Bharatpedia

Paramilitary forces of India

Revision as of 15:19, 5 October 2021 by ->Cdjp1 (→‎List of Paramilitary forces)


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
  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
  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
  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]
  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.

Further reading

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paramilitary_forces_of_India&oldid=245802"