October 21observed as Police Commemoration Day
October 21, 2020
- Every year National Police commemoration Day is observed on October 21. The day is observed to pay homage to the CRPF personnel.
CRPF collaborates with IIT Delhi, DRDO
October 18, 2020
- The country’s largest paramilitary force, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has collaborated with IIT Delhi, Defence Research and Development Organisation, and Joint Advanced Technology Centre (JATC) to augment its Research and Development capabilities.
July 27th observed as CRPF Raising Day
July 27, 2020
- The CRPF was raised on July 27, 1939 as the Crown representative Police under the British. It was then changed as a Central Reserve Police force in 1949 under Sardar Vallabhai Patel.
- This year 2020, the 82nd CRPF Raising Day is to be celebrated all over India.
CRPF & Aditya Mehta foundation ink MoU to enable the ‘Divyang Warriors’
March 17, 2020
- The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) signed a deal with a disability support NGO Aditya Mehta Foundation, to train its troops, who lost their limbs in operations, in various skills including cyber operations, artificial intelligence and para-sports.
CRPF inks MoU with Aditya mehta foundation to train its specially-abled troops in areas of cyber security & AI
March 16, 2020
- On March 13, 2020, The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), India’s largest Central Armed Police Force, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aditya Mehta Foundation (AMF),a non-profit organization which helps people with disabilities to pursue sports, to train its 189 CRPF personnel who had lost their limbs in operations in areas of cyber security, artificial intelligence (AI) and paralympic sports.
- The agreement inked in the presence of CRPF’s Director General (DG) AP Maheshwari, will help create newer opportunities for such personnel to continue as the integral part of the force.
RPF renamed as Indian Railway Protection Force Service
January 3, 2020
The Indian Railways has renamed its security force RPF (Railway Protection Force) as Indian Railway Protection Force Service. The ministry has accorded organised Group A status to RPF and renamed it.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) is a security force, enacted by the Indian Parliament for “the better protection and security of railway property”. The force is under the authority of the Indian Ministry of Railways.
CRPF DG Bhatnagar retires, ITBP chief given additional charge
January 1, 2020
ITBP Director General S S Deswal has been given the “additional” charge to head country’s largest paramilitary force CRPF as its serving DG, R R Bhatnagar, retired on Tuesday.
An order issued by the Union home ministry said Deswal, a 1984-batch Haryana cadre IPS officer, will hold the CRPF charge, till the appointment and joining of the successor or until furtherorders, whichever is earlier.
Bhatnagar, is retiring after heading the Central Reserve Police Force for over 2.5 years. He was appointed CRPF Director General (DG) in April, 2017.
S. S. Deswal got additional charge of CRPF
January 1, 2020
S.S. DESWAL has got additional charge of the Central Reserve Police force.
Currently, as on 1 January 2020 he is serving as the Director-General of Indo Tibetan Border Police.