Central Armed Police Forces

  • September 8, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Central Armed Police Forces

Subject – Security

Context – Needed: A tribunal for CAPF.

Concept –

  • Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) refers to uniform nomenclature of seven Armed Police Forces of the Union of India under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
  • Their role is to defend the national interest mainly against the internal threats.
  • They are
    • Border Security Force (BSF)–guards the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh borders.
    • Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) – deployed for maintaining internal security.
    • National Security Guard (NSG) – deployed for anti-terrorist activities.
    • Special Protection Group (SPG) – sole objective is providing proximate security to the Prime Minister of India
    • Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) – provides security for key installations.
    • Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) – guards the Indo-China border.
    • SashastraSeemaBal (SSB) – border guarding force of India deployed along its border with Nepal and Bhutan.

(Note – Assam Rifles guards the Indo-Myanmar Border. Assam Rifles is not an armed police force but a regiment of the Indian Army).

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