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{{Short description|Paramilitary body of india}}
{{Short description|Paramilitary body of india}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{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
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* [[Sashastra Seema Bal]] (SSB) - 97,244 personnel
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* [[Special Protection Group]] (SPG) - 3,000 personnel
! style="align: center" colspan="4" | Paramilitary Forces<ref name="IISS 2012"/>
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| ||'''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]] ||
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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>
|-
| [[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]] ||
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| [[File:Emblem of India.svg|15px]] [[Defence Security Corps]] || 31,000 || ||
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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 &#124; Indo Tibetan Border Police, Ministry of Home Affairs|website=itbpolice.nic.in|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>
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| [[National Security Guard]] || 14,000  || [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] ||
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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>
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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]] ||
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| [[Special Protection Group]] || 3,000<ref name=":0"/> || [[Research and Analysis Wing]] || [[Cabinet Secretariat of India|Cabinet Secretariat]]
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| || '''1,113,632''' || ||
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==Ranks and insignia==
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==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 15:19, 5 October 2021


India maintains 12 paramilitary forces.[1]

List of Paramilitary forces

From 1986 to 2011 the Central Armed Police Forces were considered as Central Police Forces (CPO).[2] However, as per their respective acts they all are Armed Police Forces.[3][4]

Paramilitary Forces[1]
Active Governing Body Area
Assam Rifles 63,747[5] Ministry of Home Affairs/Ministry of Defence
BSF Logo.svg Border Security Force 257,363[6] Ministry of Home Affairs Indo-Pak Border, Indo-Bangladesh, others[7]
Central Industrial Security Force 148,371[8] Ministry of Home Affairs Industries, PSUs
Central Reserve Police Force 324,340 Ministry of Home Affairs
Emblem of India.svg Defence Security Corps 31,000
Indo-Tibetan Border Police 89,567 Ministry of Home Affairs India-China Border[9]
National Security Guard 14,000 Ministry of Home Affairs
Logo of RPF.jpg Railway Protection Force 75,000 Ministry of Railways Indian Railways
Rashtriya Rifles Ministry of Defence Jammu and Kashmir
Sashastra Seema Bal 97,244[10] Ministry of Home Affairs Indo-Nepal Border and Indo-Bhutan Border[11]
Emblem of India.svg Special Frontier Force 10,000[10] Ministry of Home Affairs
Special Protection Group 3,000[10] Research and Analysis Wing Cabinet Secretariat
1,113,632

Ranks and insignia

Officers
Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/India (Assam Rifles)Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/India (BSF)Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/India (CRPF)Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/India (NSG)
Equivalent
NATO code		 OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1 OF(D) and student officer
Equivalent
NATO code		 OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1 OF(D) and student officer
Enlisted ranks
Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OR/India (Assam Rifles)Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OR/India (BSF)Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OR/India (CRPF)Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OR/India (NSG)
Equivalent
NATO code		 OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
Equivalent
NATO code		 OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 IISS (2012). "Chapter Six: Asia". The Military Balance. London: Routledge. 112 (1): 205–302. doi:10.1080/04597222.2012.663215.
  2. ↑ "Office Memorandum" (PDF). MHA. MHA, GoI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Office Memorandum" (PDF). MHA. MHA, GoI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "For the paramilitary, all's in a new name". telegraphindia.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs Annual Report 2016–17" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Border Security Force". bsf.nic.in. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Annual Report 2016-17" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Home | Indo Tibetan Border Police, Ministry of Home Affairs". itbpolice.nic.in. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 (Iiss), The International Institute of Strategic Studies (14 February 2020). The Military Balance 2020. Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated. ISBN 9780367466398.
  11. ↑ "Role- SSB Ministry Of Home Affairs, Govt. Of India". ssb.nic.in. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

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