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Home Minister Rajnath Singh asks to revamp CRPF to fight naxals

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NEW DELHI: Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked for a revamp of the lead force against the Naxals, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). A committee consisting of two former CRPF chiefs is now being set up to give their suggestions on creating a "newly-packaged CRPF", ET has learnt.

The committee consisting of former CRPF Director Generals K Vijay Kumar and his predecessor AS Gill will take a comprehensive look at the structure of the CRPF in light of its duties in the left-wing extremism states and a long-pending "reorganization plan" of the force, a senior CRPF official said.

"The Home Minister wants CRPF to achieve a state of specialization as the principal counter insurgency force," a top Home Ministry official said. The committee is expected to go into all issues - the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to work in Naxal areas, the transfer policy in the force, the kind of weapons used by the force and ideal requirements, including kind of vehicles required by the force in Naxal areas.

The Home Ministry is said to be of the opinion that the force needs more AK-47 rifles rather than the INSAS Rifles in Naxal-affected areas and motorcycles need to be bought in large numbers -- nearly 20 bikes for each company of 125 men - for better operational mobility of the forces as well as their safety from the weapon of choice of the Naxalites, that is landmines.

"The committee being set up will also have a re-look at the training plan for the CRPF forces," the official said.

A ministry official said the role of the CRPF had become too multifarious for its own good and it must be ensured that the force concentrates solely on counter-insurgency duties. In a memorandum to the 7th Pay Commission, the CRPF had said that over the years, the range of duties, nature of deployment and operational requirements of the force have expanded phenomenally.

"Consequently, the CRPF has been overworked and over stretched, and often utilized in ad hoc manner, also putting it under pressure to maintain combat worthiness, performance, training preparedness and organizational cohesiveness. Prolonged deployment in sensitive areas and resultant stress is affecting psychological preparedness of its personnel," the CRPF said.

The central force, in the memorandum to the 7th Pay Commission, also complained of "uncertain and scattered deployment", inadequate compensation benefits for hardship and risks resulting in an "unattractive service environment" and "poor career progression resulting in staggering morale".

Home Minister Rajnath Singh asks to revamp CRPF to fight naxals - The Economic Times
 
CRPF needs many things Dear HM, lists below-

1- CRPF need god damn its own Air wing. Most helicopters of BSF and several of airforce do more sorties for CRPF service than their own force. So why CRPF has to always beg other agencies for helicopters.

2- CRPF has to be deployed only in those naxal infested state where local police and administration is friendly to Central forces. Most of state police S.P. talk sweet to CRPF only when they need them otherwise they just want to have enormous fund running to them in the name of anti naxal ops by both state and central govt. Actually these IPS do not want naxals to be completely eradicated otherwise fundflow will stop.

3- CRPF need god damn recognition for its sacrifices. Nobody knows what
CRPF is doing for nation. Army takes kid out of borewell its in news and here many naxal are killed nobody knows.

Hindi movie "Tango Charlie" was proposed to be made on CRPF as duties shown in movie are done by CRPF only not BSF but damn IPS head of force they refused.

Hats off to BSF media management, though We felt aghast, it happened as after we came back after 7 days operation from Abujhmad Jungles of Chattisgarh. We saw many national news channel were broadcasting BSF
in that ops (no name of CRPF), whereas BSF actually had done only 2 hours ops in Abhujmad ops unlike CRPF ops of 15 days.

IPS know if CRPF will get media coverage it would be most praised force in country. And then they will have to succumb to CRPF personnels long pending demands, of minimum required infra, decent pay and pension.
 
Ops by outfits like BSF and CRPF anger populace more rather than pacifying.
 
Ops by outfits like BSF and CRPF anger populace more rather than pacifying.

Yep we can clearly see the anger amongst Pakistanis and Bangladeshis.

this shit is not gonna over soon ?

This shit is almost over. Naxals are loosing their base very fast. Few attacks here and there won't make any difference. The Polit Bureau has been wiped out, all major leaders are either dead or behind bars.
 
Ops by outfits like BSF and CRPF anger populace more rather than pacifying.

Its actually opposite. CRPF work on the priciple of winning heart and mind of local population. Their ops is strictly restricted to armed anti nationals.

In Kashmir everyday 2-3 CRPF personnel are injured in stone pelting but they never retailate even by stones also. That is why Army has been replaced by CRPF in entire Kashmir.

And believe me if only BSF would have been allowed to operate in a way they are trained to do, there would not have been demographical change in North east areas bordering Bangladesh as today.
 
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