R S Chhabbi, 2007-Batch IPS Officer, Appointed Deputy Inspector General in CRPF on Deputation
R S Chhabbi designated as DIG, CRPF
Ravi Shankar Chhabbi, a 2007-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been appointed Deputy Inspector General in the Central Reserve Police Force on a deputation basis.
CRPF, India's largest central armed police force, draws a significant share of its senior officers on deputation from state IPS cadres, with DIG-level postings typically carrying supervisory responsibility over a defined operational sector or specialised wing within the force's extensive deployment across internal security, counter-insurgency, and law-and-order support roles nationwide.
Chhabbi's deputation from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, one of the country's largest IPS cadres by officer strength, follows the common pattern of larger state cadres supplying a substantial share of officers for central deputation given the correspondingly larger pool of eligible officers available at any given seniority level.
CRPF's operational mandate spans counter-insurgency operations in states affected by internal security challenges, VIP security duties, and general law-and-order support to state police forces during large-scale events or periods of heightened security requirement, meaning DIG-level officers within the force often oversee a wide functional range depending on their specific sector assignment.
Officers on deputation to central armed police forces such as CRPF typically serve fixed-term postings before returning to their parent state cadre, a rotation that gives the force access to experienced state-level policing officers while also broadening those officers' exposure to central security operations beyond conventional state policing.
The specific sector or wing Chhabbi will oversee within CRPF has not been separately detailed beyond the deputation order itself, with further charge allocation typically following once the officer formally reports for duty.
The deputation was processed through the Ministry of Home Affairs in coordination with the Uttar Pradesh state government, governing IPS officer deputations to central armed police forces.
