Paramilitary forces of India
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 |
63,747[5] |
|
Northeastern States |
 Border Security Force |
257,363[7] | Ministry of Home Affairs | Indo-Pakistani border, Indo-Bangladeshi border, others[8] |
 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 |
14,000 | Ministry of Home Affairs | Counter-terrorism |
| Railway Protection Force | 75,000 | Ministry of Railways | Indian Railways |
 Sashastra Seema Bal |
97,244[11] | Ministry of Home Affairs | Indo-Nepal Border and Indo-Bhutan Border[12] |
 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
| 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IISS (2012). "Chapter Six: Asia". The Military Balance. London: Routledge. 112 (1): 205–302. doi:10.1080/04597222.2012.663215.
- ↑ "Office Memorandum" (PDF). MHA. MHA, GoI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "Office Memorandum" (PDF). MHA. MHA, GoI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "For the paramilitary, all's in a new name". telegraphindia.
- ↑ "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) - ↑ "Explained: Assam Rifles' dual control structure, and its role".
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Border Security Force". bsf.nic.in. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Home | Indo Tibetan Border Police, Ministry of Home Affairs". itbpolice.nic.in. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Role- SSB Ministry Of Home Affairs, Govt. Of India". ssb.nic.in. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ↑ 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.