Best training institutions of last 4 years declared: CRPF bags 3, ITBP wins 1

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared the best training institution awards for last 4 years, in which CRPF grabbed the lion’s share while ITBP has won 1.

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), deployed in Ladakh LAC, won its 1st round of best training institute award for Gazetted Officers, while 3 institutes of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) bagged 3 such awards for the following years.

The awards were declared by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) last month for a span of 4 consecutive years, from 2016 to 2020.

ITBP’s Mussoorie training institute has received this award for the year 2016-17.

“The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Academy, Mussoorie, the premiere officers training academy of the border guarding force ITBP has been declared as the best Gazetted Officers (GOs) training institute for the year 2016-17 by the MHA,” ITBP said.

CRPF’s Gurugram training academy was awarded best institute for the year 2019-20 while CRPF’s Shivpuri school and training institute in Neemach got the award for best training centres for years 2017 and 2018.

The awards for the category winners are Rs 20 lakh each for every training centres at the national level while the award for zonal level for six zones (North, Western, Central, Southern, North East and Eastern) is Rs 2 Lakh.

There are six trophies in all for the best police training institutions in the country, three for the CAPFs/CPOs training institutions and three for the State/UTs Police Training Institutions. The trophies are awarded every year for the performance during the previous financial year.

The MHA declared the awards for four consecutive years – 2016-17, 2017-18, 2017-18 and 2019-20.