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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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| [[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 &#124; 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 &#124; 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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India maintains 10 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 LOGO.svg Assam Rifles 63,747[5]
[6]		 Northeastern States
BSF Insignia.svg Border Security Force 257,363[7] Ministry of Home Affairs Indo-Pakistani border, Indo-Bangladeshi border, others[8]
CISF LOGO.svg Central Industrial Security Force 148,371[9] Ministry of Home Affairs Industries, PSUs
File:CRPF LOGO.svg Central Reserve Police Force 324,340 Ministry of Home Affairs Counter-insurgency & General Elections
Indo-Tibetan Border Police 89,567 Ministry of Home Affairs India-China Border[10]
National Security Guard-India.svg National Security Guard 14,000 Ministry of Home Affairs Counter-terrorism
Railway Protection Force 75,000 Ministry of Railways Indian Railways
Sashastra Seema Bal.svg Sashastra Seema Bal 97,244[11] Ministry of Home Affairs Indo-Nepal Border and Indo-Bhutan Border[12]
Emblem of India.svg Special Frontier Force 10,000[11] Cabinet Secretariat[13]
Special Protection Group 3,000[11] Cabinet Secretariat Protection of significant VIPs
1,082,632

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
Rank group Junior commissioned officers Non commissioned officer Enlisted

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

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. ↑ "Explained: Assam Rifles' dual control structure, and its role".
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Border Security Force". bsf.nic.in. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "Home | Indo Tibetan Border Police, Ministry of Home Affairs". itbpolice.nic.in. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 (Iiss), The International Institute of Strategic Studies (14 February 2020). The Military Balance 2020. Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated. ISBN 9780367466398.
  12. ↑ "Role- SSB Ministry Of Home Affairs, Govt. Of India". ssb.nic.in. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  13. ↑ Chhina, Man Aman Singh; Kaushik, Krishn (2 September 2020). "Explained: What is the Special Frontier Force, referred to as Vikas Battalion?". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

Further reading

External links

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