The Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) was established in 1970 to identify the needs and problems of the police in the country, undertake research projects and studies, and suggest measures to address the challenges faced by the police and meet their evolving needs and requirements. It was also mandated to keep abreast of the latest developments in science and technology, both in India and abroad, with a view to promoting the adoption of appropriate technologies in police work.
Over the years, the mandate of BPR&D has expanded to include monitoring the training needs and quality of training in the States/UTs, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), and Central Police Organisations (CPOs), and providing necessary assistance in this regard. It has also been entrusted with the responsibility of assisting the States in the modernisation of State Police Forces and the administration of correctional institutions. Further, BPR&D assists the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and CAPFs in the development of standards, Quality Requirements (QRs), and other specifications for various types of equipment and infrastructure-related items.
More recently, in 2021, the charter of BPR&D was further expanded to include responsibilities relating to land and sea border management, capacity building of CAPFs and their specialised units in the implementation of the New Criminal Laws, and addressing emerging internal security challenges, among other areas, with a view to effectively countering new-age crimes.
Despite the significant growth and expansion in the functions and responsibilities of the BPR&D over the years and the growing complexities and challenges that confront the police and correctional administration, calling for the building up of the corresponding capabilities, there has not been commensurate growth in the resources, both human and financial, as well as infrastructure support, for the activities of the BPR&D. Keeping this in view, the following projects of BPR&D were approved during 15th Finance Commission:
Sl. No. | Project Name | Outlay |
Development of Infrastructure Facilities and Additional Space at BPR&D Hqrs., Mahipalpur, New Delhi | 50.00 Cr. | |
Re-location and development of infrastructure facilities at BPR&D-CDTI, Chandigarh. | 115.83 Cr. | |
Creation, Location, and Development of Infrastructure Facilities for BPR&D-CDTI, Bengaluru, Karnataka | 120.00 Cr.
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Creation, Location, and Development of Infrastructure Facilities for BPR&D-CDTI, Agartala, Tripura | 120.00 Cr.
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Expansion and development of infrastructure facilities of BPR&D- CDTI, Kolkata. | 140.00 Cr. | |
2nd phase of Construction of CAPT Bhopal | 90.00 Cr. | |
| Total | 635.83 Cr. |
Setting up of BPR&D-CDTIs:
At present, BPR&D has 5 Central Detective Training Institutes, i.e., Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Ghaziabad, and Central Academy for Police Training, Bhopal for providing training to State police personnel in the investigation of Criminal cases. As these institutes are not in a position to cater to the training needs of all the States, two (02) additional BPR&D-CDTIs have been sanctioned at Bengaluru and Agartala. Further, the establishment of another BPR&D-CDTI at Srinagar (J&K) is under consideration.
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