CRPF and SRE funds

Central Reserve Police Force has, for the first time, been allowed to directly draw and utilize Centrally sponsored SRE funds to comparatively equip it in a better way with basic necessities in its operations in areas affected with Left wing extremism (LWE) and in the Kashmir valley. Of late, the force was feeling difficulties in creation of camps, barracks and other living facilities in the main operations field , not that they were not getting these funds  but not with the pace or the speedy level their operational readiness warranted. A solution needed to be found out with twin aims of keeping the forces in operational fitness and to effectively enable them to take on the anti national armed insurgent groups in such affected areas.
Respective states where the force is deputed, however, have got to be approached for approval as this expenditure head known as Security Related Expenditure is kept available by the Centre with them. Needless to add, this Fund is granted by the Union Government to such states, affected with the indigenous and from across the border sponsored violence or extremist activities. This is meant to be spent on security related expenditure like transportation, communication, hiring of vehicles, stipend to surrendered ultras and construction of infrastructural support for the forces. The CRPF force has  about more than one lac as deployments  in areas, quite remote, interiorly located, dense jungle areas and terror infested areas.
What prompted the much awaited granting of reasonable ‘financial autonomy’ to the forces emanates from the need of avoidance of time, delays and deferments in applying, requisitioning, getting sanctions, initiating measures for infrastructural raising etc and secondly, the need for creating of better living conditions, cardinal for any force to be in prompt operational readiness. There used to be considerable delay in getting infrastructural work done by way of getting the required funds from the states which are used to be bound by lengthy but avoidable rules and delays.
Modern weapons and gadgets to be with the forces are most important measures when compared with the latest weaponry and arsenal with which the ultras are equipped to further their anti national and insurgency activities in such affected areas. Not only a suitable compatibility is required but it is imperative that our forces always had an upper most advantageous edge.
Looking the toughest areas of the operations of these forces, not only is it necessary to provide them with the latest weapons and other material but to see how their morale was kept high and in good fighting spirits. As a natural corollary, therefore, finances and funds disposal should never come in between, hence the CRPF can get these funds virtually directly in all affected areas including Kashmir.
On the pattern of the successful implementation of such “relaxations”, and consequent good ground realities having come to fore in places like Bijapur, Sukma, Dantewada in Bustar Chattisgarh etc, a good number of CRPF Camps are being refurbished in Kashmir valley by directly utilizing SRE funds as they need   up gradation and enhancement of security features like erecting tall walls, multi layer physical obstacles and the like to insulate them from any threat perceptions from terrorists etc. The move could be seen also in terms of walking the talk in tackling yet more firmly insurgency and terrorism with an iron hand in the affected areas.

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