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Indian Armed Forces K AC R I C PL M SI Supreme Command Vests in the President of India. National defence responsibility rests with the Cabinet, discharged through the Ministry of Defence, headed by the Defense Minister. It consists of three professional uniformed services: Indian Army Indian Navy Indian Air Force 9609544344  Indian Army Head: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Headquarters: New Delhi Founded: 26 January 1950 Motto: Seva Paramo Dharmah Army Day: 15 January The Indian Army is divided administratively into seven tactical commands, each under the control of different Lieutenant Generals K Every year, 15 January is commemorated as 'Army Day' to remember the occasion when AC General (later Field Marshal) KM Cariappa took over the command of the Indian Army from General Sir FRR Bucher, the last British Commander-in-Chief in 1949 and became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of Independent India R I C PL Chief of the Army Staff (India) M SI Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi since 30 June 2024 * This information is part of Current Affairs and is subject to change. Please stay updated. 9609544344  Indian Navy Head: Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral Headquarters: New Delhi Founded: 26 January 1950 Motto: Sam no Varunah Navy Day: 4 December Commands: Western Naval Command (Mumbai) Eastern Naval Command (Visakhapatnam) Southern Naval Command (Kochi) K Indian Navy Day is celebrated on December 4th every year to honor the efforts & role of the Indian Navy in Operation Trident conducted during the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971. AC R I C PL Chief of the Naval Staff (India) M SI Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi since 30 April 2024 * This information is part of Current Affairs and is subject to change. Please stay updated. 9609544344  Indian Air Force Head: Chief of the Air Staff, the only serving four-star Air Officer Headquarters: New Delhi Founded: 26 January 1950 Motto: Nabhah Sprsam Diptam Air Force Day: 8 October It was officially established on 8 October, 1932 K AC R I C PL Chief of the Air Staff (India) M SI Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari since 30 September 2021 * This information is part of Current Affairs and is subject to change. Please stay updated. 9609544344  Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Role: Maritime law enforcement and search and rescue Jurisdiction: Territorial waters, contiguous zone, and exclusive economic zone of India Headquarters :New Delhi Formation: Started: 1 February 1977 Formally Established: 18 August 1978 Governing Act: Coast Guard Act, 1978 Operates Under: Ministry of Defence K AC R I C PL Central Armed Police Forces M Collective name for central police organizations under the Ministry of Home Affairs. SI Responsible for internal security and border guarding. Assam Rifles (AR) Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Role: Border security, counter-insurgency, law and order in Role: Security for nuclear installations, space establishments, Northeast India airports, seaports, power plants, government buildings, Formed: 1835 heritage monuments, and special economic zones Headquarters: Shillong (Meghalaya) Formed: 10 March 1969 Motto: Friends of the Hill People Headquarters: New Delhi Acts: Assam Rifles Act (2006), Assam Rifles Rules (2010), Motto: Protection and Security Assam Rifles Regulations (2016) Act: Central Industrial Security Force Act (1968) Border Security Force (BSF) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Role: Role: Counter-insurgency, assisting State and Union First Line of Defence Territories in police operations Formed: 1 December 1965 Formed: 28 December 1949 (originally as Crown Headquarters: New Delhi Representative's Police on 27 July 1939) Motto: Jeevan Parayant Kartavya Headquarters: New Delhi Act: Border Security Force Act (1968) Motto: Service and Loyalty Act: Central Reserve Police Force Act (1949) 9609544344  Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Role: Guards Indo-Tibetan border, monitors mountainous Role: Border security, internal security in border areas regions of the India-China border Formed: 20 December 1963 (originally Special Service Formed: 24 October 1962 Bureau) Headquarters: New Delhi Headquarters: New Delhi Motto: Shaurya - Dridhata - Karm Nishtha Motto: Service, Security and Brotherhood Act: Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act (1992) Act: Sashastra Seema Bal Act (2007) National Security Guard (NSG) The NSG was established in the wake of Operation Blue Star of 1984. Role: High-security tasks, counter-terrorism, known as Black Cats Formed: 22 September 1986 Headquarters: New Delhi Motto: Sarvatra Sarvotta Suraksha Significant Operations: Black Thunder Ashwamedh K Combat missions in Jammu and Kashmir Vajra Shakti Black Tornado AC R I C PL Theaterisation of Armed Forces M Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) To Integrate Army, Air Force, and Navy for optimal Created: 2019 Principal point of contact between the SI resource use. Create theatre commands with elements from all three tri-services (Army, Navy, Air Force) and services under a unified command. the executive leadership of the Each command is responsible for a specific region. country. Gen. Bipin Rawat : First CDS Current Command Structure in India: Single Service Commands (17): Army: 7 Air Force: 7 Navy: 3 Tri-Service Commands (2) : Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC): Established in 2001. Strategic Force Command: Manages nuclear weapons. Established in 2003. Global Examples: US, UK, Russia, France, China (e.g., China s Western Theatre Command oversees the India border). 9609544344  Chief of the Defence Staff (India) General Anil Chauhan since 30 September 2022 K AC * This information is part of Current Affairs and is subject to change. Please stay updated. R I C PL M SI 9609544344