Paramilitary forces of India explained
India maintains 10 paramilitary forces.[1]
List of paramilitary forces
From 1986 to 2011 the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) were considered as Central Police Organisations (CPOs).[2] However, as per their respective acts they all are Armed Police Forces.[2] [3]
The paramilitary forces are made up of:[1]
- Central Armed Police Forces[4]
- Border Guarding Forces
- Assam Rifles (AR)
- Border Security Force (BSF)
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
- Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
- Special Task Force
- National Security Guard (NSG)
- Forces for Internal Security
- Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
- Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
- Railway Protection Force (RPF)
- Special Frontier Force (SFF)
- Special Protection Group (SPG)
| Paramilitary Forces |
|---|
| Paramilitary force | Active Strength | Governing Body | Operational area | Role |
|---|
| Assam Rifles | 63,747[5] | Ministry of Home Affairs (administrative)
Ministry of Defence (operational)[6] | Northeast India, India–Myanmar border | Border guard |
| Border Security Force | 257,363 | Ministry of Home Affairs | India–Pakistan border and India–Bangladesh border[7] | Border guard |
| Central Industrial Security Force | 144,418 | Ministry of Home Affairs | Industries, public sector undertakings, space installations, airports, seaports and Delhi Metro | Protection and security of operational areas |
| Central Reserve Police Force | 313,678 | Ministry of Home Affairs | All India Force | |
| Indo-Tibetan Border Police | 89,432 | Ministry of Home Affairs | India–China border[8] | Border guard |
| National Security Guard | 10,000 | Ministry of Home Affairs | Active Special operations in India | Counter-terrorism |
| Railway Protection Force | 76,563 | Ministry of Railways | Indian Railways | Protection and security of operational areas |
| Sashastra Seema Bal | 97,244[9] | Ministry of Home Affairs | India–Nepal border and India–Bhutan border[10] | Border guard |
| Special Frontier Force | 10,000 | Cabinet Secretariat[11] | | Covert operations |
| Special Protection Group | 3,000 | Cabinet Secretariat | | Executive Protection |
| Total | 1,065,445 | | | | |
|---|
Ranks and insignia
- Officers
- Personnel below officer rank
See also
Further reading
External links
Notes and References
- Chapter Six: Asia . 205–302 . The Military Balance . 112 . 1 . IISS . International Institute for Strategic Studies . 2012 . . . 10.1080/04597222.2012.663215 . 219626887.
- Web site: Office Memorandum . MHA . MHA, GoI . 26 August 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160117183848/http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/OM2-020513.pdf . 17 January 2016 . dmy-all.
- Web site: For the paramilitary, all's in a new name. . . Nishit . Dholabhai . 26 March 2011.
- Book: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs . Working conditions in Border Guarding Forces Sashastra Seema Bal, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Border Security Force) . 12 December 2018 . . 1 . 23 January 2024.
- Web site: Annual Report 2016-17 . 12 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170808200948/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf . 8 August 2017 . dead . dmy-all . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
- News: Explained: Assam Rifles' dual control structure, and its role . . Deeptiman . Tiwary . 7 December 2021.
- Web site: Introduction . . bsf.nic.in . 9 December 2019.
- Web site: Home | Indo Tibetan Border Police, Ministry of Home Affairs . itbpolice.nic.in . 9 December 2019.
- Book: (Iiss), The International Institute of Strategic Studies . The Military Balance 2020 . 14 February 2020 . Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated . 9780367466398 . en . Google Books.
- Web site: Role- SSB Ministry Of Home Affairs, Govt. Of India . ssb.nic.in . 9 December 2019.
- Web site: Chhina . Man Aman Singh . Kaushik . Krishn . 2 September 2020 . Explained: What is the Special Frontier Force, referred to as Vikas Battalion? . 2 September 2020 . . en.
