India maintains 10 paramilitary forces.^[1]

List of Paramilitary forces

From 1986 to 2011 the Central Armed Police Forces were considered as Central Police Forces (CPF).^[2] However, as per their respective acts they all are Armed Police Forces.^[3][4] 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.

Paramilitary Forces[1]
Paramilitary force	Active Strength	Governing Body	Area
Assam Rifles	63,747[5]	Ministry of Home Affairs (administrative) Ministry of Defence (operational)[6]	Northeast India, India–Myanmar border
Border Security Force	257,363[5]	Ministry of Home Affairs	India–Pakistan border and India–Bangladesh border[7]
Central Industrial Security Force	144,418[5]	Ministry of Home Affairs	Industries, public sector undertakings
Central Reserve Police Force	313,678[5]	Ministry of Home Affairs	Counter-insurgency and general elections
Indo-Tibetan Border Police	89,432[5]	Ministry of Home Affairs	India–China border[8]
National Security Guard	10,000	Ministry of Home Affairs	Counter-terrorism
Railway Protection Force	76,563	Ministry of Railways	Indian Railways, Railway police
Sashastra Seema Bal	97,244[9]	Ministry of Home Affairs	India–Nepal border and India–Bhutan border[10]
Special Frontier Force	10,000[9]	Cabinet Secretariat[11]	Covert operations
Special Protection Group	3,000[9]	Cabinet Secretariat	Protection of significant persons
Total	1,065,445

Ranks and insignia

Officers

Rank group	General/flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet
Assam Rifles[12][13] v t e					Director-General[note 1] - Special Director-General[note 2] - Additional Director-General[note 3] -
							Inspector General[note 4] -		Deputy Inspector-General[note 5] -		Commandant[note 6] -		Second-In-Command[note 7] -		Deputy Commandant[note 8] -		Assistant Commandant[note 9] -
Central Industrial Security Force[14][15] v t e					Director-General - Special Director-General - Additional Director-General -
							Inspector General -		Deputy Inspector-General -		Senior Commandant -		Commandant -		Deputy Commandant -		Assistant Commandant -
Central Reserve Police Force[16][17] v t e					Director-General - Special Director-General - Additional Director-General -
							Inspector General -		Deputy Inspector-General -		Commandant -		Second-In-Command -		Deputy Commandant -		Assistant Commandant -
National Security Guard[18] v t e
					Director general -	Additional director general -	Inspector general -		Deputy inspector general -		Group Commander -		Second In Command -		Squadron Commander -		Team Commander -
Sashastra Seema Bal[19] v t e
					Director-General -	Additional Director-General -	Inspector General -		Deputy Inspector-General -		Commandant -		Second-In-Command -		Deputy Commandant -		Assistant Commandant -
Special Frontier Force v t e
					Major general				Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant
Rank group	General/flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet

Enlisted ranks

Rank group	Junior commissioned officers										Non commissioned officer												Enlisted
Assam Rifles[20] v t e																													No insignia
	Subedar Major सूबेदार मेजर						Subedar सूबेदार		Naib Subedar नायब सूबेदार		Warrant officer -						Havildar[note 10] हवलदार												Rifleman[note 11] -
Central Industrial Security Force[14][15] v t e																													No insignia
	Subedar Major सूबेदार मेजर						Inspector -	Sub inspector -	Assistant Sub inspector -		Head Constable -												Naik नायक						Constable -
Central Reserve Police Force[16][17] v t e																									No insignia
	Subedar Major -						Inspector -	Sub-inspector -	Assistant Sub-inspector -		Head Constable -														Constable -
National Security Guard[18] v t e																													No insignia
	Subedar Major सूबेदार मेजर						Assistant Commander-1 -	Assistant Commander-2 -	Assistant Commander-3 -		Ranger Grade I -												Ranger Grade II -						Combatised tradesmen -
Sashastra Seema Bal[19] v t e																													No insignia
	Subedar Major सूबेदार मेजर						Inspector -	Sub inspector -	Assistant Sub inspector -		Head Constable -												Naik नायक				Lance Naik लांस नायक		Constable -
Special Frontier Force v t e																													No insignia
	Subedar Major						Subedar		Naib Subedar		Havildar												Naik				Lance Naik		Sepoy
Rank group	Junior commissioned officers										Non commissioned officer												Enlisted