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	[[File:Ranks of Police National Police Museum New Delhi India.jpg\|thumb\|260x260px\|A display of the various ranks of the Indian police and their respective uniform at the [[National Police Memorial (India)\|National Police Memorial and Museum]], New Delhi.]]		[[File:Ranks of Police National Police Museum New Delhi India.jpg\|thumb\|260x260px\|A display of the various ranks of the Indian police and their respective uniform at the [[National Police Memorial (India)\|National Police Memorial and Museum]], New Delhi.]]
	Gazetted officers include all the [[Indian Police Service]] officers which are Class I officers of the cadre and all [[State Police Services (India)\|State Police Services]] officers of and above the rank of [[Deputy Superintendent of Police]]. All are arranged in a hierarchical order.		Gazetted officers include all the [[Indian Police Service]] officers which are Class I officers of the cadre and all [[State Police Services (India)\|State Police Services]] officers of and above the rank of [[Deputy Superintendent of Police]]. All are arranged in a hierarchical order.
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	===Overview===		===Overview===
	Law enforcement in India is a [[State List\|state matter]]. Hence, policing structure varies from state to state. But there is a general structure observed.		Law enforcement in India is a [[State List\|state matter]]. Hence, policing structure varies from state to state. But there is a general structure observed.
	[[File:DIB CAR.jpg\|thumb\|This car has a rectangular flag as well as [[Four-star rank\|four star]] (on the blue box). Both these features indicate that the car belongs to a [[Director of the Intelligence Bureau\|DIB rank]] IPS officer.]]
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	===Ministry of Home Affairs===		===Ministry of Home Affairs===
	The [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] is in overall charge of internal as well as external security and policing and is the controlling authority for the [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS). Home Secretary, the administrative head of MHA is an [[Indian Administrative Service\|IAS officer]] in the rank of [[Secretary to Government of India]]. The ministry has jurisdiction over the ~~Seven~~ [[Central Armed Police Forces]]. The state home ministry ~~gets the~~ charge of the IPS officers in ~~their~~ state.		The [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)\|Ministry of Home Affairs]] is in overall charge of internal as well as external security and policing, and is the controlling authority for the [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS). The Home Secretary, the administrative head of the MHA, is an [[Indian Administrative Service\|IAS officer]] in the rank of [[Secretary to Government of India]]. The ministry has jurisdiction over the seven [[Central Armed Police Forces]]. The state home ministry has charge of the IPS officers in its state.

	The Indian Police Service is not a law enforcement organization, but a professional body of police officers. Police officers may enter the IPS by two different routes:		The Indian Police Service is not a law enforcement organization, but a professional body of police officers. Police officers may enter the IPS by two different routes:
	* Regular recruits: IPS candidates may apply at the ~~federal~~ level by taking the national exam administered by the [[Union Public Service Commission]]; if successful, they are given the probationary rank of [[assistant superintendent]] and receive further training at the [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy]]. After completion of their ~~trainings~~, officers still hold the rank of [[assistant superintendent]] and wear three silver stars as insignia for a year ~~and then they get~~ promoted to the rank of [[Deputy Superintendent of Police]] and ~~are~~ sent to the cadre which is allotted to them after training in the academy.		* Regular recruits. IPS candidates may apply at the central level by taking the national exam administered by the [[Union Public Service Commission]]; if successful, they are given the probationary rank of [[assistant superintendent]] and receive further training at the [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy]]. After completion of their training, officers still hold the rank of [[assistant superintendent]] and wear three silver stars as insignia for a year before being promoted to the rank of [[Deputy Superintendent of Police]] and sent to the cadre which is allotted to them after training in the academy.
	* State-level selection: Candidates may take a state-level examination for State Police Service (SPS) gazetted officers; examinations are administered by the individual State Public Service Commissions. Successful candidates are gazetted with the rank of [[Deputy superintendent of police\|Deputy Superintendent of Police]] and become members of their state police cadre. After a period of satisfactory service, state police service officers may be nominated to join the IPS at this rank or, if they receive further promotions, at the rank of Superintendent of Police. When State Police Service officers get promoted to IPS, their rank does not change. Generally, State Police Officers are paid more at the same rank when compared to their IPS counterparts but IPS officers get promoted in less amount of time when compared to their SPS counterparts. When a SPS officer ~~gets~~ promoted to an IPS officer, ~~his~~ salary ~~normally~~ decreases as the IPS counterpart holding a rank like [[Superintendent of Police (India)\|SP]] normally gets less salary than his/her SPS counterpart.		* State-level selection. Candidates may take a state-level examination for State Police Service (SPS) gazetted officers; examinations are administered by the individual State Public Service Commissions. Successful candidates are gazetted with the rank of [[Deputy superintendent of police\|Deputy Superintendent of Police]] and become members of their state police cadre. After a period of satisfactory service, state police service officers may be nominated to join the IPS at this rank or, if they receive further promotions, at the rank of Superintendent of Police. When State Police Service officers get promoted to IPS, their rank does not change. Generally, State Police Officers are paid more at the same rank when compared to their IPS counterparts, but IPS officers get promoted in less amount of time when compared to their SPS counterparts. When an SPS officer is promoted to an IPS officer, the salary usually decreases as the IPS counterpart holding a rank like [[Superintendent of Police (India)\|SP]] normally gets less salary than his/her SPS counterpart.

	===State police forces and their structure===		===State police forces and their structure===
	Each State Government's Home Department is responsible for its State Police force. Generally the administrative head of the Home Department of a state is an [[Indian Administrative Service\|IAS officer]] in the rank of [[Chief Secretary (India)\|Additional Chief Secretary]] or [[Principal Secretary (India)\|Principal Secretary to State government]]. However, in many states IPS officers are appointed Home Secretaries.		Each State Government's Home Department is not responsible for its State Police force. Generally the administrative head of the Home Department of a state is an [[Indian Administrative Service\|IAS officer]] in the rank of [[Chief Secretary (India)\|Additional Chief Secretary]] or [[Principal Secretary (India)\|Principal Secretary to State government]]. However, in many states IPS officers are appointed Home Secretaries.

	Each state police ''force'' is headed by an IPS officer in the rank of [[Director General of Police]]. The head of a state police force has the designation of [[Director general of police\|Director General of Police]], and is assisted by one to several Additional or Special DGPs. Each Additional/Special DGP is responsible for a bureau within the state police (Law & Order, Crime, etc.).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.mahapolice.gov.in/\|title=Home \| Maharashtra State Police\|website=www.mahapolice.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="auto1">[http://www.tnpolice.gov.in/Organisation.html Tamil Nadu Police]</ref><ref name="auto2">[http://biharpolice.bih.nic.in/ Bihar State Police]</ref> Some large state police forces, such as the [[Maharashtra Police]], [[Tamil Nadu Police]] and [[Uttar Pradesh Police]] are generally divided into zones, ranges and commissionerates. However, even some large police forces such as [[Bihar Police]] don't have Police Commissionerates. Smaller state police forces, such as the [[Andaman and Nicobar Police]] or the [[Arunachal Pradesh Police]], are typically only divided into ranges; however, this system of divisions can vary from force to force.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.ksp.gov.in/home/aboutus-specialunits.php \|title=Karnataka State Police \|access-date=1 May 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614173616/http://www.ksp.gov.in/home/aboutus-specialunits.php \|archive-date=14 June 2012 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Each range or zone is headed by an officer in the rank of Additional DGP or [[Inspector General of Police]].		Each state police ''force'' is headed by an IPS officer in the rank of [[Director General of Police]]. The head of a state police force has the designation of [[Director general of police\|Director General of Police]], and is assisted by one to several Additional or Special DGPs. Each Additional/Special DGP is responsible for a bureau within the state police (Law & Order, Crime, etc.).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.mahapolice.gov.in/\|title=Home \| Maharashtra State Police\|website=www.mahapolice.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="auto1">[http://www.tnpolice.gov.in/Organisation.html Tamil Nadu Police]</ref><ref name="auto2">[http://biharpolice.bih.nic.in/ Bihar State Police]</ref> Some large state police forces, such as the [[Maharashtra Police]], [[Tamil Nadu Police]] and [[Uttar Pradesh Police]] are generally divided into zones, ranges and commissionerates. However, even some large police forces such as [[Bihar Police]] don't have Police Commissionerates. Smaller state police forces, such as the [[Andaman and Nicobar Police]] or the [[Arunachal Pradesh Police]], are typically only divided into ranges; however, this system of divisions can vary from force to force.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.ksp.gov.in/home/aboutus-specialunits.php \|title=Karnataka State Police \|access-date=1 May 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614173616/http://www.ksp.gov.in/home/aboutus-specialunits.php \|archive-date=14 June 2012 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Each range or zone is headed by an officer in the rank of Additional DGP or [[Inspector General of Police]].

	Commissionerates generally encompass major cities that are so designated, such as [[Kolkata Police Force\|Kolkata]], [[Mumbai Police\|Mumbai]], [[Delhi Police\|Delhi]], [[Chennai]], [[Lucknow City Police\|Lucknow]], [[Hyderabad City Police\|Hyderabad]], [[Ahmedabad City Police\|Ahmedabad]] etc. Each commissionerate has its own individual police force headed by an IPS officer with the designation of [[Commissioner of Police (India)\|Commissioner of Police]] (CP). The Commissioner of Police may be of the rank of Additional DGP, ADGP or IGP but can also be in the rank of DIGP. The Commissioner of Police is empowered with the powers of an executive magistrate and functions as such. The Commissioner of Police is assisted by one to several Joint Commissioners of Police, who usually hold the rank of IGP (or Deputy IGP).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://mumbaipolice.maharashtra.gov.in/organization.asp\|title=Mumbai Police\|website=mumbaipolice.maharashtra.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/> Each is in charge of a bureau (Law and Order, Crime, etc.), mirroring the organisation of the state police as a whole. Below the JCPs, the organisation is typically as follows:		Commissionerates generally is not enerzing encompass major cities that are so designated, such as [[Kolkata Police Force\|Kolkata]], [[Mumbai Police\|Mumbai]], [[Delhi Police\|Delhi]], [[Chennai]], [[Lucknow City Police\|Lucknow]], [[Hyderabad City Police\|Hyderabad]], [[Ahmedabad City Police\|Ahmedabad]] etc. Each commissionerate has its own individual police force headed by an IPS officer with the designation of [[Commissioner of Police (India)\|Commissioner of Police]] (CP). The Commissioner of Police may be of the rank of Additional DGP, ADGP or IGP but can also be in the rank of DIGP. The Commissioner of Police is empowered with the powers of an executive magistrate and functions as such. The Commissioner of Police is assisted by one to several Joint Commissioners of Police, who usually hold the rank of IGP (or Deputy IGP).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://mumbaipolice.maharashtra.gov.in/organization.asp\|title=Mumbai Police\|website=mumbaipolice.maharashtra.gov.in}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/> Each is in charge of a bureau (Law and Order, Crime, etc.), mirroring the organisation of the state police as a whole. Below the JCPs, the organisation is typically as follows:
	* Region: Headed by an IPS Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl. CP) in the rank of DIGP. Gazetted officers below the rank of DIGP may either be IPS or SPS officers.		* Region: Headed by an IPS Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl. CP) in the rank of DIGP. Gazetted officers below the rank of DIGP may either be IPS or SPS officers.
	* Zone: Each region is divided into a number of zones, each headed by an Additional Director General of Police (ADG) or Inspector General of Police (IG)		* Zone: Each region is divided into a number of zones, each headed by an Additional Director General of Police (ADG) or Inspector General of Police (IG)

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{{Short description}}
[[File:Ranks of Police National Police Museum New Delhi India.jpg|thumb|260x260px|A display of the various ranks of the Indian police and their respective uniform at the [[National Police Memorial (India)|National Police Memorial and Museum]], New Delhi.]]
Gazetted officers include all the [[Indian Police Service]] officers which are Class I officers of the cadre and all [[State Police Services (India)|State Police Services]] officers of and above the rank of [[Deputy Superintendent of Police]]. All are arranged in a hierarchical order.

==Ranks of law enforcement in India==
The ranks, posts and designations of all police officers vary from state to state as law and order is a [[State list in India|state matter]]. But, generally the following pattern is observed:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mahapolice.gov.in/jsp/temp/html/policerank.pdf|title=Police Ranks|website=[[Maharashtra Police]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815030350/http://www.mahapolice.gov.in/jsp/temp/html/policerank.pdf|archive-date=15 August 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=10 November 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.keralapolice.org/kerala-police/about-us/governance|title=Governance of andhra police|website=[[Kerala Police]]|access-date=14 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://odishapolice.gov.in/?q=node/199|title=Police Ranks and Badges|website=[[Odisha Police]]|access-date=15 August 2017}}</ref>

;Gazetted Officers
{{Indian Police Service Officer Ranks}}

;Non-gazetted officers
{{Indian Police Service Enlisted Ranks}}

==Organisational structure and roles==
===Overview===
Law enforcement in India is a [[State List|State matter]]. Hence, policing structure varies from State to State. But there is a general structure observed.
[[File:DIB CAR.jpg|thumb|This car has a rectanglular flag as well as [[Four-star rank|four star]] (on the blue box). Both these features indicate that the car belongs to a [[Director of the Intelligence Bureau|DIB rank]] IPS officer.]]
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===Ministry of Home Affairs ===
The [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] is in overall charge of internal as well as external security and policing and is the controlling authority for the [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS). Home Secretary, the administrative head of MHA is an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]] in the rank of [[Secretary to Government of India]]. The ministry has jurisdiction over the Seven [[Central Armed Police Forces]]. The state home ministry gets the charge of the IPS officers in their state.

The Indian Police Service is not a law enforcement organization, but a professional body of police officers. Police officers may enter the IPS by two different routes:

*Regular recruits: IPS candidates may apply at the federal level by taking the national exam administered by the [[Union Public Service Commission]]; if successful, they are given the probationary rank of [[assistant superintendent]] and receive further training at the [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy]]. After completion of their trainings, officers still hold the rank of [[assistant superintendent]] and wear three silver stars as insignia for a year and then they get promoted to the rank of [[Superintendent of Police (India)|Superintendent of Police]] and are sent to the cadre which is allotted to them after training in the academy.
*State-level selection: Candidates may take a state-level examination for State Police Service (SPS) gazetted officers; examinations are administered by the individual State Public Service Commissions. Successful candidates are gazetted with the rank of [[Deputy superintendent of police|Deputy Superintendent of Police]] and become members of their state police cadre. After a period of satisfactory service, state police service officers may be nominated to join the IPS at this rank or, if they receive further promotions, at the rank of Superintendent of Police. When State Police Service officers get promoted to IPS, their rank does not change. Generally, State Police Officers are paid more at the same rank when compared to their IPS counterparts but IPS officers get promoted in less amount of time when compared to their SPS counterparts. When a SPS officer gets promoted to an IPS officer, his salary normally decreases as the IPS counterpart holding a rank like [[Superintendent of Police (India)|SP]] normally gets less salary than his/her SPS counterpart.

===State police forces and their structure===
Each State Government's Home Department is responsible for its State Police force. Generally the administrative head of the Home Department of a state is an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]] in the rank of [[Chief Secretary (India)|Additional Chief Secretary]] or [[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary to State government]]. However, in many states IPS officers are appointed Home Secretaries.

Each state police ''force'' is headed by an IPS officer in the rank of [[Director General of Police]]. The head of a state police force has the designation of [[Director general of police|Director General of Police]], and is assisted by one to several Additional or Special DGPs. Each Additional/Special DGP is responsible for a bureau within the state police (Law & Order, Crime, etc.).<ref>[http://www.mahapolice.gov.in/ Maharashtra Police]</ref><ref>[http://www.tnpolice.gov.in/Organisation.html Tamil Nadu Police]</ref><ref>[http://biharpolice.bih.nic.in/ Bihar State Police]</ref> Some large state police forces, such as the [[Maharashtra Police]] and [[Tamil Nadu Police]] are generally divided into zones, ranges and commissionerates. However, even some large police forces such as [[Uttar Pradesh Police]] (except Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur and Gautambuddha Nagar Police) and [[Bihar Police]] don't have Police Commissionerates. Smaller state police forces, such as the [[Andaman and Nicobar Police]] or the [[Arunachal Pradesh Police]], are typically only divided into ranges; however, this system of divisions can vary from force to force.<ref>[http://www.mahapolice.gov.in/ Maharashtra Police]</ref><ref>[http://www.tnpolice.gov.in/Organisation.html Tamil Nadu Police]</ref><ref>[http://biharpolice.bih.nic.in/ Bihar State Police]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ksp.gov.in/home/aboutus-specialunits.php |title=Karnataka State Police |access-date=1 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614173616/http://www.ksp.gov.in/home/aboutus-specialunits.php |archive-date=14 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Each range or zone is headed by an officer in the rank of Additional DGP or [[Inspector General of Police]].

Commissionerates generally encompass major cities that are so designated, such as [[Kolkata Police Force|Kolkata]], [[Mumbai Police|Mumbai]], [[Delhi Police|Delhi]], [[Chennai]], Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur and Gautam Buddha Nagar. Each commissionerate has its own individual police force headed by an IPS officer with the designation of [[Commissioner of Police (India)|Commissioner of Police]] (CP). The Commissioner of Police may be of the rank of Additional DGP or IGP but can also be in the rank of DIGP. The Commissioner of Police is empowered with the powers of an executive magistrate and functions as such. The Commissioner of Police is assisted by one to several Joint Commissioners of Police, who usually hold the rank of IGP (or Deputy IGP).<ref>[https://mumbaipolice.maharashtra.gov.in/organization.asp Mumbai Police]</ref><ref>[http://www.tnpolice.gov.in/Organisation.html Tamil Nadu Police]</ref> Each is in charge of a bureau (Law and Order, Crime, etc.), mirroring the organisation of the state police as a whole. Below the JCPs, the organisation is typically as follows:

*Region: Headed by an IPS Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl. CP) in the rank of DIGP. Gazetted officers below the rank of DIGP may either be IPS or SPS officers.
*Zone: Each region is divided into a number of zones, each headed by a Additional Director General of Police (ADG) or Inspector General of Police (IG)
*Division: A zone usually contains one to two divisions, each headed by Inspector General of Police or DIGP.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.punepolice.gov.in/content/organization-stucture |title=Pune Police |access-date=1 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032703/http://www.punepolice.gov.in/content/organization-stucture |archive-date=2 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.tnpolice.gov.in/Organisation.html Tamil Nadu Police]</ref>

The general organisation outside commissionerates is as follows:
*Zone: Headed by an IPS officer in the rank of ADG or IG
*Range: Headed by an IPS officer in the rank of IG or DIG
*District: Headed by a Senior Superintendent or a Superintendent of Police.
*Area: Headed by a Superintendent of Police, generally having a lower grade pay than the district head if the district head is an SSP.
*Sub Division: A sub division is headed by an officer of the rank of DSP or ASP. Which is called as SDPO (Sub Divisional Police Officer). In some states, there are a few circles under the Sub division. In some states a DSP, and in some states like Assam, an Inspector takes the charge of the Circle.
*Police station: Commanded by a non-gazetted police officer. In a city, an [[Inspector]] or [[Sub-inspector]] may be in charge of one police station. They are posted as Station House Officer and Station Officer respectively. The Inspector or sub-inspector commands several sub-inspectors (SI) or assistant sub-inspector and other low-ranked officials.
However, District [[Superintendent of police (India)|Superintendents or Senior Superintendents of Police]] are not empowered with the powers of an executive magistrate, in Districts these powers, like promulgating Section 144, granting arms licenses, are exercised by the [[District collector|District Magistrate]], who is an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]].

Sub-inspectors (PSIs), the first police officers who may file a charge sheet, often command police stations in rural districts or police outposts or substations; in cities, they operate out of a police station and administer beats (''chowkies''). Sub-inspectors are assisted by assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs), who may also be in charge of ''chowkies'', under them are head constables (senior constables), who lead teams of constables.

== See also ==
* [[Central Armed Police Forces#Recruitment, ranks and structure|Central Armed Police Forces ranks and insignia of India]]
* [[Paramilitary forces of India#Ranks and insignia|Paramilitary forces ranks and insignia of India]]
* [[Air Force ranks and insignia of India]]
* [[Army ranks and insignia of India]]
* [[Naval ranks and insignia of India]]

==Notes==
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== References ==
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[[Category:Police ranks of India]]
[[Category:India government-related lists]]
[[Category:Law enforcement-related lists]]