INDIAN DEFENCE

Indian Army Command

Command HQ Location	Command HQ Location
Central Command- Lucknow	South-Western Command -Jaipur
Eastern Command- Kolkata	Western Command - Chandigarh
Northern Command- Udhampur	Training Command -Shimla
Southern Command- Pune

Indian Air Force Commands

Command HQ Location	Command HQ Location
Central Air Command -Prayagraj	Western Air Command-
Eastern Air Command -Shillong	Maintenance Command -
Southern Air Command-Thiruvananthapuram	Training Command-
South-Western Air Command- Gandhinagar

Indian navel commands

Command HQ Location	Command HQ Location
Southern Naval Command- Kochi	Western Naval Command-Mumbai
Eastern Naval Command - Vishakhapatnam

Note- Andaman and Nicobar Command at Port Blair is the only Tri-servic Armed Forces.

Indian Defence Training Institutions

1. Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC)-Dehradun

2. Army Cadet College (ACC) -Dehradun

3. Indian Military Academy (IMA)-Dehradun

4. National Defence Academy (NDA)- Khadakwasla, Pune.

5. High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS)-Gulmarg

6. National Defence College (NDC) -New Delhi

7. Officers Training Academy (OTA) -Chennai

8. Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School -Vairengte (Mizoram)

9. College of Defence Management -Secunderabad

10.College of Combat/Army War -Mhow (Madhya Pradesh)

11. College Army School of Physical Training (ASPT) -Pune

12. Army Air Defence College (AADC) -Gopalpur (Odisha)

13. Officers Training Academy-Gaya

14. Indian National Defence, University (INDU) - Gurgaon (Haryana)

Ranks of Commissioned Officers

Chief of Defence Staff

Post is created to help improve coordination among the three services of Armed Forces. It is the highest ranking (4-Star Officer) in the Armed Forces and is head of the military staff of Armed Forces and Chief Executive of Department of Military Affairs

1st CDS of India -General Vipin Rawat

2nd CDS of India- General Anil Chauhan

Army	Air Force	Navy
General	Air Chief Marshal	Admiral
Lt. General	Air Marshal	Vice Admiral
Major General	Air Vice Marshal	Rear Admiral
Brigadier	Air Commodore	Commodore
Colonel	Group Captain	Captain
Lt. Colonel	Wing Commander	Commander
Major	Squadron Leader	Lt Commander
Captain	Flight Lieutenant	Lieutenant
Lieutenant	Flying Officer	Sub-Lieutenant

Missiles and order weapons

NAME	CLASS	RANGE
Agni II	MRBM	2500 km
Agni III	IRBM	3500 km-5500 km
Agni IV or Agni II prime	IRBM	4000 km
Agni -V	ICBM	5000 km-6000 km
Agni VI	ICBM	8000-10000 km
Barak	MRCAM	100 km
Dhanush	SRBM	350 km
Nirbhay	Subsonic Cruise Missile	1000 km
Brahmos	Supersonic Cruise Missile	290 km
Brahmos 2	Hypersonic Cruise Missile	290 km
Prithvi I	SRBM	150 kM
Prithvi II	SRBM	350 km
Rudram	Air to Surface Anti-radiation Missile	125 km
Sagarika	SLBM	700 km
Astra	Air to Air Missile	80 km-100 km
Shaurya	TBM	700km
Nag	Anti-Tank	7 km

Paramilitary, Reserve Forces and other Agencies

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

■ It was established in 1962, after the Chinese attack.

■ It is basically employed in the Northern borders for monitoring the borders and also to stop smuggling and illegal immigration.

National Security Guards (NSG)

It was established in 1984 to counter the surge of militancy in the country.

It is a highly trained force which deals with the militants effectively.

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

It was set-up in 1969 after the recommendations of Justice B Mukherji.

Its objective is to monitor the industrial complexes of Central Government

Assam Rifles

• It was established in 1835 and is the oldest paramilitary force in the country.

Its main objective is to keep vigilance of international borders in North East and counter insurgency operations in Arunachal Pradesh,Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland.

Border Security Force (BSF)

. It was established in 1965.

▪ It keeps a vigil over the international borders against the intrusion in the country.

National Cadet Corps (NCC)

It was established in 1948.

Its main objective is to stimulate interest among the youth in the defence of the country in order to build up a reserve manpower to expand armed forces.

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

It was set-up in 1939.

Its main objective is to assist the State / Union Territory Police in maintenance of law and order.

The 88th Battalion of CRPF, known as 'Mahila Battalion'(commissioned on 30th March, 1986) is the world's first paramilitary force comprising entirely of women.

Territorial Army (TA)

It was established in 1948.

It is a voluntary, part-time force (between 18 and 42 years), not of professional soldiers, but civilians who wish to assist in defence of the country.

Home Guard

It was established in 1962, to assist the police in maintaining security, to help defence forces and to help local authorities in case of any eventuality.

Indian Coast Guard

It was set-up in 1978.

Its objective is to protect the maritime and other national interests in the maritime zones of India.

Intelligence Bureau (IB)

■ 1 It was set-up in 1920. H Its objective is to collect secret information relating to country's security. It was originally set-up as Central Special Branch (CSB) in 1887 and renamed IB in 1920.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

■ It was established in 1963. It's objective is to investigate cases of misconduct by public servants, cases of cheating, embezzlement and fraud. CBI is also entrusted with the investigation of international crime cases in collaboration with INTERPOL.

National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)

It was established in 1986. Its objective is to collect crime statistics at the national level, information of inter-state and international criminals to help investigation agencies.

Rapid Action Force(RAF)

It was established in 1991.

Under the operational command of CRPF, 10 battalions of the CRPFs have been re-oriented for tackling communal riots in the country.

Nuclear and Space Research Centres in India

Indian Rare Earths Limited	Mumbai
Uranium Corporation of India Limited	Jadugoda (Jharkhand)
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)	Mumbai
Electronics Corporation of India Limited	Hyderabad
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)	Trombay (Mumbai)
Radio Astronomy Centre	Ootacamund (Tamil Nadu)
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research	Mumbai
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics	Kolkata
Centre of Earth Sciences Studies	Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
Physical Research Laboratory	Ahmedabad
Space Commission	Bengaluru
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre	Thiruvananthapuram
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)	Bengaluru
Space Application Centre	Ahmedabad
Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station	Thumba (Kerala)
Second Satellite Launch Port (Planned)	Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu)