Central Reserve Police Force

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Central Reserve Police Force
Emblem of the Central Reserve Police Force
Flag of the Central Reserve Police Force
Abbreviation	CRPF
Motto	"सेवा और निष्ठा" Service and Loyalty
Agency overview
Formed	27 July 1939; 85 years ago (1939-07-27) (as Crown Representative's Police) 28 December 1949; 74 years ago (1949-12-28) (as Central Reserve Police Force)
Employees	313,634 Active personnel
Annual budget	₹31,543.20 crore (US$3.8 billion) (2024–25)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	India
Governing body	Ministry of Home Affairs
Constituting instrument	Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949[2]
General nature	Gendarmerie
Operational structure
Headquarters	CGO Complex, New Delhi, Delhi
Minister responsible	Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs
Agency executive	Anish Dayal Singh, IPS, Director General
Child agencies	Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) Rapid Action Force (RAF) Special Duty Group CRPF QAT (Valley QAT, Delhi QAT etc.) Security Wing (VIP Security Group)
Notables
Programmes	Operation All Out (J&K) Anti-Naxal Operations (LWE Region)
Anniversaries	Valour Day (9 April 1965) Police Commemoration Day (21 October 1959)
Website
crpf.gov.in

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is a central armed police force in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The CRPF's primary role lies in assisting the States and Union Territories to maintain law and order and provide Internal security. It is composed of Central Reserve Police Force (Regular) and Central Reserve Police Force (Auxiliary).

It was founded as the Crown Representative's Police on 27 July 1939. After Indian independence, it became the Central Reserve Police Force on the enactment of the CRPF Act on 28 December 1949. Besides law and order and counter-insurgency duties, the CRPF has played a role in India's elections.^[3] The CRPF played a major role in the Parliamentary elections of September 1999. CRPF officers are also being deployed in UN missions.

With 247 battalions and various other establishments, the CRPF is India's largest central armed police force and has a sanctioned strength of more than 300,000 personnel as of 2019.^[4]