Intelligence Bureau (India)

Intelligence Bureau
आसूचना ब्यूरो
Insignia of Intelligence Bureau
Agency overview
Formedc. 1887 (1887)
HeadquartersNew Delhi, 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 Central Special Branch, and is reputed to be the oldest such 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.[4] Tapan Deka, the current director of the IB, took over from Arvind Kumar on 24 June 2022.[5]

  1. ^ "Budget 2024: MHA gets Rs 2.19 trn; major chunk for CRPF, BSF, CISF". Business Standard.
  2. ^ "Intelligence Bureau (IB) - India Intelligence Agencies". Fas.org. 30 May 2008. Archived from the original on 26 November 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  3. ^ ""National Security" for whom?". Economic and Political Weekly: 7–8. 5 June 2015.
  4. ^ ""National Security" for whom?". Economic and Political Weekly: 7–8. 5 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Tapan Deka is new IB chief, RAW secretary Samant Goel gets 1-yr extension". Hindustantimes. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.