India maintains 9 paramilitary forces: six Central Armed Police Forces, the Special Protection Group, the Assam Rifles, and the Special Frontier Force.

List of Paramilitary forces

Excluding the Assam Rifles rifles that fall under the Ministry of the Army and the Special Frontier Force that falls under the Research and Analysis Wing, the Special Protection Group and the six Central Armed Police forces (CAPFs) come under the Ministry of Home Affairs from March 2011. From 1986 to 2011 the CAPF were considered as Central Police Forces (CPO).^[1] However, as per their respective acts they all are Armed Police Forces.^[2][3]

• Assam Rifles (AR) - 63,747 personnel
• Border Security Force (BSF) CAPF - 265,173 personnel
• Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) CAPF - 162,541 personnel
• Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) CAPF - 324,340 personnel
• Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) CAPF - 89,567 personnel
• National Security Guard (NSG) CAPF - 14,000 personnel
• Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) CAPF - 97,244 personnel
• Special Protection Group (SPG) - 3,000 personnel
• Special Frontier Force (SFF) - 5,000-12,000 (speculated) personnel

Ranks and insignia

Officers

Rank group	General/flag officers										Field/senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet
Assam Rifles[4][5] v t e
					Lieutenant general लेफ्टिनेंट - जनरल		Major general मेजर - जनरल		Brigadier ब्रिगेडियर		Colonel कर्नल		Lieutenant colonel लेफ्टिनेंट - कर्नल		Major मेजर		Captain कप्तान		Lieutenant लेफ्टिनेंट
Border Security Force v t e					Director-General - Special Director-General - Additional Director-General -
							Inspector General -		Deputy Inspector-General -		Commandant -		Second-In-Command -		Deputy Commandant -		Assistant Commandant -		Assistant Commandant/Officer Trainee -
Central Reserve Police Force v t e					Director-General - Special Director-General - Additional Director-General -
							Inspector General -		Deputy Inspector-General -		Commandant -		Second-In-Command -		Deputy Commandant -		Assistant Commandant -		Assistant Commandant/Officer Trainee -
National Security Guard[6] v t e
					Director-General -	Additional Director-General -	Inspector-General -		Deputy Inspector-General -		Commandant -		Squadron Commander -		Deputy Commandant -		Assistant Commandant -
Rank group	General/flag officers										Field/senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet

Enlisted ranks

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
Assam Rifles v t e																													No insignia
	Subedar Major						Subedar		Naib Subedar		Havildar												Naik				Lance Naik		Sepoy
	सूबेदार मेजर						सूबेदार		नायब सूबेदार		हवलदार												नायक				लांस नायक		सिपाही
Border Security Force v t e																													No insignia
							Inspector	Sub inspector	Assistant Sub inspector		Head Constable												Senior Constable						Constable
							-	-	-		-												-						-
Central Reserve Police Force v t e																													No insignia
							Inspector	Sub inspector	Assistant Sub inspector		Head Constable												Senior Constable						Constable
							-	-	-		-												-						-
National Security Guard[6] v t e																													No insignia
	Subedar Major						Inspector	Sub inspector	Assistant Sub inspector		Ranger Grade I												Ranger Grade II						Combatised tradesmen
	सूबेदार मेजर						-	-	-		-												-						-
Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted