Paramilitary forces of India

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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.

Further reading

External links

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