Entry Level Qualification 

Class Graduate

Career Fields 

Government & Defense Services

For Specially Abled 

Career Entrance Exam 

SSC CAPF, UPSC IPS

About Career 

As a CRPF officer, you will assist police and law enforcement units of state and union territories to maintain law and order situations when there is a crisis such as a terrorist attack, mob violence, riots, etc.. A state government may requision for your services during natural calamities or any extra-ordinary situation arising out of large-scale accidents, political violence, etc.

You’ll be responsible for monitoring and maintaining the law and order situation and overlook security arrangements during general elections in your designated area in a state. You’ll also need to carry out counter-insurgency operations and neutralize domestic threats inside India. You’ll be involved in responding to disaster relief operations and will carry out rescue missions with the NDRF (National Disaster Response Force).

Key Roles And Responsibilities :

1. Strategize, plan and conduct police operations.

2.  Act swiftly in response to riots and riot like situations and unrest to bring the crowd under control and restore the law and order situation.

3. Assess and evaluate situations to devise the best manoeuvre or routine.

4. Conducting drills and on-the-job training to ensure that the troops remain in a state of constant vigil and preparedness.

5. Contribute to UN peacekeeping missions.

6. Ensuring efficacy and serviceability of armaments,

7. Manager personnel, redress grievances and administer the office.

8. Planning, coordinating and supervising the installation, operation, and maintenance of the battalion's single-channel radio and internal wireline communications.

9. Planning for and supervising the installation, operation, and maintenance of all user-owned terminal equipment (telephones, and data terminals)

10. Exercise disciplinary measures

11. Disbursements of pay, allowances, and bookkeeping.

12. Keep records, store and manage data and write legends.

13. Interacting with local authorities such as Police and local administration to enhance operational capabilities.

14. Obtaining support from Battalion HQ or local administration regarding operation support, logistics and other administrative needs.

15. Provide medical assistance to personnel and attend to their physical well being.

16. Planning air reconnaissance and security missions, pilot and maintain aircraft.

17. Purchase equipment according to budget specifications, and manage inventory.

Work Environment

Working conditions may often range from harsh to hostile. May involve long idyllic periods of isolation with a sudden spurt of activity. Consequences of error may range from minor to fatal. The hierarchy structure and the instructions from superiors are strictly adhered to. May involve extensive physical activity. Use of armaments is involved. Desk jobs too involve high strategic activities and stress. Coping with stress is a necessity.

Career Entry Pathway 

Class 11-12 with any subject as per scheme of studies- Graduation in any stream- CAPF-AC exam- Officer Training

After completing your graduation from any discipline, you can appear for the CAPF-AC examination under UPSC for recruitment to Assistant Commandant Post which is a DAGO (Directly Appointed Gazetted Officer). After clearing the exam, a rigorous medical examination is conducted, passing which is mandatory

Class 11-12 Physics and Mathematics along with any other subject as per scheme of studies- Graduation in B.Sc. (Physics/Mathematics/Chemistry) - CAPF-AC exam-Battalion Signal Officer Course

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After Class 11-12 Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics along with any other subject as per scheme of studies and completing your graduation in B.Sc. Physics, Chemistry or Mathematics you can appear for the CAPF-AC exam and after clearing the exam and passing the medical you can enroll in the Battalion Signal Officer course to join as an Assistant Commandant (Technical).

Required Qualification & Competencies 

CAPF-AC Exam :

1. After completing your graduation from any discipline, you can appear for the CAPF-AC (Central Armed Police Forces – Assistant Commandant) examination under UPSC for recruitment to Assistant Commandant post which is a DAGO (Directly Appointed Gazetted Officer). After clearing the exam, a rigorous physical and medical examination is conducted, passing which is mandatory.

Competencies Required 

Interests :

1. Realistic: You should have interests for Realistic Occupations. Realistic occupations involve more practical and hands-on activities than paperwork or office work. Realistic occupations often involve physical activities for getting things done using various tools and equipment. 

2. Conventional: You should have interests for Conventional Occupations. Conventional occupations involve repetitive and routine tasks as well as fixed processes or procedures for getting things done. These occupations involve working more with data, systems, and procedures and less with ideas or creativity.

3. Investigative: You should have interests for Investigative Occupations. Investigative occupations involve working with ideas and quite a lot of thinking, often abstract or conceptual thinking. These involve learning about facts and figures; involve the use of data analysis, assessment of situations, decision making and problem-solving.

Knowledge :

1. Law: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, legal procedures, regulations, Government orders, etc.

2. Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to maintain law and order situations, providing state or national security for protecting geographical territories, marine territories and sky from potential enemy attacks and protecting people and properties.

Skills :

1. Active Learning: Focused and continuous learning from various sources of information, observation and otherwise for application in getting work done.

2. Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, understanding the points being made by others, asking questions, etc.

3. Coordination: Skills in working together with other people to get things done.

4. Critical Thinking: Skills in analysis of complex situations, using of logic and reasoning to understand the situations and take appropriate actions or make interpretations and inferences.

5. Judgment and Decision Making: Skills in considering pros and cons of various decision alternatives; considering costs and benefits; taking appropriate and suitable decisions.

6. Managing Human Resources: Skills in motivating, developing, and leading people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

7. Negotiation: Skills in bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

8. Persuasion: Skills in persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

9. Problem Solving: Skills in analysis and understanding of problems, evaluating various options to solve the problems and using the best option to solve the problems.

10. Reading Comprehension: Skills in understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

11. Supervising: Skills in Supervising and monitoring performance of others, businesses, and different projects.

Abilities :

1. Bodily-Kinaesthetic Intelligence: The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and bodily motion; the ability to keep or regain your body balance when in an unstable position; the ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, hands, arms, fingers, or legs.

2. Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules and common logic to specific problems to produce answers that are logical and make sense. For example, understanding the reasons behind an event or a situation using general rules and common logic.

3. Hearing Sensitivity: The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.

4. Inter-Personal: The ability to build and maintain good relationships with others at workplaces and elsewhere.

5. Physical Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.

6. Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

7. Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Personality :

1. You are always or mostly disciplined in your action and behaviour.

2. You are always self-satisfied or feel satisfied with your life in most situations.

3. You are helpful to others sometimes.

4. You remain calm in difficult situations sometimes but some other times you are anxious.

5. Sometimes you feel secure in your surroundings and situations but some other times you don't.

6. You are not a soft-hearted person.

7. You don't trust others easily.

8. You are always practical or in most situations.

Career - Job Opportunities & Profiles 

Following are some of the entry-level jobs that BSF has to offer :

1.Assistant Commandant

2.Assistant Commandant (Engineering Wing)

An organization that will hire you:

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

Specialisation Track In This Career

Rapid Action Force :

Rapid Action Force is the unit which responds to riots or riot like situations to deal with communal violence, law and order duty, festival and election duties and agitation. They also carry out Humanitarian duties such as disaster relief at the time of natural calamities and engage in United Nations Peacekeeping Missions. 

CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) :

The commando battalion for Resolute Action was added in 2008 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 specifically trained in guerilla warfare. This elite fighting unit has been trained to track, hunt and eliminate small Naxalite groups. There are currently 10 COBRA units

Engineering Wing (CRPF)

CRPF troops regularly engage in relief missions along with NDRF, which require operations such as building bridges and shelters. The engineering wing exists to bring together contraptions or structures at a moment’s notice

Technical Wing (CRPF)

Personnel in this branch are responsible for managing equipment, telecommunication network, and are incharge of construction work.

Medical Wing (CRPF)

Personnel in this wing are responsible for providing medical assistance and personal care to the troops

CAREER GROWTH

The growth prospect as a CRPF officer is high, owing to the fact that there is a strict hierarchy and well defined upward trajectory to follow.

1. Assistant Commandant to Deputy Commandant

2. Deputy Commandant to 2nd in-Command

3. 2nd-in-Command to Commandant

4. Commandant to Additional DIG

5. Additional DIG to DIG

6. DIG to IG

Salary Offered  

1. Assistant commandant: The pay band for assistant commandants is 46,800 - 1,17,300 /-

2. Deputy commandant: DCs have a similar pay band as assistant commandants and get between 46,800 - 1,17,300 /-

3. Second-in commandant: This is one of the higher positions in CRPF and they get 1,17,300/-.

4. Commandant: These are special officers and fall under a higher pay scale. The starting salary is 1,17,300/-

5. DIG: DIGs draw a salary of 2,01,000/- per month.

6. IG: Inspector generals are paid in the band of 1,12,000 to 2,01,000.

7. ADG: These are one of the top police officers of the country. They get paid up to 2,25,000/-

8. SDG: The Special Director General falls under the pay band of 2,25,000 - 2,30,000/-

9. DG: A Director General’s salary is fixed at 2,50,000/-.

In addition to this, there are a whole array of perks and conveniences for the officers to avail.

Monthly Earning in Indian Rupees :

​​​​​​​1. Entry level: 0 - 2 years of work experience

2. Junior Level: From 1 to 12 years of work experience

3. Mid-Level: From 5 to 20+ years of work experience

4. Senior Level: From 10 to 25+ years of work experience (there could be exceptions in some high-end technical, financial, engineering, creative, management, sports, and other careers; also in the near future, people will reach these levels much faster in many careers and in some careers, these levels will have no meaning as those careers will be completely tech skill driven such as even now, there is almost no level in a Cyber Security Expert’s job)

Famous Personalities 

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Work Activities 

1. Addressing grievances and resolving conflicts: Handling complaints and grievance to resolve; resolving conflicts among co-workers or others at the workplace or outside in relation to your work.

2. Analyzing and interpreting data and information: Analysis of data and information to find facts, trends, reasons behind situations, etc.; interpretation of data to aid in decision making.

3. Assessing and determining compliance with standards, laws, rules, and guidelines: Using relevant information, auditing information, processes and systems to determine whether organizations or people are complying with standards, laws, rules and guidelines.

4. Assisting and caring for people: Assisting people in availing of services; taking care of people in different situations; offering help and services to others.

5. Communicating with co-workers and others: Communicating with people in writing, verbally or otherwise inside your workplace and various other people who have professional relationships with your place of work including vendors, government officials, etc. or with people at large.

6. Decision making and problem-solving: Analysis of data and information; evaluation of alternative decisions and results of decisions; taking the right decisions and solving problems.

7. Exercising physically: Exercising physically using various methods, techniques, equipment and devices; exercising using a fitness regime; running.

8. Inspecting situations, events, and people: Inspecting situations, events and people to understand the reasons and causes for the situation or events to happen; inspecting people to understand reasons behind their behavior and actions.

9. Managing and supervising: Managing and supervising work of others; setting goals; giving instructions; monitoring work performance, etc.

10. Securing and protecting: Providing security and protection to people and facilities.