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 (CPF).^[2] However, as per their respective acts they all are Armed Police Forces.^[3]^[4]

Paramilitary Forces^[1]
Paramilitary force	Active Strength	Governing Body	Area
Assam Rifles	63,747^[5]	Ministry of Home Affairs (administrative) Ministry of Defence (operational)^[6]	Northeast India, India–Myanmar border
Border Security Force	273,476^[7]	Ministry of Home Affairs	India–Pakistan border and India–Bangladesh border^[8]
Central Industrial Security Force	148,371^[9]	Ministry of Home Affairs	Industries, public sector undertakings
Central Reserve Police Force	324,340	Ministry of Home Affairs	Counter-insurgency and general elections
Indo-Tibetan Border Police	89,567	Ministry of Home Affairs	India–China border^[10]
National Security Guard	10,000	Ministry of Home Affairs	Counter-terrorism
Railway Protection Force	76,563	Ministry of Railways	Indian Railways
Sashastra Seema Bal	97,244^[11]	Ministry of Home Affairs	India–Nepal border and India–Bhutan border^[12]
Special Frontier Force	10,000^[11]	Cabinet Secretariat^[13]	Covert operations
Special Protection Group	3,000^[11]	Cabinet Secretariat	Protection of significant persons
Total	886,579

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

Assam Rifles^[14]^[15]


Director-general^{[note 1]} -	Special director-general^{[note 2]} -	Additional director-general^{[note 3]} -

Inspector general^{[note 4]}
-

Deputy inspector-general^{[note 5]}
-

Commandant^{[note 6]}
-

Second-in-command^{[note 7]}
-

Deputy commandant^{[note 8]}
-

Assistant commandant^{[note 9]}
-

Central Industrial Security Force^[16]^[17]


Director-general -	Special director-general -	Additional director-general -

Inspector general
-

Deputy inspector-general
-

Senior commandant
-

Commandant
-

Deputy commandant
-

Assistant commandant
-

Central Reserve Police Force^[18]^[19]


Director-general -	Special director-general -	Additional director-general -

Inspector general
-

Deputy inspector-general
-

Commandant
-

Second-in-command
-

Deputy commandant
-

Assistant commandant
-

National Security Guard^[20]

Director general
-

Additional director general
-

Inspector general
-

Deputy inspector general
-

Group commander
-

Second in command
-

Squadron commander
-

Team commander
-

Sashastra Seema Bal^[21]

Director-general
-

Additional director-general
-

Inspector general
-

Deputy inspector-general
-

Commandant
-

Second-in-command
-

Deputy commandant
-

Assistant commandant
-

Special Frontier Force

Brigadier

Colonel

Lieutenant colonel

Major

Captain

First Lieutenant

Second Lieutenant

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
Assam Rifles^[22] v t e									No insignia
Assam Rifles^[22] v t e	Subedar major सूबेदार मेजर	Subedar सूबेदार		Naib subedar नायब सूबेदार	Warrant officer -	Havildar^{[note 10]} हवलदार			Rifleman^{[note 11]} -
Central Industrial Security Force^[16]^[17]^[23] v t e									No insignia
Central Industrial Security Force^[16]^[17]^[23] v t e		Inspector निरीक्षक	Sub inspector उप निरीक्षक	Assistant sub-inspector सहायक उप निरीक्षक	Head constable हवलदार				Constable कनिष्ठबल
Central Reserve Police Force^[18]^[19] v t e									No insignia
Central Reserve Police Force^[18]^[19] v t e	Subedar major सूबेदार मेजर	Inspector निरीक्षक	Sub-inspector उप निरीक्षक	Assistant sub-inspector सहायक उप निरीक्षक	Head constable हवलदार				Constable कनिष्ठबल
National Security Guard^[20] v t e									No insignia
National Security Guard^[20] v t e	Subedar major सूबेदार मेजर	Assistant commander-1 -	Assistant commander-2 -	Assistant commander-3 -	Ranger grade I -		Ranger grade II -		Combatised tradesmen -
Sashastra Seema Bal^[21] v t e									No insignia
Sashastra Seema Bal^[21] v t e	Subedar major सूबेदार मेजर	Inspector निरीक्षक	Sub inspector उप निरीक्षक	Assistant sub-inspector सहायक उप निरीक्षक	Head constable हवलदार		Naik नायक	Lance naik लांस नायक	Constable कनिष्ठबल
Special Frontier Force v t e									No insignia
Special Frontier Force v t e	Subedar Major	Subedar		Naib Subedar	Havildar		Naik	Lance Naik	Sepoy
Rank group	Junior commissioned officers				Non commissioned officer		Enlisted