Intelligence Bureau (India)

Intelligence Bureau
आसूचना ब्यूरो
Insignia of Intelligence Bureau
Agency overview
Formed23 December 1887; 136 years ago (1887-12-23)
JurisdictionIndia
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
Mottoजागृतं अहर्निशं (Sanskrit)
Jāgṛtaṃ Aharniśaṃ (ISO)
transl. "Always Alert"
Annual budget3,823.83 crore (US$458.2 million) (2024–25)[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
Parent agencyMinistry of Home Affairs
125th Anniversary Postage Stamp (2013)

The Intelligence Bureau (IB) (Hindi: आसूचना ब्यूरो; IAST: āsūcanā byūro) is India's internal security and counterintelligence agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It was founded in 1887 as the Central Special Branch. The IB is often regarded as the oldest extant intelligence organisation in the world.[2][3]

Until 1968, it handled both domestic and foreign intelligence after which the Research and Analysis Wing was formed specifically for foreign intelligence; following that, the IB was primarily assigned the role of domestic intelligence and internal security.[3] Tapan Deka is the current director of the IB, since June 2022.[4]

  1. ^ "Budget 2024: MHA gets Rs 2.19 trn; major chunk for CRPF, BSF, CISF". Business Standard.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference fas.org was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b ""National Security" for whom?". Economic and Political Weekly: 7–8. 5 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Tapan Deka is new IB chief, RAW secretary Samant Goel gets 1-yr extension". Hindustantimes. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.