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	India maintains 12 paramilitary forces.<ref name="IISS 2012">{{cite journal\|title=Chapter Six: Asia\|pages=~~205-302~~\|journal=The Military Balance\|volume=112\|number=1\|author1=IISS\|author-link1=International Institute for Strategic Studies\|date=2012\|publisher=[[Routledge]]\|location=[[London]]\|doi=10.1080/04597222.2012.663215}}</ref>		India maintains 10 paramilitary forces.<ref name="IISS 2012">{{cite journal\|title=Chapter Six: Asia \|pages=205–302 \|journal=The Military Balance \|volume=112 \|number=1 \|author1=IISS \|author-link1=International Institute for Strategic Studies \|date=2012 \|publisher=[[Routledge]] \|location=[[London]] \|doi=10.1080/04597222.2012.663215}}</ref>

	==List of Paramilitary forces==		==List of Paramilitary forces==
	From 1986 to 2011 the [[Central Armed Police Forces]] were considered as Central Police Forces (CPO).<ref>{{cite web\|title=Office Memorandum\|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf\|website=MHA\|publisher=MHA, GoI\|access-date=26 August 2015\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117183848/http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf\|archive-date=17 January 2016\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, as per their respective acts they all are Armed Police Forces.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Office Memorandum\|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf\|website=MHA\|publisher=MHA, GoI\|access-date=26 August 2015\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117183848/http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf\|archive-date=17 January 2016\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{~~Cite~~ web\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/for-the-paramilitary-all-s-in-a-new-name/cid/415027\|title=For the paramilitary, all's in a new name.\|website=telegraphindia}}</ref>		From 1986 to 2011 the [[Central Armed Police Forces]] were considered as Central Police Forces (CPO).<ref>{{cite web\|title=Office Memorandum\|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf \|website=MHA \|publisher=MHA, GoI \|access-date=26 August 2015 \|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117183848/http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf \|archive-date=17 January 2016 \|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, as per their respective acts they all are Armed Police Forces.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Office Memorandum \|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf \|website=MHA \|publisher=MHA, GoI \|access-date=26 August 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117183848/http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf \|archive-date=17 January 2016 \|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/for-the-paramilitary-all-s-in-a-new-name/cid/415027 \|title=For the paramilitary, all's in a new name. \|website=telegraphindia}}</ref>

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	\| \|\|'''Active'''\|\|'''Governing Body'''\|\|'''Area'''		\| \|\|'''Active'''\|\|'''Governing Body'''\|\|'''Area'''
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	\| [[Assam Rifles]] \|\| 63,747<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=12 August 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808200948/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf \|archive-date=8 August 2017 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> \|\| [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]]/[[Ministry of Defence (India)\|Ministry of Defence]] \|\|		\|[[File:Assam_Rifles_LOGO.svg\|26px]] [[Assam Rifles]] \|\| 63,747<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=12 August 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808200948/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf \|archive-date=8 August 2017 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> \|\| {{hlist\|[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] (administrative)\|[[Ministry of Defence (India)\|Ministry of Defence]] (operational)}}<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-assam-rifles-dual-control-structure-role-nagaland-violence-7658329/ \|title=Explained: Assam Rifles’ dual control structure, and its role}}</ref> \|\| Northeastern States
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	\| [[File:BSF ~~Logo~~.svg\|26x26px]] [[Border Security Force]] \|\| 257,363<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf \|title=Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs Annual Report 2016–17 \|access-date=2017~~-08-12~~ \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808200948/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf \|archive-date=8 August 2017 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> \|\| [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] \|\| Indo-~~Pak Border~~, Indo-~~Bangladesh~~, others<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web\|url=http://bsf.nic.in/en/introduction.html\|title=Border Security Force\|website=bsf.nic.in\|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>		\| [[File:BSF Insignia.svg\|26x26px]] [[Border Security Force]] \|\| 257,363<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf \|title=Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs Annual Report 2016–17 \|access-date=12 August 2017 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808200948/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf \|archive-date=8 August 2017 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> \|\| [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] \|\| Indo-Pakistani border, Indo-Bangladeshi border, others<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://bsf.nic.in/en/introduction.html \|title=Border Security Force \|website=bsf.nic.in \|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>
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	\| [[Central Industrial Security Force]] \|\| 148,371<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf \|title=Annual Report 2016-17 \|access-date=12 August 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808200948/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf \|archive-date=8 August 2017 \|url-status=dead \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref> \|\| [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] \|\| Industries, [[Public sector undertakings in India\|PSUs]]		\|[[File:CISF LOGO.svg\|26px]] [[Central Industrial Security Force]] \|\| 148,371<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf \|title=Annual Report 2016-17 \|access-date=12 August 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808200948/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf \|archive-date=8 August 2017 \|url-status=dead \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref> \|\| [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] \|\| Industries, [[Public sector undertakings in India\|PSUs]]
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	\| [[Central Reserve Police Force]] \|\| 324,340 \|\| [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] \|\|		\|[[File:CRPF LOGO.svg\|26px]] [[Central Reserve Police Force]] \|\| 324,340 \|\| [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] \|\|Counter-insurgency & General Elections
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	\| [[~~File:Emblem of India.svg\|15px~~]] [[~~Defence Security Corps~~]] \|\| ~~31,000~~ \|\| \|\|		\|[[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] \|\| 89,567 \|\| [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] \|\| India-China Border<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://itbpolice.nic.in/itbpwebsite/Aboutus_new/history&role/htmnav.html \|title=Home \| Indo Tibetan Border Police, Ministry of Home Affairs \|website=itbpolice.nic.in \|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>
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	\| [[~~Indo~~-~~Tibetan Border Police~~]] \|\| 89,~~567~~ \|\| [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] \|\| ~~India~~-China Border<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://itbpolice.nic.in/itbpwebsite/Aboutus_new/history&role/htmnav.html\|title=Home \| Indo Tibetan Border Police, Ministry of Home Affairs\|website=itbpolice.nic.in\|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>		\|[[File:National Security Guard-India.svg\|26px]] [[National Security Guard]] \|\| 14,000 \|\| [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] \|\|[[Counter-terrorism]]
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	\| ~~[[National Security Guard]] \|\| 14,000 \|\| [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] \|\|~~		\|[[Railway Protection Force]] \|\| 75,000 \|\| [[Ministry of Railways (India)\|Ministry of Railways]] \|\| Indian Railways
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	~~\| [[File:Logo of RPF.jpg\|25px]]~~ [[Railway Protection Force]] \|\| 75,000 \|\| [[Ministry of Railways (India)\|Ministry of Railways]] \|\| Indian Railways
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	~~\| [[Rashtriya Rifles]] \|\| \|\| [[Ministry of Defence (India)\|Ministry of Defence]] \|\| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)\|Jammu and Kashmir]]~~
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	\| [[Sashastra Seema Bal]] \|\| 97,244<ref name=":0">{{~~Cite~~ book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VNAzQEACAAJ\|title=The Military Balance 2020\|last=(Iiss)\|first=The International Institute of Strategic Studies\|date=14 February 2020\|publisher=Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated\|isbn=9780367466398\|language=en}}</ref> \|\| [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] \|\| Indo-Nepal Border and Indo-Bhutan Border<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web\|url=https://ssb.nic.in/index1.aspx?lsid=38&lev=2&lid=10&langid=1&Cid=0\|title=Role- SSB Ministry Of Home Affairs, Govt. Of India\|website=ssb.nic.in\|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>		\|[[File:Sashastra Seema Bal.svg\|26px]] [[Sashastra Seema Bal]] \|\| 97,244<ref name=":0">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VNAzQEACAAJ \|title=The Military Balance 2020 \|last=(Iiss) \|first=The International Institute of Strategic Studies\|date=14 February 2020 \|publisher=Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated \|isbn=9780367466398 \|language=en}}</ref> \|\| [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] \|\| Indo-Nepal Border and Indo-Bhutan Border<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://ssb.nic.in/index1.aspx?lsid=38&lev=2&lid=10&langid=1&Cid=0 \|title=Role- SSB Ministry Of Home Affairs, Govt. Of India \|website=ssb.nic.in \|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>
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	\| [[File:Emblem of India.svg\|~~15px~~]] [[Special Frontier Force]] \|\| 10,000<ref name=":0" /> \|\| [[~~Ministry~~ of ~~Home Affairs (~~India)\|~~Ministry of Home Affairs~~]] \|\|		\|[[File:Emblem of India.svg\|26px]] [[Special Frontier Force]] \|\| 10,000<ref name=":0" /> \|\| [[Cabinet Secretariat of India\|Cabinet Secretariat]]<ref name="Chhina and Kaushik">{{cite web\|author-last1=Chhina \|author-first1=Man Aman Singh \|author-last2=Kaushik \|author-first2=Krishn \|date=2 September 2020 \|title=Explained: What is the Special Frontier Force, referred to as Vikas Battalion? \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/what-is-special-frontier-force-vikas-battalion-6578568/ \|access-date=2 September 2020 \|website=The Indian Express \|language=en}}</ref> \|\|
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	\| [[Special Protection Group]] \|\| 3,000<ref name=":0"/> ~~\|\| [[Research and Analysis Wing]]~~ \|\| [[Cabinet Secretariat of India\|Cabinet Secretariat]]		\|[[Special Protection Group]] \|\| 3,000<ref name=":0"/> \|\| [[Cabinet Secretariat of India\|Cabinet Secretariat]] \|\|Protection of significant VIPs
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	\| \|\| '''1,~~113~~,632''' \|\| \|\|		\| \|\| '''1,082,632''' \|\| \|\|
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			! Rank group\|\| colspan=10\| Junior commissioned officers \|\| colspan=12\| Non commissioned officer \|\| colspan=14\| Enlisted
	{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OR/India (Assam Rifles)}}		{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OR/India (Assam Rifles)}}
	{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OR/India (BSF)}}		{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OR/India (BSF)}}

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List of Paramilitary forces

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-{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}} [[Assam Rifles]] belongs to the [[Assam|Assam regiment]] of the [[Indian Army]] which has been defined in Assam Rifles Rule 2016 under the [[Army Act, 1950|Indian Army Act, 1950]] and various official documents of [[Government of India]]. [[Assam Rifles]] is not an armed police force but a [[regiment]] of the [[Indian Army]].<br />
+{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
-Excluding [[Special Protection Group]] only the following six forces which come under [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] have been considered as [[Central Armed Police Forces|Central Armed Police forces]] (CAPFs) from March 2011 to avoid confusion. Before 2011 they were considered as CPOs since 01 Jan 1986. However, as per their respective acts they all are Armed Police Forces <ref>{{cite web|title=Office Memorandum|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf|website=MHA|publisher=MHA, GoI|access-date=26 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117183848/http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/for-the-paramilitary-all-s-in-a-new-name/cid/415027|title=For the paramilitary, all's in a new name.|website=telegraphindia}}</ref>
+India maintains 12 paramilitary forces.<ref name="IISS 2012">{{cite journal|title=Chapter Six: Asia|pages=205-302|journal=The Military Balance|volume=112|number=1|author1=IISS|author-link1=International Institute for Strategic Studies|date=2012|publisher=[[Routledge]]|location=[[London]]|doi=10.1080/04597222.2012.663215}}</ref>
-* [[Border Security Force]] (BSF) CAPF - 265,173 personnel
-* [[Central Industrial Security Force]] (CISF) CAPF - 162,541 personnel
+==List of Paramilitary forces==
-* [[Central Reserve Police Force]] (CRPF) CAPF - 324,340 personnel
+From 1986 to 2011 the [[Central Armed Police Forces]] were considered as Central Police Forces (CPO).<ref>{{cite web|title=Office Memorandum|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf|website=MHA|publisher=MHA, GoI|access-date=26 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117183848/http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, as per their respective acts they all are Armed Police Forces.<ref>{{cite web|title=Office Memorandum|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf|website=MHA|publisher=MHA, GoI|access-date=26 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117183848/http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/for-the-paramilitary-all-s-in-a-new-name/cid/415027|title=For the paramilitary, all's in a new name.|website=telegraphindia}}</ref>
-* [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] (ITBP) CAPF - 89,567  personnel
-* [[National Security Guard]] (NSG) CAPF - 14,000 personnel
+{| class="wikitable" width=550 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0
-* [[Sashastra Seema Bal]] (SSB) - 97,244 personnel
+|-
-* [[Special Protection Group]] (SPG) - 3,000 personnel
+! style="align: center" colspan="4" | Paramilitary Forces<ref name="IISS 2012"/>
 ==See also==

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	{{Short description\|Paramilitary body of india}}		{{Short description\|Paramilitary body of india}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=June 2016}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=June 2016}}
	{{Use Indian English\|date=June 2016}} [[Assam Rifles]] ~~is only the Para Military Force (CPMF) under~~ the [[~~Ministry of Home Affairs (India)~~\|~~Ministry~~ of ~~Home Affairs~~]] which has been defined in Assam Rifles Rule 2016 and various official documents of [[Government of India~~\|Govt~~ of ~~India~~]].<br />		{{Use Indian English\|date=June 2016}} [[Assam Rifles]] belongs to the [[Assam\|Assam regiment]] of the [[Indian Army]] which has been defined in Assam Rifles Rule 2016 under the [[Army Act, 1950\|Indian Army Act, 1950]] and various official documents of [[Government of India]]. [[Assam Rifles]] is not an armed police force but a [[regiment]] of the [[Indian Army]].<br />
	Excluding [[~~Assam Rifles~~]] ~~and [[National Security Guard\|NSG]],~~ only the following ~~five~~ forces which come under [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] have been considered as [[Central Armed Police Forces\|Central Armed Police forces]] (CAPFs) from March 2011 to avoid confusion. Before 2011 they were considered as CPOs since 01 Jan 1986. However, as per their respective acts they all are Armed Forces <ref>{{cite web\|title=Office Memorandum\|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf\|website=MHA\|publisher=MHA, GoI\|access-date=26 August 2015\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117183848/http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf\|archive-date=17 January 2016\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/for-the-paramilitary-all-s-in-a-new-name/cid/415027\|title=For the paramilitary, all's in a new name.\|website=telegraphindia}}</ref>		Excluding [[Special Protection Group]] only the following six forces which come under [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] have been considered as [[Central Armed Police Forces\|Central Armed Police forces]] (CAPFs) from March 2011 to avoid confusion. Before 2011 they were considered as CPOs since 01 Jan 1986. However, as per their respective acts they all are Armed Police Forces <ref>{{cite web\|title=Office Memorandum\|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf\|website=MHA\|publisher=MHA, GoI\|access-date=26 August 2015\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117183848/http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf\|archive-date=17 January 2016\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/for-the-paramilitary-all-s-in-a-new-name/cid/415027\|title=For the paramilitary, all's in a new name.\|website=telegraphindia}}</ref>
	* [[Border Security Force]] (BSF) CAPF - 265,173 personnel		* [[Border Security Force]] (BSF) CAPF - 265,173 personnel
	* [[Central Industrial Security Force]] (CISF) CAPF - 162,541 personnel		* [[Central Industrial Security Force]] (CISF) CAPF - 162,541 personnel
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	* [[National Security Guard]] (NSG) CAPF - 14,000 personnel		* [[National Security Guard]] (NSG) CAPF - 14,000 personnel
	* [[Sashastra Seema Bal]] (SSB) - 97,244 personnel		* [[Sashastra Seema Bal]] (SSB) - 97,244 personnel
	* [[~~Intelligence Bureau~~ (~~India~~)~~\|Intelligence Bureau]]~~		* [[Special Protection Group]] (SPG) - 3,000 personnel

	==See also==		==See also==

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{{Short description|Paramilitary body of india}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}} [[Assam Rifles]] is only the Para Military Force (CPMF) under the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] which has been defined in Assam Rifles Rule 2016 and various official documents of [[Government of India|Govt of India]].<br />
Excluding [[Assam Rifles]] and [[National Security Guard|NSG]], only the following five forces which come under [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] have been considered as [[Central Armed Police Forces|Central Armed Police forces]] (CAPFs) from March 2011 to avoid confusion. Before 2011 they were considered as CPOs since 01 Jan 1986. However, as per their respective acts they all are Armed Forces <ref>{{cite web|title=Office Memorandum|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf|website=MHA|publisher=MHA, GoI|access-date=26 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117183848/http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/for-the-paramilitary-all-s-in-a-new-name/cid/415027|title=For the paramilitary, all's in a new name.|website=telegraphindia}}</ref>
* [[Border Security Force]] (BSF) CAPF - 265,173 personnel
* [[Central Industrial Security Force]] (CISF) CAPF - 162,541 personnel
* [[Central Reserve Police Force]] (CRPF) CAPF - 324,340 personnel
* [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] (ITBP) CAPF - 89,567 personnel
* [[National Security Guard]] (NSG) CAPF - 14,000 personnel
* [[Sashastra Seema Bal]] (SSB) - 97,244 personnel
* [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]]

==See also==
*[[Indian Armed Forces]]
*[[Central Armed Police Forces]]
*[[State Armed Police Forces]]
*[[Special forces of India]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090217111800/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=2&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26 India's Paramilitary Forces @ Bharat-Rakshak.Com]

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030213140909/http://www.assamrifles.com/ Assam Rifles official site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091212202228/http://www.indiadefence.com/PMF.htm Analysis of the PMF]
* [http://www.photius.com/countries/india/national_security/india_national_security_paramilitary_and_res~8898.html An informative article on the PMF]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/bsf.htm Global Security article on Border Security Force]

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