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Paramilitary forces of India

Auxiliary Forces of India

Summary

Auxiliary Forces of India

Paramilitary Forces of India refer to a group of 10 armed organisations responsible for supporting the Indian military and ensuring internal security.

List of paramilitary forces

From 1986 to 2011 the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) were considered as Central Police Organisations (CPOs). However, as per their respective acts they all are Armed Police Forces.

The paramilitary forces are made up of:

Central Armed Police Forces
- 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	Total	1,065,445
Assam Rifles Flag.svg Assam Rifles	url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf	title=Annual Report 2016-17	access-date=12 August 2017	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808200948/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf	archive-date=8 August 2017	url-status=dead	df=dmy-all	publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}	Ministry of Home Affairs (administrative)
Ministry of Defence (operational)	Northeast India, India–Myanmar border	Border guard
BSF Flag.svg Border Security Force	257,363	Ministry of Home Affairs	India–Pakistan border and India–Bangladesh border	Border guard
CISF Flag.svg Central Industrial Security Force	144,418	Industries, public sector undertakings, space installations, airports, seaports and Delhi Metro	Protection and security of operational areas
Flag of Central Reserve Police Forces.png Central Reserve Police Force	313,678	All India Force	Counter-insurgency and general elections
ITBP Flag.svg Indo-Tibetan Border Police	89,432	India–China border	Border guard
NSG Flag.svg National Security Guard	10,000	Active Special operations in India	Counter-terrorism
Sashastra Seema Bal Flag.svg Sashastra Seema Bal	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VNAzQEACAAJ	title=The Military Balance 2020	last=(Iiss)	first=The International Institute of Strategic Studies	date=14 February 2020	publisher=Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated	isbn=9780367466398	language=en	via=Google Books}}	India–Nepal border and India–Bhutan border	Border guard
[[File:Logo of RPF.jpg	25px]] Railway Protection Force	76,563	Ministry of Railways	Indian Railways	Protection and security of operational areas
[[File:SFF LOGO.svg	25px]] Special Frontier Force	10,000	Cabinet Secretariat		Covert operations
SPG Flag.svg Special Protection Group	3,000	Security of Prime Minister of India	Executive Protection

Ranks and insignia

;Officers

;Personnel below officer rank

Notes

References

(2012). "Chapter Six: Asia". [[Routledge]].
"Office Memorandum". MHA, GoI.
Dholabhai, Nishit. (26 March 2011). "For the paramilitary, all's in a new name.".
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs. (12 December 2018). "Working conditions in Border Guarding Forces Sashastra Seema Bal, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Border Security Force)". [[Rajya Sabha]].
"Annual Report 2016-17". [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India).
Tiwary, Deeptiman. (7 December 2021). "Explained: Assam Rifles' dual control structure, and its role". [[The Indian Express]].
"Introduction". [[Border Security Force]].
"Home | Indo Tibetan Border Police, Ministry of Home Affairs".
(Iiss), The International Institute of Strategic Studies. (14 February 2020). "The Military Balance 2020". [[Routledge]], Chapman & Hall, Incorporated.
"Role- SSB Ministry Of Home Affairs, Govt. Of India".
(2 September 2020). "Explained: What is the Special Frontier Force, referred to as Vikas Battalion?".

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