{"id":16686,"date":"2023-11-05T08:31:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T03:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16686"},"modified":"2025-04-04T22:36:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T17:06:49","slug":"cobra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cobra\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Commando Battalions for Resolute Action (CoBRA)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Established in 2008, CoBRA is a\u00a0specialized unit of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).<\/li>\n<li>It is one of the few units of the CRPF in the country that is\u00a0specifically trained in guerilla tactics and jungle warfare.<\/li>\n<li>They are also\u00a0known as \u2018jungle warriors\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>Originally established to counter the Naxalite problem (it was originally trained to track, hunt, and eliminate Naxalite groups), CoBRA is\u00a0deployed within India to address any insurgent group\u00a0engaging in asymmetrical warfare.<\/li>\n<li>Personnel for CoBRA\u00a0are\u00a0selected from CRPF, as CoBRA is an integral part of CRPF.<\/li>\n<li>They\u00a0undergo rigorous commando and jungle warfare training before being posted to CoBRA units for operations.<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0has 10 units, raised between 2008 and 2011<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0majority of CoBRA teams are deployed in various\u00a0Maoist violence-affected states while a\u00a0few are based in the northeastern states\u00a0to undertake\u00a0counter-insurgency operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Facts about Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the\u00a0premier central police force of the Union\u00a0of India for internal security.<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0functions under the authority of the\u00a0Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of the Government of India.<\/li>\n<li>History of CRPF:\n<ul>\n<li>Originally constituted as the Crown Representative Police in 1939, it is\u00a0one of the oldest Central paramilitary forces (now termed the Central Armed Police Force).<\/li>\n<li>CRPF was\u00a0raised as a sequel to the political unrest and agitations in the then princely States of India following the Madras Resolution of the All-India Congress Committee in 1936 and the ever-growing desire of the Crown Representative to help the vast majority of the native States to preserve law and order as a part of imperial policy.<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0became the CRPF\u00a0on\u00a0enactment\u00a0of the\u00a0CRPF Act\u00a0on 28th December\u00a01949.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Duties performed by the CRPF are\n<ul>\n<li>Crowd control,\u00a0Riot control<\/li>\n<li>Counter Millitancy \/ Insurgency operations, Dealing with Left Wing Extremism<\/li>\n<li>Overall co-ordination of\u00a0large-scale security arrangements, especially\u00a0with regard to elections in disturbed areas.<\/li>\n<li>Protection of VIPs and vital installations.<\/li>\n<li>Checking environmental degradation and protection of local flora and fauna<\/li>\n<li>Fighting aggression during wartime<\/li>\n<li>Participating in\u00a0UN Peacekeeping mission<\/li>\n<li>Rescue and Relief operations\u00a0at the time of\u00a0natural calamities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is asymmetrical warfare?<\/h3>\n<p>Also known as asymmetric engagement, this refers to a form of unconventional warfare where there is a significant difference in the powers of the warring sides. The term is generally used to refer to conflicts between the armed forces of large nation-states and significantly smaller insurgent groups that possess relatively little firepower. The term was coined by Andrew J.R. Mack in his 1975 article \u201cWhy Big Nations Lose Small Wars\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/india\/central-reserve-police-force-to-withdraw-elite-cobra-force-from-jammu-and-kashmir-following-objections\/cid\/1977209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Central Reserve Police Force to withdraw elite CoBRA force from Jammu and Kashmir following objections<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Established in 2008, CoBRA is a specialized unit of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}