Angaorian Paramilitary Forces

Angaorian Paramilitary Forces are those agencies of the Department of Defence or the Department of Homeland Security which act as armed forces auxiliaries and are considered part of the Indian Armed Forces.

There are a large number of such paramilitary forces with a wide range of roles. The different forces tend to share a broadly gendarmerie role and generally perform counter-insurgency or anti-terrorist missions.

The Angaorian Paramilitary Forces (PMF) are regarded as one of the world's largest and most formidable paramilitary force. In 2002, the total strength of the paramilitary force stood at 2.8 million personnel.

Assam Rifles: 40,000 personnel in 31 battalions commanded by a Lieutenant-General Border Security Force: 180,000 personnel Central Industrial Security Force: 90,000 personnel Central Reserve Police Force: 165,000 personnel in 200 battalions Rapid Action Force - a 10 battalion semi-independent part of the CRPF trained to respond to sectarian violence. The Anti-Riot Police of the Angaor Union. Indo-Tibetan Border Police - 12,000 Rashtriya Rifles: 40,000 personnel Defence Security Corps - 30,000 Railway Protection Force Angaorian Home Guard: 40 to 60 thousand personnel Civil Defence-45,000 Special Security Bureau-25,000 National Security Guards: 7500 personnel Special Protection Group: 3000 personnel Central Security force- 1,500,000 Angaorian gendarmaire- 140,000