jammu & Kashmir (65 Bns): The 

present level of deployment of 

CRPF in J&K is 65 Bns and 3 Coys of 

Mahila Bn, which is 35% of the total 

availability of the Force. Recently 

the actual level of deployment in 

the State is reduced to 458 Coys 

from 493 Coys. 61% of the Force 

in J&K is deployed on Counter 

Insurgency and related duties, 25% 

is providing security of VVIP/Vital 

installation and remaining 14% of 

the Force undergoing rotational 

training etc. 

b) North Eastern States: 35 GD Bns, 01 

CoBRA Bn and 2 Mahila Coys i.e. 19% 

of the entire Force are deployed in 

the North Eastern States. The Force 

so deployed is mainly performing 

Counter Insurgency and related

duties. In Manipur and Nagaland, 

bulk of CRPF is deployed on ROP on 

NH-53, thus keeping the highways 

open and providing life line to the 

States. 

c) LWE affected States: The bulk 

of the Force in Bihar, Jharkhand, 

Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, 

Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, 

Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal is 

deployed for anti-Naxal operations. 

66 GD Bns and 09 CoBRA Bn are 

deployed in the above States. 

The Force has been effectively tackling 

the menace and gradually gaining 

strength in acquiring the capabilities 

to effectively handle the situation 

in LWE affected areas. The force is 

also performing Election duties and 

CRPFmade major contribution to the 

conduct of incident free Amarnath 

Yatra- 2012 

DEVELOPMENTAL INITIATIVES 

Railway projects in J&K: 14 Companies 

of the Force are deployed for IRCON 

security duties in J&K besides one Coy 

of CRPF is being provided for Hydro 

Power Project at Chanderkot, Ramban 

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Railway & Highway projects in North 

Eastern States: 

CRPF is also providing security to the 

important guage-conversion rail project 

between Lumding and Silchar in Assam 

while 2 Coys of CRPF in Manipur is also 

being provided for IRCON security. 

Hydrop Power Projects in Manipur: Five 

Coys are also deployed for providing 

security to the Hydro Power project 

duties at Loktak in Churachandpur 

district of Manipur. 

MEDALS 

Since our last anniversary, 11 


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Officers and men have been awarded 

the “President’s Police Medal for 

Distinguished service” while 114 

have been awarded “Police Medal of 

Meritorious service”. 555 Officers/ 

personnel were awarded DG’s 

Commendation Disc & Commendation 

letter for the above period. 

Since its inception, the CRPF has 

earned 01 George Cross, 01 Ashok 

Chakra, 01 Vir Chakra, 11 Shaurya 

Chakra, 02 Padmashri, 03 Kings Police 

Medals for Gallantry, 49 President’s 

Police and Fire Service Medals for 

Gallantry, 182 Presidents Police 

Medal for Gallantry, 879 Police Medal 

for Gallantry, 04 Vishist Seva Medal, 01 

Yudh Seva Medal, 05 Sena Medals, 90 

Prime Minister’s Police Medal for 

Life Saving, 01 Jeevan Raksha Padak 

and 05 IPMG. 

TRAINING 

CRPF has its Academy named Internal 

Security Academy at Mount Abu 

(Rajasthan) to run Pre-Promotional 

courses for Gazetted Officers of CRPF. 

Courses on Internal Security are also 

run for Asstt. Commandants and 

Commandants of CRPF as well as civil 

officers such as DM, SP, SDM and Dy.S.P.

of States. A CRPF Academy has also been 

set up at Kadarpur, Gurgaon (Haryana. 

There are Four Central Training Colleges 

(CTCs) located at Neemuch (MP), 

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), Nanded 

(Maharastra) and Guwalior (MP). 

These training institutions organize inservice, 

instructional and promotional 

courses for the Gazetted/Subordinate/ 

Under Officers and Constables. 

There are Five Recruits Triaining Centres 

(RTCs) located at Neemuch(MP), 

Avadi(TamilNadu), Pallipuram(Kerala), 

Humhuma(Srinagar) and Rajgir(Bihar). 

These training centers conduct basic 

training to Constables(Recruits) of the 

Force. The capacity of each Recruits 

Training Centre is 1215. The courses of 

Counter Insurgency and Anti Terrorist 

operations are regularly conducted 

at CIAT school Silchar and Shivpuri 

on the pattern of Counter Insurgency 

and Jungle Warfare school of Army at 

Vairangte. 

The Pre-induction training is conducted 

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a) Jammu & Kashmir Zone: Adhoc 

Zonal Training Centre at Srinagar and 

Nagrota. 

b) North East Zone: Adhoc Zonal 

Training Centres at CIAT Silchar and 

Khatkhati (Assam) 

In addition following Training Centers 

have also been set up on Adhoc 

basis to meet the immediate training 

requirements:- 

1. ATC Allahabad: UP 

2. ATC Greater Noida: UP 

3. ATC Khatkhati: Assam 

4. ATC Rangareddy: Andhra Pradesh 

5. ATC Latur: Maharashtra 

6. ATC Taralu: Karnataka 

7. ATC Pallipuram: Kerala 

8. ATC Neemuch: M.P 

9. ATC Ajmer: Rajasthan 

10. ATC Avadi: Tamilnadu 

11. ATC Jalandhar: Punjab 

12. ATC Bhopal: M.P 

13. ATC Pinjore: Haryana 

Following specialized training Schools 

are being established to impart modern 


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Inauguration of Intelligence School 

and in-depth training in the concerned 

field. 

1. Intelligence School, Kadarpur: 

Haryana 

2. ToT School, Dharampur: H.P 

3. Indian Institute of IED Management 

(I3M), Pune 

4. National Institute of Jungle Warfare, 

Belgaum: Karnataka 

5. College of Cooking and Catering 

Management, Taralu: Karnataka 

6. College of Information & 

Technology, Bangalore: Karnataka 

7. RAF Training School, Meerut: U.P 

In addition to above, a "Dog 

Breeding and Training School" has 

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The Majestic building of I3M, Pune

already been sanctioned at Taralu, 

near Bangalore. 

HUMAN RIGHTS. 

A three days capsule Course for all 

ranks of CRPF in all Units with the 

sole purpose of giving renewed 

emphasis on Human Rights has 

been introduced. The Courses are 

conducted at regular interval of 

time. 68,331 officers and personnel 

have undergone the 3 days Capsule 

Course on Human Rights so far. 

COMMUNICATIONS 

a) Communications plays a vital role 

behind success of each operations. 

CRPF has therefore been updating 

its communication system on an 

ongoing basis. A computerized 

message switching system at almost 

all strategic places is available as 

part of CRPF intra-network. Further, 

latest state- of-the-art radio sets 

have been provided to no. of units 

for smooth communication. 

b) 10 Nos Unmanned aerial vehicle 

(UAV) have been procured for 

operational use in LWE states. 

c) 5 Nos V-Sat terminals for NTRO UAV 

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d) 356 Digital Satellite Phone 

Terminals (DSPTs) sanctioned from 

MHA for each coys deployed in LWE 

areas for personal use of jawans 

where no other communication 

media is available. 48 Nos. have 

been installed in Chattisgarh. 

Installation of remaining DSPTs is 

under progress 

e) 160 Nos Hand Held Satellite phones 

have been provided to the units 

deployed in LWE areas. 80 Nos 

more expected to be materialized 

shortly. 

f) 56 Nos Satellite Personnel Trackers 

have been provided to the LWE 

states to locate the position of won 

troops during operations. 

g) Case for authorization of Satellite 

Personnel Tracker up to Executive 

Coy level submitted to MHA. 

h) 2 Nos HF direction finder/locator 

and 8 Nos wide band surveillance 

receivers capable to monitor HF/ 

VHF/UHF frequency have been 

deployed in LWE states. 

i) 606 Nos light weight foldable 

lightening arrestors have been 

distributed to the units deployed in 

lightening prone area of different 

Ops theatre. 

j) 200 solar battery chargers have 

been provided to the units deployed 

in LWE areas. These chargers will 

help in charging various types of 

batteries of sets as well as mobile 

phones in absence of electric 

supply. 

COMPUTERIZATION 

A new reporting services is being 

prepared by IT Wing for easy decision 

making on HR related/PIS related 

functionalities and same is in the 

progress. Accordingly a report with 

provision to get information of 

complete profile and photograph of 

officers/men has been uploaded. A 

computer enabled variety option for 

DG CRPF and other Senior Level officers 

to access profile data of officers both 

Hierarchy wise and OPS Command/ 

hierarchy wise has also been developed 

and hosted through SQL reporting 

services. 

ERP based Microsoft Dynamic software 

has been procured by IT Wing and 

customization of software being 

carried out as per our requirement. All 

Sanction & Supply orders, OPS reports,

Inventory reports being prepared on 

MS Dynamics. SELO Connectivity 

to MHA:- SELO connectivity from Dte, 

Gen CGO Complex to MHA has been 

established. 

WELFARE 

The welfare of the dependants of CRPF 

personnel who die at the call of duty or 

get injured and invalidated from service 

has remained our sincere concern. In 

the event of death of CRPF personnel 

next of kin of the deceased are given 

lump-sum grants from Risk Fund. 

As per point raised in G.B. Meeting for 

the year 2009-10 held on 16/12/2010 

a Board was constituted to increase 

the benefits in Death/Invalidation 

cased from CWF. Accordingly as per 

recommendation of the Board a sum 

of Rs. 60,000/- in each death case is 

being paid w.e.f 01/07/2011 to NOK as 

financial assistance out of CWF. During 

the period i.e. w.e.f. 1/10/2011 to 

15/10/2012 a sum of Rs. 4,00,00,000/- 

has been paid to NOKs in 720 death 

cases. 

(a) Rate of subscription of Risk Fund 

has been increased from Rs.250/- to 

300/- wef 01/04/2012. 

(b) In death cases, benefit of 

Risk Fund has been increased wef. 

01/03/2012 and amount of benefit 

will be distributed between NOK and 

parents as mentioned below:- 

DEATH BENEFITS 

01. Death 

in 

Action 

02. Death in 

accident 

while 

on duty 

03. Death 

due to 

Cerebral 

Malaria 

04. Other 

deaths 

Rs.15 

lacs 

Rs.12 

lacs 

Rs.12 

lacs 

Rs.08 

lacs 

DISTRIBUTION 

NOK Parents 

11 lacs 04 Lacs 

08 lacs 04 lacs 

08 lacs 04 lacs 

5.50 

lacs 

2.50 

lacs 

(c) In invalidation cases, 

Benefit of Risk Fund has also been 

increased wef. 01/03/2012 as 

mentioned below:- 

0% Disability Subs + Bonus 

1-50% Rs. 4 Lacs 

51-75% Rs. 6 Lacs 

76-100% Rs. 8 Lacs 

Rs. 2,500/- p.m. as recurring payment 

for life time in 100% disability in 

action only. 

CRPF WIVES’ WELFARE ASSOCIATION 

(CWWA) 

Ninety percent of the Force is deployed 

in Jammu & Kashmir, the North East 

and Naxalite infested areas of Central 

India. These are high-risk zones. The 

force personnel are, therefore not 

able to keep families with them. The 

separated families are settled in various 

Group Centres across the country. 

In order to meet this responsibility of 

looking after these separated families, 

the Family Welfare Centres were set up. 

These Family Welfare Centres provide 

a platform to the families to showcase 

their talent. In order to coordinate 

the activities of all FWCs, to provide it 

direction and to achieve will set goals, 

the CRPF Wives’ Welfare Association 

(CWWA) was registered as a Society in 

1995. 

The main aims and objectives of the 

“CRPF Wives’ Welfare Association” are 

to generate a sense of accomplishment 

in the minds of CRPF ladies and develop 

managerial skill in them, to promote 

programmes for rehabilitation of 

widows and the disabled, to p u r s u e 

programmes to facilitate development 

of academic/vocational skills, training 



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Cookery demonstration 

by CWWA members 

for families of serving and retired CRPF 

personnel, to raise funds for various 

welfare schemes affecting the well 

being of families of serving & retired 

CRPF personnel, widows and disabled 

personnel and to organize cultural and 

sports activities, HIV/AIDS Prevention 

Programme, Alcohol and Drug Deaddiction 

Programme etc. 

Annual Welfare Exhibition is an annual 

feature of the Force and is held centrally 


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at New Delhi to generate healthy 

competition among the various Family 

Welfare Centres so as to inculcate 

quality consciousness. This also brings 

these Family Welfare Centres close to 

the general public. The products from 

these centres are displayed for sale in 

the exhibition. `` 

EDUCATION 

The CRPF Employee’s Educational 

Society was registered under the 

Society ACT-XXI of 1860 on 22/05/1986 

with the Registrar of Societies, Delhi 

Administration, Delhi. The Aim and 

Objective of the Society are:- 

To work for the educational upliftment 

of the children of all ranks of CRPF. 

(a) To establish, manage and control 

educational institutions including 

technical institutions for providing 

quality education to the children of 

all ranks of CRPF.

24X7 AIDS HELPLINE OF CWWA 

(b) To take up matter with the 

authorities for solution of the 

educational problems of the 

children of all ranks of CRPF. 

(c) To do all such other things which 

may appear beneficial for the 

educational upliftment of the 

children of the ranks of CRPF. 

2. FINANCING OF SCHOOL/ITIs 

CRPF Employees Education Society 

financed the Schools/ITC/ITI/II&T for 

meeting the requirement without any 

help from Govt. / out side. Presently, 

monthly subscription of Rs.100/- per 

head per annuam is being deducted 

from all ranks of the Force. 

3. At present, the following 

educational institutions are being 

run by the society:- 

Educational Institutions 

(a) CRPF Public School at Rohini, 

Delhi-85 with classes I to XII and KG 

(with Hostel facilities from class 4th 

onwards). This school established 

on 02/05/1988. 

(b) CRPF School at Jawahar Nagar, 

District: Rangareddy, Andhra 

Pradesh with classes I to XII and KG 

(with hostel facilities). This school 

established on 01/07/1996. 

(c) CRPF Public School Dwarka, New 

Delh with classes I to X and KG. This 

school established on 27/11/2006. 



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Men's Barrack in GC Kathgodam 

Vocational Institutions 

(a) CRPF Industrial Training Centre 

(ITC), Wazirabad, Delhi-94 

HOUSING 

No. family 

quarters 

authorized 

No. of 

family 

quarters 

constructed 

No. of 

family 

quarters 

being 

constructed 

Satisfaction level 

(in %) 

(b) CRPF Integrated Technical 

Institute(ITI) at Avadi,Chenni-65 

(c) CRPF Integrated Technical 

Institute(ITI) Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 

(d) CRPF Institute of Information and 

Present Authorized 1st 

Phase 

Deficient family quarters under 

construction 

2nd 

Phase 

3rd 

Phase 

4th 

Phase 

74,096 33,452 5026 13.52 25.94 5913 8546 6571 6236 

Deficient barracks under 

construction 

1st 

Phase 

2nd 

Phase 

3rd 

Phase 

4th 

Phase 

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Sanctions for construction of 736 Nos family quarters worth Rs. 123.55 Crores accorded/received 

during current financial year (i.e. from 1/4/2012 to 30/09/2012). CRPF will have 100 % family quarters 

as per authorised satisfaction level of 25.94 % and 100 % barracks 

Technology (II&T), Wazirabad, 

Delhi. 

MEDICAL FACILITIES TO THE FORCE 

PERSONNEL 

Four 100 bedded Composite hospitals 

at New Delhi, Hyderabad, Jammu, 

Guwahati with specialist facilities 

in various disciplines. Beside there 

are 17 Composite Hospitals with 50 

beds, seven Group Centre hospitals 

01 CTC(T&IT) & 10 CoBRA Bn with 20 

beds & eleven Group Centre Hospital 

, eight RAF and Three Mahila Bns 

with 10 beds hospital. The strength 

of the Medical Officers and the Para- 

Medical staff has gone up to 489 and 

2277 respectively. All 100 bedded 

Composite Hospitals are having the 

modern diagnostic equipments for 

Radiography, Ultrasonography and Lab 

investigations & Operation Theatre etc. 

Five 50 bedded hospital (Ajmer-I, 

Neemuch, Rampur, Imphal and Avadi) 

also have radiography, Lab facilities & 

operation theatre etc. Facilities being 

further improved in all the 100 bedded 

Composite hospitals by purchase of 

surgical laparoscope, endoscope, and 

TMT machines, Digital X-Ray machines, 

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Colour Doppler USG machines etc. All 

Composite hospitals besides specialized 

treatment facilities also have regular 

Dental surgeons with advanced Dental 

units also. Medical set-up of CPFs 

has been restructured on Composite 

Hospital pattern and six CPFs hospitals 

have been upgraded into 100 beds and 

32 into 50 beds hospitals and one 200 

beds Referral Hospital. 

All CRPF personnel and their dependent 

family members have now been entitled 

to have the medical treatment facilities 

from CGHS and where the facilities of 

CGHS hospital do not exist they can 

avail the medical facilities from any 

CRPF hospital located near their home 

town. For the cases for which proper 

facilities are not available or a long 

waiting list exists in Govt hospitals, 

CRPF has entered into a Memorandum 

of Agreement/Understanding with 114 

private multi-specialty hospitals across 

the country, for the treatment of CRPF 

personnel and their dependant family 

members on Credit basis. 

SPORTS 

CRPF is doing exceedingly well in sports 

also. Men and women of central Sports 

Teams of CRPF are achieving laurels 

and medals in various International 

Championships. The teams have 

excelled in various sports like, wrestling 

, Judo, Handball, Aquatic, weightlifting, 

karate, Wushu, Shooting, Taekwondo, 

Gymnastics, Aquatic. Our sports 

persons have won 2 Bronze Medals in 

Commonwealth Games-2010, they 

have also won 1 Silver and 1 Bronze 

Medal in Asian Games-2010, CRPF 

sports persons have performed well 

in 11th SAF Games winning 8 Gold, 

2 Silver, and 2 Bronze Medals. This 

year CT/GD M.Bimoljit Singh has been 

honoured with “Arjuna Award” on 29 th 

August, 2012 in Wushu discipline. 

Sh. K.Vijay Kumar, Former DG with noted actor and acclaimed shooter, Sh. Nana Patekar 

during All India Shooting Championship held at CRPF Academy, Gurgaon. 


Central 

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73 Central Years Reserve Reserve of Glorious Dedicated Police Police Force Existence Service Force 

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Sh. Pranay Sahay, an IPS officer 

of 1975 batch of Tripura side of 

Manipur – Tripura cadre has assumed 

the charge of Director General of 

CRPF on 18 th October, 2012. He was 

accorded a ceremonial ‘Guard of 

Honour’ at the CRPF HQ, Lodhi Road, 

New Delhi. 

Sh. Sahay, an illustrious police 

officer, is primarily responsible for 

containment and marginalization of 

insurgency in Tripura and has worked 

there for over two decades. He came 

in for special commendation from 

the Election Commission of India 

for his clarity, skill and professional 

competence in handling all election 

related matters in an insurgency 

charged environment. He has 

served as Chief Vigilance Officer in 

Hindustan Zinc Ltd. and in various 

capacities in Central Armed Police 

Forces, including ADG North Zone in 

CRPF from December 2007 to July, 

2008. He has been decorated with 

Police Medal for Meritorious Service 

in 1992 and President’s Police Medal 

for Distinguished Service in 1998. 

SH. PRANAY SAHAY TAKES OVER 

AS DG, CRPF 

Sh. Pranay Sahay, DG takes salute of the Guard of Honour presented to him at CRPF HQ 

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WARM SEND-OFF TO SH K. VIJAY 

KUMAR, DG 

Sh. K.Vijay Kumar,DG was given a warm send off upon his 

superannuation on 30th September, 2012. Sh.Kumar was 

instrumental in introducing path-breaking reforms in training and 

operations of CRPF which ensured glorious successes in Left Wing 

Extremism (LWE) areas, including elimination of the Axis-figure of 

Naxalism, the dreaded 'Kishenji'. Sh. Kumar had an illustrious police 

career of nearly four decades, which saw him shouldering various 

responsibilities, with flying colours. He joined CRPF, as DG on 6th 

October, 2010. 

ANGELS FROM PARADISE COME 

CALLING 

30 girl students from three different schools of Jammu region of J 

& K, on a CRPF sponsored tour of historical places of Delhi, Amritsar 

and Chandigarh under Civic Action Programme, met Shri Sushil 

Kumar Shinde, Hon’ble Union Home Minister at North Block, New 

Delhi. 

The students from three different schools of Jammu have been to 

various historical places in Amritsar. In Delhi, they visited places 

like Qutub Minar, India Gate, Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Lotus Temple, 

Chandni Chowk. They also visited the Parliament and witnessed the 

proceedings there. Earlier, during their tour at Amritsar, they visited 

Golden temple, Jalianwala Bagh and Wagah border. 

Interacting with the students, the Home Minister advised them to 

study properly and serve the nation. 

Earlier, the students met Sh. Pranay Sahay, DG at CRPF HQ.The girl 

students expressed happiness and said for many of them it was the 

first occasion to come out of the state. They thanked CRPF that they 

could see for themselves the historical monuments about which 

they have only read in text books. 

The aim of this tour is to promote harmony between the Force and 

general public and also to empower girls and women. 

Sh. Sushil Kumar Shinde, Hon'ble 

Home Minister and Sh.Pranay 

Sahay, DG CRPF with the 

schoolgirls 

Sh. K.Vijay Kumar, DG takes salute of his farewell parade. Sh. D.K.Pathak, ADG 

(HQ) is also seen 



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POLICE COMMEMORATION DAY 

OBSERVED 

Sh. Sushil Kumar Shinde, Hon'ble Union Home Minister paying homage to martyrs 

Police Commemoration Day 

was observed on 21 st October, 

2012. This is the first time that all 

the Police Forces, including CAPFs, 

commemorated the day jointly. 

The main function was organized at 

“Police Memorial”, Chanakyapuri, 

New Delhi. Sh. Sushil Kumar Shinde, 

Hon’ble Union Minister for Home, Sh. 

Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Union Minister of 

HRD, Sh. Salman Khurshid, Hon’ble 

Union Law Minister, Sh. Rajiv Shukla, 

Hon’ble Min. for Parliamentary 

Affairs and Sh.Pallam Raju, Hon’ble 

Min. of State for Defence paid 

their homage to the martyrs by 

placing wreath at the memorial. 

Sh. N.Sandhu, Director IB read out 

the names of the 566 martyred 

policemen (from 1 st September,2011 

to 31 st August, 2012) of police forces. 

Sh. Ajit Seth, Cabinet Secretary, 

Sh. R.K.Singh, Home Secretary, Sh. 

Pranay Sahay, DG CRPF and chiefs 

of all other CAPFs also paid homage. 

Senior officers of CAPFs, Delhi Police 

and retired DsG of Police/CAPFs 

were present on this occasion. 

Police Commemoration Day, marks 

the valiant sacrifice by gallant men 

of CRPF at Hot Springs, Ladakh on 

21st October, 1959, in which 10 

CRPF personnel of a patrol party laid 

down their lives repulsing an attack 

by Chinese aggressors 

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RAF CELEBRATES ITS 20 TH ANNIVERSARY 

Rapid Action Force has 

commemorated its 20th 

Anniversary by organizing a grand 

parade at 99 Bn RAF, Hakimpet, 

Hyderabad on 7th October 2012. Sh. 

E.S.L. Narasimhan, Governor, Andhra 

Pradesh was the Chief Guest. 

Addressing the gathering Sh. 

Narasimhan congratulated all parade 

contingents for a splendid display of 

march past. Referring to blue uniform 

of the marching contingents he said 

that it looked like as if blue colour of 

the sky pervaded atmosphere of the 

parade ground. He said that the force is 

known for its high degree of sensitivity 

towards people while dealing with 

riots or riot-like situations. When the 

force reaches troubled area it creates 

fear amongst the miscreants and they 

disperse immediately. 

The Governor said that RAF is a zero 

response force and people look up to 

it for help not only in riots but also in 

natural disasters. Referring the motto 

H.E. Sh.E.S.L.Narsimhan, Governor of A.P. inspecting the 20 th RAF Anniversary Parade at 99 

RAF, Rangareddy 

of the RAF “TO SERVE HUMANITY 

THROUGH SENSITIVE POLICING” he 

said that it has done commendable 

work in dealing with tsunami, cyclone, 

earthquake and floods in different 

parts of the country. 

The Governor said that RAF is also 

making the nation proud by doing 

exemplary work in the foreign countries 

where it has been deployed under UN 

Peace Mission. Saluting the families 

of RAF personnel Sh. Narasimhan said 

that due to their sacrifice we feel secure 

and safe. He said that Newton’s Law of 

gravity does not apply to RAF and other 

security forces as they continue to rise 

higher and higher and hope that the 

force will earn more laurels in future. 



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Sh. Pranay Sahay, DG CRPF presented a bouquet to the Chief Guest, Governor of A.P. 

Welcoming the Chief Guest DG CRPF 

Sh. Pranay Sahay praised the RAF for 

its dedication and service to the nation. 

He said that to deal with riots or riotlike 

situations, a specially selected, 

trained and equipped force was raised 

in October 1992 by re-organizing 10 

CRPF Bns into Rapid Action Force 

Battalions. He said that in the past 

20 years the force has maintained 

law and order, social harmony and 

instilled confidence in people. He said 

that the emphasis of the force is on 

modernization, special equipments 

and dedicated and innovative training. 

The Governor presented Police Medal 

for Meritorious Service to 34 Officers 

and men. He also awarded best Ops 

Bn Trophy to 99 Bn, Best ADM Bn 

Trophy jointly to 100 Bn and 105 Bn 

and Best Cost Effectiveness and Best 

Financial Discipline Trophy to 100 Bn. 

Six contingents of RAF participated 

in the march past followed by Riot 

Control vehicle Vajra, Fire Tender 

and 3 Tableaux depicting communal 

harmony, disaster management and 

humane face of RAF. 

Increasing communal tension in the 

country necessitated creation of a 

specialized and sensitive force to deal 

exclusively with riots and riot-like 

situation and to prevent loss of life and 

property during communal violence. 

Accordingly a specially selected, 

trained and equipped force within the 

Central Reserve Police Force was raised 

as Rapid Action Force during October 

1992. 10 CRPF Battalions were thus, 

trained and reorganise into RAF Bns 

and located at identified sensitive place 

i.e. Ahmedabad, Aligarh, Allahabad, 

Bhopal, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, 

Jamshedpur, Meerut and Mumbai. 

With a touch of sincerity and respect 

for the public this Force is primarily 

designed to deal with riots or riotlike 

situations and also to assist civil 

administration in rescue and relief 

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earned laurels from not only the state 

administration but also general public 

for extending such services to them in 

time of dire need. 

Sh. Pranay Sahay, DG addressing the gathering on the occasion 

works during natural calamities/ 

disasters. 

With the motto to “serve humanity 

through sensitive policing” this 

Force with its component of Mahila 

personnel, seeks to control communal 

flare-ups and violence using minimum 

force. The objective of this impartial 

and zero response time Force is not to 

kill or maim but to effectively dissuade 

the rioters. 

The Rapid Action Force has rendered 

invaluable humanitarian services 

during the 1993 floods in Delhi, 1994 

plague in Surat, 1995 floods in Punjab 

and Himachal Pradesh, 1997 super 

cyclone in Orissa, 2001 earth-quake 

in Gujarat, 2004 tsunami in south 

India and heavy floods in Maharashtra 

and Gujarat in 2005 and 2006. RAF 

This young Force is proud recipient of 

the President’s Colour in the 11th year 

of coming into existence, during the 

RAF Anniversary on October 7, 2003 in 

Delhi. 

Dressed in blue disrupted pattern 

uniform for symbolizing peace, 

especially trained and equipped with 

non-lethal weaponry, this Force instills 

an immediate sense of security and 

confidence amongst the general public 

and victims of riots, violence and natural 

calamities. Hence, this force is in great 

demand by the states to manage crisis 

situations. RAF has a consistent proud 

record of zero tolerance for human 

rights violations. 

Frequent familiarization exercises 

covering sensitive areas in its AOR, to 

keep abreast of all developments on 

communal as well as law and order 

front, are undertaken by the Force to 

enable it to rush to deal with any violent 

situation without waste of time. RAF by 



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undertaking Civic Action Programme in 

its area of responsibility contributes to 

the best of its ability for the good of the 

society and propagation of communal 

harmony. 

RAF has further proved its worth in 

the international arena by deputing 

special contingents on Unites Nation’s 

Peace Keeping efforts in Haiti in 1995 

and in Kosovo from 2000 to 2005. On 

Colourful tableux kept the spectators glued to their seats 

a special request by United Nations, 

Govt. of India advised CRPF to deploy 

a Female Formed Police Unit (FFPU) 

on United National Peace Keeping 

Mission in Liberia (West Africa). 

Entrusted to select, train and equip 

the contingents, RAF has successfully 

completed the assignment and for 

the first time in the history of United 

Nations, a fully operational female 

contingent of RAF pattern has been 

deployed in Monrovia (Liberia) since 

January 2007. This Female Formed 

Police Unit with their dedication 

and hard work has achieved many 

operational successes by recovering 

sophisticated arms, ammunition and 

explosives as well as large quantity of 

contraband items including drugs and 

earned appreciations from all quarters 

at international level. 

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"Partners in Divinity" : A CRPF Jawan stands guard during Amarnath Yatra, 2012 

which was incident free due to tight vigil by CRPF and a huge success

Hero's Farewell : Senior Officers and men of CRPF gave a hearty farewell to Sh. K.Vijay Kumar, DG

Sh. D.K.Pathak, ADG (HQ) garlanding Sh. K.Vijay Kumar, DG on his farewell

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