Raised on July 27, 1939, CRPF Celebrates 79th raising day
Raised on 27th July 1939 India’s largest paramilitary force-CRPF is celebrating her 79th Raising Day. The first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel presented President Colour to CRPF on 19 March 1950. It was a historic event when its first battalion was raised in Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh on this Day in 1939 and known as Crown’s Representative Police (CRP) under the British rule.
The CRPF is country’s largest paramilitary force with 3.18 lakhs men and women in various ranks forming over 244 battalions, 43 Group Centre, 35 Ranges and 13 Sectors. The force is committed to its multi dimensional role along with length and breadth of the country and includes Missions abroad. Today, the force is the forefront in tackling insurgency, Counter terrorism, and left wing extremism and helping states in maintaining law and Order and largely in disturbed and trouble torn areas especially lWE, J&K and NE Regions.
NTPC Q1 net profit down 1.14% at Rs 2.5k cr; revenue up 11%
State-owned power giant NTPC reported 1.14 per cent decline in standalone net profit to Rs 2,588.14 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, due to higher depreciation, borrowing cost and expenditure on fuel. The company’s had posted Rs 2,618.17 crore standalone net profit in the corresponding period last fiscal, it said in a BSE filing. According to the statement, the company’s total revenues in the quarter rose 11 per cent to Rs 22,839.98 crore from Rs 20,541.93 crore in the year-ago period. The company provided Rs 1,860.15 crore for depreciation, amortisation and impairment expenses in the first quarter, which were higher than Rs 1,570 crore in the same period last fiscal.Similarly, its borrowing cost increased to Rs 1,219.93 crore from Rs 895.60 crore. The fuel cost also rose to Rs 13,118.74 crore in the quarter under review from Rs 11,940.11 crore a year ago.