Railway Protection Force
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The Railway Protection force (RPF) is an Indian
Central Armed Police Force charged with protecting the Indian Railways
.The strength of RPF is about 65,000.
The duties of the Railway Protection Force include:
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
Central Armed Police Force charged with protecting the Indian Railways
Indian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
.The strength of RPF is about 65,000.
The duties of the Railway Protection Force include:
- To do all conducive means for the free movement of the railways.
- Protection and safeguarding of railway property.
- Protection and safeguarding of passenger,their belonging and passenger area.
Rank Structure
- Director General
- Additional Director General
- Chief Security Commissioner (Inspector-General; Additional Inspector-General; Deputy Inspector-General)
- Additional Chief Security Commissioner *Dy. Chief Security Commissioner
- Senior Divisional Security Commissioner
- Divisional Security Commissioner
- Assistant Security Commissioner [From this post above, selection is through UPSC.]
- Inspector
- Sub-Inspector
- Assistant Sub-Inspector
- Head Constable
- Constable(GD)
- cook/sweeper