LL202-XXLIBERAL LEARNING – END SEMESTER PRESENTATION

TOPIC: INDIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES

Name of the Student: AVINASH JANARDHAN CHAKRAWAR

MIS ID: 111108010

Department: Information & Technology

Area: DEFENSE STUDIES

Sub Area: Military Forces

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mahindra Ranjekar

Student Convener:

Date of the presentation: 22 nd march

ASSESSMENT CHART <FOR INFORMATION>

Area Elements % Total Weightage

Mid Sem Weightage

End Sem Weightage

Choice of topic Novelty, Relevance, Reasoning in Choice of Focus Q, Experts

10 % 10 % 0 %

Harvest Comprehensiveness and diversity of the study

20 % 15 % 5 %

Synthesis Originality of the viewpoints, Value of the viewpoints

20 % 0 % 20 %

Sharing Methods of sharing, effectiveness of the sharing

25% 5 % 20%

Becoming great learner

Plan and result of the plan 15 % 0 % 15 %

Commitment to the course

Regular Meeting with the mentor and continuous learning

10 % 5 % 5 %

PARAMETERS FOR EVALUATION <FOR INFORMATION>Attribute (Bad) -0 (Not upto

mark)-2 (Neutral)-5 (Impressive)

-8(Role Model)-

10

Sharing - 5 (Preparation, Opening and Closing, Eye contact and Body Language)

Very bad Slides, Very poor start and closure. No eye contact at all. Total lack of confidence (I want to get out asap)

Bad Slides. Poor start and closure. Very little eye contact. Defensive body lang (taking support,, hands in pocket)

Everything just Ok but no pull factor. Ok start – No issues but no engaging start either. Ok closure Action plan may not be right. Little eye contact. Rigidity.

Very good slides. Pull Factor. Engaged audience. Good closure, handling of QA and action plan. Good eye contact. Occasional use of hands, no defensive body lang.

Excellent slides. Engaged audience right from the start. Impressive closure, excellent handling of QA and Action Plan. Excellent eye contact. Exuding confidence.

Harvest – Books and Papers (10)

No reading of books, papers / articles.

Limited reading (< 3) of books and papers / articles with not so good understanding.

Ok reading (< 5) of books and papers / articles with just ok understanding

Very good (< 10) reading of books and papers / articles with complete understanding.

Allround and in depth reading (> 10) of books and papers / articles with superb understanding.

PARAMETERS FOR EVALUATION <FOR INFORMATION>Attribute (Bad) -0 (Not upto

mark)-2 (Neutral)-5 (Impressive) -8 (Role Model)-10

Harvest – Experts (5 )

No contact / discussion with experts.

Limited contact / discussion with expert (1) with poor outcomes.

Ok contact/ discussion with experts (2) and just ok outcome.

Very good contact/ discussion with experts (3) with excellent outcomes

Excellent contact/ discussion with experts (4) with exceptional outcomes.

Topic Definition ( 10) Topics and questions considered, Focus Questions chosen and experts identified.

No process for topic selection and definition (focus Q, experts). No relevance of the topic.

Poor process for topic selection and definition (focus Q, experts). Little relevance.

Ok process for topic selection and definition (focus Q, experts). Relevance and a bit of novelty.

Good process for topic selection and definition (focus Q, experts). Quite relevant and good novelty.

Comprehensive process for topic selection and definition (focus Q, experts). Very relevant and novel topic.

Commitment (5) Did not attend any session. Have not met the mentor. No communication whatsoever.

In between Attended some of the sessions and participated in them

In between Attended all the sessions and participated enthusiastically and meaningfully

METHODOLOGY 1.initially thought on different topics. 2.decided topic of interest. 3.then made a list of questions related to the topic. 4.then decided five focus questions. 5.explained how I am going to describe them. 6.given description on all questions. 7.gathered all information from wikipedia and

other internet links with understanding from different books.

8 . I have Strictly followed instructions given by mentor and studied subject loyally.

NOT A SINGLE SLIDE I HAVE COPIED FROM INTERNET OR ANY OTHER SOURCE.

EXPLORING TOPICS The top three topics that were thought with a couple of

lines description for each of them.

Topic 1: importance of paramilitary forces Description : - to study how paramilitary forces serves in

development and building of nation .

Topic 2: INDIA in indo-china war Description :- to study the conditions which where

responsible for war situations between India and china in 1962

Topic 3: weapons technology for safety of nation Description :- to study different weapons used by military and

local police forces for safety of nation

THE TOPIC OF CHOICEIMPORTANCE OF PARAMILITARY FORCES

EXPLORING THE TOPIC. <LIST THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE TOPIC>

Q 1 What is structure of Indian military forces?

Q 2 What are reserved or paramilitary forces?

Q3 What is significance of paramilitary forces?

Q4 Why there is a need for paramilitary forces?

Q5 What are different paramilitary forces in India?

EXPLORING THE TOPIC FURTHER: LIST THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU FOUND WITH THE HELP OF OTHERS

Q 6 What type of training do paramilitary forces are given?

Q 7 How different paramilitary forces serves for national security?

Q 8 How paramilitary forces are connected with society?

Q 9 What is role of paramilitary forces in maintaining national peace?

Q 10 How paramilitary forces are used as a back up forces for border security?

EXPLORING THE TOPIC FURTHER: LIST THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU FOUND WITH THE HELP OF OTHERS

Q11 What are reasons for creation of reserved forces in states ?

Q12 How different kinds of paramilitary forces are interconnected with each other?

Q13 How government of India has control over paramilitary forces?

Q14 How paramilitary forces can be used for the betterment of situations after catastrophic activities like floods , earthquake etc?

Q15 What is role of paramilitary forces in development and building of nation?

FOCUS QUESTIONS WITH BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Q 1 What is structure of Indian military forces? == In this I will be discussing structure of Indian military forces.

Q 2 What are the reserved or paramilitary forces? == In this I will be defining what is paramilitary forces.

Q 3 Why there is a need of paramilitary forces? == In this I will be stating the conditions under which there

created need for paramilitary forces

Q 4 What are different paramilitary forces in India? == Here I will be discussing different paramilitary forces in India.

Q 5 Exploring information about assam rifle. ==Here I will be discussing about assam rifle.

INTRODUCTION Introducing this subject , initial step is

understanding the different concepts , different definitions and overall structure of subject .

As considered my subject it is necessary to understand concept of military.

“ Military is an organization authorized by it’s greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons , on defending it’s country by combating actual or perceived threats”.

INDIAN DISCIPLINE

WHAT IS STRUCTURE OF INDIAN MILITARY FORCES?

India is a big country with a dominant position in world affairs.

For such a country like India it is necessary to have military forces which serves for maintaining law and order and security of nation that may be internal or external .

” the Indian armed military forces are the military forces of republic India”

the president of India is a supreme commander of the Indian armed forces.

WHAT IS STRUCTURE OF INDIAN MILITARY FORCES?

The Indian military is under the management of the ministry of defense .

They consist of ARMY, NAVY,AIR FORCE, COAST GUARD and PARAMILITARY FORCES.

Generally military forces are active or reserved. active means working military.

India is one of the worlds largest military forces.

Indian military consists of 4,768,407 personals out of which 1,300,586 are paramilitary personals.

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WHAT ARE RESERVED OR PARAMILITARY FORCES ?

Out of all topics main topic of discussion is paramilitary.

We can define paramilitary forces as “ forces or groups that are distinct fro the regular armed forces of country , but resembling them in organization, equipment training , or mission “.

In India paramilitary forces are those government organization that help military forces, help in disaster management and control civil agitations.

Paramilitary militants handling condition of civil

agitation

These forces act as armed force

auxiliaries an are considered as a part

of Indian armed forces.

The paramilitary forces of India are world’s second largest after the Chinese people’s armed force which has 1.5 million personal.

In comparison to civilian police force , paramilitary force may provide a more disciplined force whose military capabilities make them more capable of dealing with all types of violance

SOME OF MAIN OPERATIONS BY PARAMILITARY FORCES ARE

1 . Combating terrorism. This include antiterrorism and counterterrorism.

2 . Anti-smuggling operations.

3 . Humanitarian assistance. This include operations to retrieve or reduce the

results of natural or manmade disaster

4 . Support civil authorities.

5 . Non-combatant evaluation operations.

WHY THERE IS A NEED FOR PARAMILITARY FORCES ?

With it’s large area , diversity and kilometers of borders , India needs specialized forces that can maintain law and order in disturbed areas and keep vigilance on borders.

Also there may arise diverse conditions due to natural as well as manmade catastrophe or civil agitations

to handle such conditions there

must be a organization .

For solution to this problem India came up with concept of paramilitary forces.

WHAT ARE DIFFERENT PARAMILITARY FORCES IN INDIA ?

There are overall 13 paramilitary forces .

They are classified as following 1 . National level 2 . State level 3 . Assisting organizations

NATIONAL LEVEL 1 . Border security force :- The main role of BSF is security of

border of India .

It functions to promote a sense of security among the people living in border.

NATIONAL LEVEL2 . Central Industrial security

force: The central Industrial security

force is responsible for security services at ports and other transportation facilities as well as in other facilities .

NATIONAL LEVEL3 . Central reserved police force:The central reserved police force

is an armed force of the union of India, with the basic role of striking reserve to assist the state territories in police operations to maintain law and order and contain insurgency.

NATIONAL LEVEL4 .Indo-Tibetian border police: ITBP is multidimensional force. ITBP battalions are also deployed on

anti-terrorism duties and VIP security duties in strategic locations.

ITBP conducts long range and short range patrols to keep an effective vigil on inaccessible and unmanned areas on border.

NATIONAL LEVEL 5 . Rashtriya Rifles :

Rashtriya rifles is a light elite counterinsurgency formed specifically to compensate for inadequate local police and increasingly well armed insurgents in kashmir.

NATIONAL LEVEL 6 . National security guards :

Important role of NSG is to fight terrorism in whatever form it may assume in areas where activity of terrorists assumes serious proportions and state police can not cope up with the situations .

NATIONAL LEVEL 7 . Special frontier force :

special frontier force is responsible for counter-terrorism duties with teams in a constant state of alert.

NATIONAL LEVEL8 . Railway protection force :

The main task for railway protection force is to protect and safeguard railway property, passenger area and passenger.

And to perform any act conductive to the better protection and security of railway property.

STATE LEVELHome guard : To service as a supporting force

to the police in maintenance of law, order and internal security,

To help community in any kind of emergency.

EXPLORING INFORMATION ABOUT ASSAM RIFLES

Assam rifle is a paramilitary organization of ministry of home affairs working under the operational control of army.

These forces came in existence in the latter part of eighteenth century , when britisher’s create a small force of 750 combatants to guard the settlements and tea estates against revages by local tribes.

That time these forces were known as “Cachar levy” .It undergone many changes like Cachar levy, assam military force, frontier police and lastly assam rifle.

During the WORLD WAR 1, the force provided 23 officers and 3,174 soldiers to gorkha regiments of Indian Army besides whom they fought in europe and middle east.

ASSAM RIFLES

Presently Assam rifles consists of 46 battalions deployed all over the North-east region with 50,000 personnel in it .

Assam rifles conduct insurgency operations in North-east and other areas where deemed necessary , under control of the army during peace and “proxy war”

ensures security of the Indo-China and Indo-Myanmar borders

Indo-China borders.

Assam rifles.

The Assam rifles have traditionally participated in all development activities of the region and have helped in bringing the people of this remote and Underdeveloped region into the national stream.

TILL STUDY AND FUTURE PLAN Till this time I have studied overall structure and

working of paramilitary forces .

I have collected all the data regarding the subject.

Next I will be focusing on different aspects of defense forces and will be studying them.

During the study of this course I found it very interesting .I wish , I will continue this study.

I hope I will be able to learn different academic and nonacademic topics on my own using skills taught in this very course

HARVEST (INTERNET) I have collected data from different internet

links

1.”en.wikipedia.org”

2.www.airindia.in

3.aicpmfewa.org

4.defenceforumindia.com

HARVEST(BOOKS)I have referred two books

1 .Paramilitary forces in India by Lt.col.M.C.Sharma2 .Paramilitary forces in India Fredric. P. Miller

HARVEST(PAPER)1 .Annual Report 2005-06, Ministry

of Home affairs, Government of India.

2 . CIA World factbook 2005 : India

3 . Indian defense review, jan 1991

4 . Indian Express paramilitary review: 1997

THANKS!