The Ministry of Home Affairs has established the Central Police Canteen (CPC) System to provide welfare benefits to serving and retired personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), including the Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetean Border Police (ITBP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Assam Rifles (AF). This system, which came into existence on September 26, 2006, consists of 126 Master Canteens that serve as distribution centers and 1,042 Subsidiary Canteens that sell products to CAPF troops and their families. In addition to everyday items, the CPC has also registered two-wheeler and four-wheeler firms to provide vehicles to its troops at discounted rates. The Central Police Canteen facilities have also been extended to personnel of various departments under the Ministry of Home Affairs, other central security agencies like the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Special Protection Group (SPG), National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), National Investigation Agency (NIA), and all State Police Organizations.
