Paramilitary_forces_of_India

Paramilitary forces of India

Auxiliary defense forces of india

India maintains 10 paramilitary forces.^[1]

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[14] [N 1]
Equivalent to the rank Lieutenant general (लेफ्टिनेंट - जनरल)

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Equivalent to the rank Lieutenant general (लेफ्टिनेंट - जनरल)

[16] [N 3]
Equivalent to the rank Lieutenant general (लेफ्टिनेंट - जनरल)

[17] [N 4]
Equivalent to the rank Major general (मेजर - जनरल)

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Equivalent to the rank Brigadier (ब्रिगेडियर)

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Equivalent to the rank Colonel (कर्नल)

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Equivalent to the rank Lieutenant colonel (लेफ्टिनेंट - कर्नल)

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Equivalent to the rank Major (मेजर)

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Equivalent to the rank Captain (कप्तान)

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Equivalent to the rank Head constable (-)

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Equivalent to the rank Constable (-)

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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	265,000^[5]	Ministry of Home Affairs	India–Pakistan border and India–Bangladesh border^[7]
Central Industrial Security Force	163,590^[5]	Ministry of Home Affairs	Industries, public sector undertakings, space installations, airports and seaports
Central Reserve Police Force	313,634^[5]	Ministry of Home Affairs	Counter-insurgency and general elections
Indo-Tibetan Border Police	89,432^[5]	Ministry of Home Affairs	India–China border^[8]
National Security Guard	10,000	Ministry of Home Affairs	Counter-terrorism
Railway Protection Force	76,563	Ministry of Railways	Indian Railways
Sashastra Seema Bal	94,261^[9]	Ministry of Home Affairs	India–Nepal border and India–Bhutan border^[10]
Special Frontier Force	10,000^[9]	Cabinet Secretariat^[11]	Covert operations
Special Protection Group	3,000^[9]	Cabinet Secretariat	Executive Protection
Total	1,090,623

Rank group	Junior commissioned officers				Other ranks
Assam Rifles^[20] v t e										No insignia
Assam Rifles^[20] 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^[14]^[15] v t e										No insignia
Central Industrial Security Force^[14]^[15] v t e	Subedar Major सूबेदार मेजर	Inspector -	Sub inspector -	Assistant Sub inspector -	Head Constable -		Naik नायक			Constable -
Central Reserve Police Force^[16]^[17] v t e								No insignia
Central Reserve Police Force^[16]^[17] v t e	Subedar Major -	Inspector -	Sub-inspector -	Assistant Sub-inspector -	Head Constable -			Constable -
National Security Guard^[18] v t e										No insignia
National Security Guard^[18] 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^[19] v t e										No insignia
Sashastra Seema Bal^[19] v t e	Subedar Major सूबेदार मेजर	Inspector -	Sub inspector -	Assistant Sub inspector -	Head Constable -		Naik नायक		Lance Naik लांस नायक	Constable -
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				Other ranks

Paramilitary_forces_of_India

Paramilitary forces of India

List of paramilitary forces

Ranks and insignia

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Notes

References

Further reading

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