| Central Armed Police Forces | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Abbreviation | CAPF |
| Agency overview | |
| Annual budget | ₹97,003.37 crore (US$12 billion) (2024–25)[1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency | India |
| Operations jurisdiction | India |
| Governing body | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Minister responsible | |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Child agencies | |
| Website | |
| mha.gov.in/central-armed-police-forces | |
In India, the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) is the collective designation for the central police organizations under the Ministry of Home Affairs.[2] Since 2011, the term "central armed police forces" has been adopted, replacing the term "paramilitary." The CAPF is responsible for internal security and border protection.[3] Each force within the CAPF is led by a Director General (DG), typically an officer from the Indian Police Service (IPS), with the exception of the Assam Rifles, which is headed by a Lieutenant General-ranked officer from the Indian Army.[4]
CAPF is further classified into three groups:[5]
- Border Guarding Forces
- Assam Rifles (AR)
- Border Security Force (BSF)
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
- Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
- Special Task Force
- National Security Guard (NSG)
- Forces for Internal Security
- ^ Bureau, The Hindu (1 February 2022). "Union Budget 2022 | ₹1.85 lakh crore allocation to MHA; CAPF, police get funds for modernisation". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs (18 March 2011). "Office Memorandum" (PDF). mha.gov.in. Director (Personnel), MHA. p. 1. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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- ^ Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs (12 December 2018). Working conditions in Border Guarding Forces Sashastra Seema Bal, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Border Security Force) (PDF). Rajya Sabha. p. 1. Retrieved 23 January 2024.