SPECIAL SECURITY FORCES OF INDIA
The below table comprises the details about Special Security Forces in India.
| Security Force | Year of Formation |
Main Function |
Chief of the Dept |
| Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) – India’s External Intelligence Agency.
|
1968 | Collection of external intelligence, counter-terrorism and covert operations.
Responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations and persons. |
Anil Dhasmana |
| National Investigation Agency (NIA) – India’s Central Counter Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency. | 2008 | Deals with Militancy, Insurgency, and Left-wing terrorism, bomb blasts and terrorist attacks, infiltration across borders, arm smuggling, drug smuggling, pushing of fake Indian currency..etc | Sharad Kumar |
| Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) – | 2004 | Gathering information regarding anti-national elements active in the state of Maharashtra.
Coordinates with the central intelligence agencies. |
Atulchandra Kulkarni |
| Special Frontier Force (SFF) – | 1962 | Conducted covert operations behind Chinese lines in the event of another Sino-Indian War.
Comes under RAW. |
|
| Special Protection Group (SPG) – India’s Administrative Protective Agency | 1985 | Responsible for the security of Prime Minister and other top officials and their families. | Arun Kumar Sinha |
| Rapid Action Force (RAF) – Specialized wing of Central Reserve Police Force | 1991 | Formed to deal with riots and strife.
Executes prompt rescue and relief operations during floods, earthquakes and cyclones. Forcefully acted against Communal Violence as Terrorist attacks. |
K S Bhandari |
| Commando Battalions for Resolute Action (CoBRA) – Parent Agency is CRPF | 2008 | Trained and Equipped for commando and guerrilla/jungle warfare. | Harpreet Singh |
| National Security Guard (NSG) – Premier Counter Terrorism Force of India | 1985 | Operates under Ministry of Home Affairs.
Protects VIPs, conducts anti-sabotage operations, rescues hostages, neutralizing terrorist threats, and responds to hijacking and piracy
|
Sudhir Pratap Singh |
| Border Security Force (BSF) | 1965 | Operates under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Responsible for protecting the India’s land borders and preventing trans-border crimes. |
K K Sharma |
| Assam Rifles
(Old name – Cachar Levy) |
1835 | Oldest Paramilitary force of India.
Guarding Indo-Myanmar Border |
Lt. Gen Shokin Chauhan |
| Central Reserve Police Force | 1949 | Assisting the States and Union Territories in Police Operations to maintain law and order. | Shri. Sudhip Lakhtakia |
| Indo-Tibetan Border Police | 1962 | Para-Military force for security along the Indo-Tibetan border.
Highly trained in Mountaineering and Disaster Management. |
Krishna Chaudhary |
| Central Industrial Security Forces | 1983 | Provides security cover to the industrial units located all over India. The units include major ports, atomic power stations, defence units, major refineries, and Space installations..etc | O P Singh |
