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{{Short description|Paramilitary body of india}} | {{Short description|Paramilitary body of india}} | ||
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}} [[Assam Rifles]] | {{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 [[ | 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 | ||
* [[ | * [[Special Protection Group]] (SPG) - 3,000 personnel | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||