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India maintains 10 paramilitary forces.[1]
List of Paramilitary forces [ edit ] From 1986 to 2011 the Central Armed Police Forces were considered as Central Police Forces (CPF).[2] [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 [ edit ] Officers Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/India (Assam Rifles) Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/India (CISF) Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/India (CRPF) Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/India (NSG) Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/India (Sashastra Seema Bal) Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OF/India (Special Frontier Force)
Equivalent
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
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 See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
↑ 1.0 1.1 IISS (2012). "Chapter Six: Asia". The Military Balance . London : Routledge . 112 (1): 205–302. doi :10.1080/04597222.2012.663215 . S2CID 219626887 .↑ "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 .↑ Dholabhai, Nishit (26 March 2011). "For the paramilitary, all's in a new name" . The Telegraphy ↑ "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 )↑ Tiwary, Deeptiman (7 December 2021). "Explained: Assam Rifles' dual control structure, and its role" . The Indian Express ↑ "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 )↑ "Introduction" . bsf.nic.in . Border Security Force . 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 Google Books . ↑ "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 .
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