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The Central Armed Police Forces, CAPF, is the collective name of central police organisations in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). These are technically paramilitary forces, formerly known as Central Para-Military Forces (CPMF) (1986-2011). Since March 18, 2011, India adopted a new nomenclature to drop the word "paramilitary" in the following context: "the terms Central Police Organisations (CPOs), Central Para Military Police Forces (CPMFs), Para Military Forces (PMFs) (and) Central Police Forces (CPFs), etc. have been interchangeably used while referring to the Central Police Forces, which are the "Armed Forces of the Union" creating confusion ("Union" meaning a "union territory", a type of administrative division in the Republic of India).
Unlike the states of India, which have their own governments, union
territories are federal territories governed, in part or in whole, by the
Government of India, GoI, also known as the Union Government or Central
Government but often simply as the Centre, consisting of 28 union states and
eight union territories. These forces are responsible for internal security and
guarding the borders.
However, as per their respective acts they all are
Armed Police Forces. Technically, the paramilitary forces of India are the Assam
Rifles, the Special Frontier Force and the Indian Coast Guard. The Assam Rifles
is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the
operational control of the Ministry of Defence
Assam Rifles is headed by a Director General of the rank of Lieutenant
General of the Indian Army. While the Special Frontier Force is under the
administrative control of Cabinet Secretariat. The Indian Coast Guard is under
administrative control of the Ministry of Defence. The remaining forces are the
CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF, SSB and NSG, which are technically armed police forces
under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs, collectively
known as the Central Armed Police Forces.
CAPF is further classified into
three:
1. Border Guarding Forces
- Assam Rifles, AR) (official
website: https://assamrifles.gov.in)
-
Border
Security Force, BSF) (official website:
http://bsf.nic.in)
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police,
ITBP
- Sashastra Seema Bal, SSB, English: Armed Border Force) (official
website: https://ssb.nic.in)
2. Forces
for Internal Security
- Central
Industrial Security Force, CISF (official website:
https://www.cisf.gov.in)
- Central
Reserve Police Force, CRPF) (official website:
https://www.crpf.gov.in)
3. Special Task Force
- National Security
Guard, NSG (official website: http://nsg.gov.in)
Sources: http://mha.nic.in/armedforces ,
https://www.mha.gov.in/about-us/central-armed-police-forces
http://www.indiadefence.com/PMF.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramilitary_forces_of_India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Armed_Police_Forces
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_territory
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https://en.wikipedia.org
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Assam Rifles is a force responsible for border security, counter-insurgency,
and maintaining law and order in Northeast India. It guards the Indo–Myanmar
border, established in 1835.
Sources:
https://assamrifles.gov.in/newwindow.html?2030 and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assam_Rifles
The flag is a horizontal
background with five equal horizontal stripes (top to bottom: green, black, red,
black, green) with the emblem in the middle.
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/ARSentinelsofNE/
For additional information go to Assam Rifles (official website): https://assamrifles.gov.in/
Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Ceremonial Flag
image located by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Detail of emblems
images located by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Sources:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Assam_Rifles_LOGO.svg
https://www.assamrifles.gov.in/english/IMAGES/184.png
Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
image located by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Source:
https://i0.wp.com/www.navyugsandesh.com
The Border Security Force, BSF is a Border Guarding Force of India.
Established on December 1, 1965, it is a paramilitary force charged with
guarding India's land border during peacetime and preventing transnational
crime. It is a Union Government Agency under the administrative control of
Ministry of Home Affairs. It is one of many law enforcement agencies of India.
It currently stands as the world's largest border guarding force.
Sources
http://bsf.nic.in/ ,
http://bsf.nic.in/en/introduction.html
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Security_Force
The flag is a
horizontally equally divided flag, the top stripe red and the bottom stripe dark
blue with the logo in the middle. Both versions are in use: in Hindi and
English.
The emblem features on top the country's Emblem and below the
initials BSF and below the motto "duty unto death".
For additional information go to BSF (official website): http://bsf.nic.in/
Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Flag and logo in Hindi
images located by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Sources: https://pragativadi.com and https://m.facebook.com/HanumanBeniwalOfficial
Flag and logo in English
images located by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Sources:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/BSF_Insignia.svg
https://anshul.netgen.work/storage/app/media/nnb42.jpg
Flag with English logo and inscription
image located by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Source: https://pragativadi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-24-at-6.57.56-PM.jpeg
image
by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
based on photo
Indo-Tibetan Border Police, ITBP) is a border guarding force of India
deployed along its borders with Tibet Autonomous Region, established on October
24, 1962.
Source:
http://itbpolice.nic.in/itbpwebsite/Aboutus_new/history&role/history&role.html
The flag is a horizontal green background with the logo in the middle.
For additional information go to ITBPolice (official website):
https://itbpolice.nic.in/
Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Ceremonial Flag
image located by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Source:
https://images.news18.com/ibnkhabar/uploads/2023/02/Sarkari-Naukri-2023-ITBP-Recruitment-2023.jpg
Photo:
https://images.news18.com/ibnkhabar/uploads/2023/02/Sarkari-Naukri-2023-ITBP-Recruitment-2023.jpg
(archived here)
Badge
image located by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Source: http://itbpolice.nic.in/itbpwebsite/images_website_new/itbp_logo.jpg
image
located
by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
based on
photo
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sashastra_Seema_Bal_Flag.svg
Sashastra Seema Bal, SSB, English: Armed Border Force, is a border guarding
force deployed along its borders with Nepal and Bhutan established on December
20, 1963.
Sources:
https://ssb.nic.in/index1.aspx?lsid=39&lev=2&lid=11&langid=1&Cid=0
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashastra_Seema_Bal
Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
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by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Source:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Sashastra_Seema_Bal.svg/1200px-Sashastra_Seema_Bal.svg.png
image
located
by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
based on
photo
Sources:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/
https://www.firstindia.co.in/public/news/May2023/1683269839amit%20shah%20(22).jpg
Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
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Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/CISF_LOGO.svg
image located by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
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by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
based on
photo
The Central Reserve Police Force, CRPF, is a reserve gendarmerie and internal
combat force in India under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
of the Government of India. The CRPF's primary role lies in assisting the
State/Union Territories in police operations to maintain law and order and
counter-insurgency. It is composed of Central Reserve Police Force (Regular) and
Central Reserve Police Force (Auxiliary).
It came into existence as the
Crown Representative's Police on July 27, 1939. After Indian independence, it
became the Central Reserve Police Force on the enactment of the CRPF Act on
December 28, 1949. Besides law and order and counter-insurgency duties, the CRPF
has played an increasingly large role in India's general elections.
It
is the country's largest central armed police force.
Sources:
https://www.crpf.gov.in
http://www.crpf.gov.in/role-of-crpf.htm
http://crpf.nic.in/crp_b.htm
http://www.crpf.gov.in/history-crpf.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Reserve_Police_Force
The flag
is a horizontal light blue background with the emblem in the middle.
For additional information go to CRPF (official website): https://www.crpf.gov.in/a>
Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
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image
located
by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Source:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/hi/3/3c/Central_Reserve_Police_Force_emblem.svg
Old badge
image
located
by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Source:
https://crpf.gov.in/writereaddata/images/HistoryofCrpf/pic2.jpg
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located
by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
based on
photo
and
photo
National Security Guard, NSG) is a 'Federal Contingency Deployment Force' to
tackle all facets of terrorism in the country. As a specialised
counter-terrorism force, it is intended to be used "only in exceptional
situations" and is not meant to take over the "functions of the State Police
Forces or other Para Military Forces"established on October 16, 1984.
Sources:
https://www.nsg.gov.in/about-us/history-nsg
https://www.nsg.gov.in/about-us/about-nsg
https://thecybercops.com/national-security-guard-nsg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Guard
The flag is a
horizontal black background with the emblem in the middle.
For additional information go to CRPF (official website): https://www.crpf.gov.in
Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
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located
by Esteban Rivera, 12 July 2023
Source:
https://thecybercops.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NSG_Logo.png