The Defence of India

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The Ministry of Defence is charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Indian armed forces. The President of India is the ceremonial commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the country.

 

Indian Armed Forces

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The Indian Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of India. It consists of three professional uniformed services: the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force. 

The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. The Indian Armed Forces are under the management of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Government of India.

 

Central Armed Police Force

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The Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) serve under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

They mainly manage internal security threats and only aid in combating external threats when necessary.

 

There are main divisions of the CAPF:

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1. Assam Rifles

2. Border Security Force (BSF)

3. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

4. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

5. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

5. National Security Guards (NSG)

6. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

            

1. Assam Rifles

• This is one of the oldest paramilitary forces in the country and was established in 1835
• Its main job is to monitor the North East international borders and counter the insurgency operations in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland.
• Headquarters - Shillong, India

 

2. Border Security Force (BSF)

• The BSF was established in 1 December 1965.

 

 

• The Border Security Force (BSF) is India's Primary border guarding organisation on its border with Pakistan and Bangladesh. 
• Their main role is to keep a watch over international borders against intrusion.
• The Border Security Force has its Headquarters at New Delhi and is known as Force Headquarters (FHQ) headed by a Director General.

 

3. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

• The CISF was set up in 10 March 1969 after the recommendations of Justice B Mukherji
• CISF was subsequently made an armed force of India by another Act of Parliament passed on 15 June 1983.
• Its job is to monitor the Central Government industrial complexes
• The CISF is governed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, it is headquarters are at New Delhi.

 

4. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

• The CRPF was set up in 1939
• Its main job is to assist the State Police or Union Territory Police in maintaining law and order
• The Mahila Battalion (88th Battalion of CRPF) commissioned on March 30, 1986, is the world’d first paramilitary force comprised entirely of women.
• Headquarters - CGO Complex, New Delhi

 

5. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

• They were established in 1962 after the Chinese attack
• They are employed in the North India borders
• They monitor the borders and also stop smuggling and illegal immigration
• Headquarters - New Delhi, India

 

National Security Guards (NSG)

• NSG was established in 1984 to counter the surge of militancy in the country
• It is a highly trained force which deals with militants effectively
• Headquarters - New Delhi

 

6. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

• The SSB was established in 1963
• Their main objective is to control anti-national activities and inculcate a feeling of nationalism among the border population
• They guard the Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan borders
• They were earlier called the Special Service Bureau.
• Headquarters - New Delhi

 

The Indian Air Force

• The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks fourth amongst the air forces of the world.
• The President of India holds the rank of Supreme Commander of the IAF.
• The Indian Air Force was established on 8 October 1932 in British India as an auxiliary air force of the Royal Air Force.

 

Facts about IAF

• IAF ranks as the fourth largest operational air force in the world
• Motto of the Indian Air Force is ‘Touch the Sky with Glory’ and it was taken from eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita
• The air force employs about 170,000 personnel and over 1,400 aircraft
• After independence, the air force took part in four wars with Pakistan and one with People’s Republic of China
• IAF works with the United Nations’ peacekeeping missions.
• IAF took part in relief operations during natural calamities such as Gujarat cyclone in 1998, the tsunami in 2004, and floods in North India. The IAF has also been part of relief missions such as Operation Rainbow in Sri Lanka

 

The Indian Navy

• The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy.
• Headquarters - New Delhi

 

The Navy has the following three Commands, each under the control of a Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief:-

• The Western Naval Command (Headquarters at Mumbai).
• The Eastern Naval Command (Headquarters at Visakhapatnam)
• The Southern Naval Command (Headquarters at Kochi)
• The Indian Navy traces its origins back to the East India Company's Marine which was founded in 1612 to protect British merchant shipping in the region. 
• In 1793, the East India Company established its rule over eastern part of the Indian subcontinent i.e. Bengal, but it was not until 1830 that the colonial navy was titled as His Majesty's Indian Navy. When India became a republic in 1950, the Royal Indian Navy as it had been named since 1934 was renamed to Indian Navy.

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