| Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) |
- It was established in 1962, after the Chinese attack.
- It is basically employed in the Northern borders for monitoring the borders and also to stop smuggling and illegal immigration
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| National Security Guard (NSG) |
- It was established in 1984
- It has been established to counter the surge of militancy in the country.
- It is highly trained force which deals with militants effectively
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| Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) |
- It was set up in 1969 after the recommendations of Justice B Mukherji.
- Its objective is to monitor the industrial complexes of Central Government
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| Assam Rifles |
- It was established in 1835 and is the oldest paramilitary force in the country
- Its main objective is to keep vigilance of international borders in North East and countering insurgency operations in Arunachal Pradesh. Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland
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| Border Security Force (BSF) |
- It was established in 1965
- It keeps a vigil over the international borers against the intrusion in the country.
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| Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) |
- It was set up in 1939
- Its main objective is to assist the State/Union Territory Police in maintenance of law and order
- The 88th Battalion of CPRF, known as ‘Mahila Battalion’ (commissioned on March 30, 1986) is the world’s first paramilitary force comprising entirely of women.
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| National Cadet Corps (NCC) |
- It was established in 1948
- Its main objective is to stimulate interest among the youth in the defence of the country in order to build up a reserve man power to expand armed forces
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| Territorial Army (TA) |
- It was established in 1948
- It is a voluntary, part time force (between 18 and 35 years), not professional soldiers, but civilans, who wish to assist in defence of the country
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| Home Guards |
- It was established in 1962, to assist the police in maintaining security, to help defence forces and to help local authorities in case of any eventuality.
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| Coast guard |
- It was setup in 1978
- It main objective is to protect the maritime and other national interests in the maritime zones of India
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| Intelligence Bureau (IB) |
- It was set up in 1920
- It objective is to collect secret information relating to country’s security
- It was originally set up as Central Special Branch (CSB) in 1987 and renamed IB in 1920.
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| Central Bureau of Intelligence (CBI) |
- It was established in 1953
- Its objective is to investigate cases of misconduct by public servants, cases of cheating, embezzlement and fraud
- CBI is also entrusted with the investigation of international crime cases in collaboration with INTERPOL
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| National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) |
- It was established in 1986
- Its objective is to collect crime statistics at the national level, information of inter-state and international criminals to help investigation agencies.
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| Rapid Action Force (RAF) |
- It was established in 1992
- Under the operational command of CPRF
- 10 battalions of the CPRF have been reoriented for tackling communal riots in the country.
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