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Para Military Forces Module - II

Structure and
various units of CRPF. PDG members are trained in combating nuclear and bio- Role of the Forces
chemical attacks, rescue operations and behavioural management.

Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA)
In 2008 a wing called Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) was added
to the CRPF to counter the Naxalite movement in India. This specialised CRPF unit is
one of the few units of the Central Armed Police Forces in the country who are Note
specifically trained in counter insurgency warfare. This elite fighting unit has been trained
to track, hunt and eliminate small Naxalite groups. There are currently 10 COBRA
units. 10 CoBRA units that were raised between 2008-2011 have been trained,
equipped and deployed in all LWE/ Insurgent affected areas of the states of Chhattisgarh,
Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andhra
Pradesh, as well as Assam & Meghalaya. It is one of the best Central Armed Police in
the country trained to survive, fight and win in the jungle.

CRPF Ranks Police Ranks

Director General (Apex Scale of the Director General of a State Police
Indian Police Service) Force

Special Director General (HAG+ Special Director General
Scale of the Indian Police Service)

Additional Director General (HAG C.P, ADG
Scale of the Indian Police Service,
also available to BSF cadre)

Inspector General (IG) IG/ Joint CP

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) DIG/ Additional CP

Commandant (CO) SSP/DCP

Second In Command (2IC) SP/DCP

Deputy Commandant (DC) Addl. SP/Addl. DCP

Assistant Commandant (AC): Group DSP/ACP
A Gazetted Officer

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