अमेरिका-ईरान तनाव के बीच Air India का बड़ा फैसला
अमेरिका और ईरान के बीच तनाव लगातार बढ़ता जा रहा है। इसका असर अब दिखना भी शुरू हो गया है। ईरान ने अमेरिका का ड्रोन मार गिराया अब दोनों देशों के बीच तल्खी काफी बढ़ती जा रही है। इस बीच एयर इंडिया ने भी अपने विमानों को ईरान के एयरस्पेस में न भेजने का फैसला किया है। एयर इंडिया के सीएमडी अश्वनी लोहानी ने ईरान के एयरस्पेस से विमानों के न गुजरने पर कहा, 'एयर इंडिया की उड़ानों पर इसका कोई खास प्रभाव नहीं है। हालांकि आने वाले विमानों का रूट फिर से तय करने पर काम किया जा रहा है।'
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20633-air-india
#AirIndia #Iran #CMD #AshwaniLohani #DGCA #NewYork

इस खास कदम से दोगुनी होगी किसानों की आय
अगले तीन साल की अवधि के भीतर किसानों के आय को दोगुना करने के क्रम में कृषि व किसान कल्‍याण मंत्रालय ने ग्रामीण भारत में डिजिटल टेक्‍नोलॉजी का इस्‍तेमाल करने का निर्णय लिया है। डिजिटल टेक्‍नोलॉजी के जरिए भारत के गांवों में कृषि संबंधित गतिविधियों का आधुनिकीकरण कर व्‍यवस्‍थित करने की योजना बनाई गई है।
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants-hindi/20632-2019-06-23-04-29-33
#Agriculture #India #NarendraSinghTomar #RajyaSabha #ICAR

Crackdown on cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency firms will be subjected to rules to prevent the abuse of digital coins such as bitcoin for money laundering, a global watchdog said, the first worldwide regulatory attempt to constrain the rapidly growing sector.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20638-crackdown-on-cryptocurrencies
#Crackdown #cryptocurrencies #FATF #FinTech #GlobalDigitalFinance

Pakistan must implement FATF action plan
India on 22 June 2019 emphasised that Pakistan needs to take all necessary steps to fully implement the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) action plan by the October deadline. Pakistan, however, claimed that India was politicising the process for its “narrow” objectives. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a statement that India expects Pakistan to take credible and verifiable steps against terrorism and terrorist finances.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20637-pakistan-must-implement-fatf-action-plan
#FATF #Pakistan #ICRG #India #RaveeshKumar #narrow

New NASA missions to study Sun
NASA will launch two new missions to advance our understanding of the Sun and its dynamic effects on space weather, the US space agency said. One of the selected missions will study how the Sun drives particles and energy into the solar system and a second will study Earth’s response, NASA said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20636-new-nasa-missions-to-study-sun
#NASA #solar #GPS #TRACERS #Moon #missions #Sun

The Central Asian nodes in BRI
Ahead of the recently concluded summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Chinese state media provided extensive coverage of Beijing’s recent forays into Central Asia, including into Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. On its website, the state-run Xinhua news agency splashed pictures of the Irkeshtam pass, one of China’s gateways to Kyrgyzstan, a few days before planes ferrying leaders of the eight SCO member countries, apart from observers, flew into Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20635-the-central-asian-nodes-in-bri
#BRI #Asian #SCO #CPEC #XUAR #EuropeanUnion #Irkeshtampass

ASEAN summit in Bangkok
Southeast Asian leaders opened a two-day summit in Bangkok on 22 June 2019, though it was unclear what progress their 10-country group could make on disputes in the South China Sea and the plight of ethnic Rohingya fleeing Myanmar.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/20634-asean-summit-in-bangkok
#ASEAN #Bangkok #COC #Myanmar #10countrygroup #Thailand

Deep Ocean Mission
After successfully venturing into space exploration, India will launch its ambitious ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ by October to enter hitherto untapped 75,000 sq km of area in international waters to tap vast marine resources.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21067-deep-ocean-mission-2
#Mission #CIOB #DRDO #ISRO #DeepOceanMission #manned #DBT

WII report on GIB
The critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) is nearing extinction due to collision with high voltage power lines that criss-cross their flying path, according to a report by the Ministry of Environment.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21066-wii-report-on-gib
#GIB #WII #Rajasthan #CAMPA #NGT #GIBs #CWEL #Gujarat

Repatriation talks with Rohingya refugees
A Myanmar government delegation has met with representatives of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh to discuss creating conditions for their safe repatriation, officials said on 28 July 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21065-repatriation-talks-with-rohingya-refugees
#ASEAN #Bengalis #Myanmar #Bangladesh #Muslim #RohingyaMuslimrefugees

Indian wins People’s Choice Award in US
Renowned Indian sand artist and Padma Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the People’s Choice Award at a prestigious sand sculpting festival in the US, wowing the American public with his sculpture that highlighted the message of combating plastic pollution in oceans.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21064-indian-wins-people-s-choice-award-in-us
#Indian #US #Pattnaik #PadmaAwardee #SudarsanPattnaik

Arrow-3 system successfully tested
Israel and the United States have successfully carried out tests of a ballistic missile interceptor that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on 28 July 2019 provides protection against potential threats from Iran.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21063-arrow-3-system-successfully-tested
#Arrow3 #Israel #Iran #missile #Alaska #UnitedStates

Mary Kom wins gold medal
Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom claimed the gold medal without breaking a sweat in the 23rd President’s Cup, asserting her supremacy in a lop-sided 51kg bout final in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia on 28 July 2019. The Olympic bronze medallist pugilist decimated Australian April Franks 5-0.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21062-mary-kom-wins-gold-medal
#MaryKom #goldmedal #23rdPresident #TokyoOlympics #Asian #WorldChampionships

Defence cooperation with Myanmar
India and Myanmar signed a defence co-operation agreement providing for boosting bilateral military engagement, weeks after the two countries carried out a coordinated operation targeting several militant groups operating in the Northeast.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21093-defence-cooperation-with-myanmar
#cooperation #Myanmar #India #AungHlaing #military

UNAMA report
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on 30 July 2019 said more civilians were killed by NATO and Afghan forces than by the Taliban and other militant groups during the first half of 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21092-unama-report
#UNAMA #NATO #Afghanforces #Taliban #US #Islamic

Consumer Protection Bill passed
Lok Sabha on 30 July 2019 passed the Consumer Protection Bill that seeks to establish the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) to protect and enforce consumer rights.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21091-consumer-protection-bill-passed-2
#ConsumerProtectionBill #CCPA #CDRCs #LokSabha #RamVilasPaswan #CPB

Anti-microbial peptide (AMP)
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) have designed an anti-microbial peptide (AMP) that, researchers say, can effectively and quickly kill a notorious multidrug-resistant bacterium called Acinetobacter baumannii.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21090-anti-microbial-peptide-amp
#AMP #IISc #AMP #WHO #Omega76 #AntiMicrobialPeptide #healthcare

Another warship at Visakhapatnam
The sixth ship of the ‘Class of Eight’ Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mark-IV vessels ‘IN LCU L-56’ was commissioned by Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/index.php/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21089-another-warship-at-visakhapatnam
#Visakhapatnam #LCU #AtulKumarJain #GRSE #IBS #IndianNavy #IPMS

EU nations agree Brexit delay
The European Union on 28 October 2019 agreed a 3-month flexible delay to Britain’s departure from the bloc as Prime Minister Boris Johnson pushes for an election after opponents forced him to request an extension he had vowed never to ask for.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21823-eu-nations-agree-brexit-delay.html
#EU #Brexit #BorisJohnson #Britain #DonaldTusk

Scheme to save groundwater
Aimed at checking depletion of groundwater in the country, the World Bank-funded Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY) is still waiting for the Union Cabinet’s approval for more than a year after the World Bank board approved it in June 2018.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21822-scheme-to-save-groundwater.html
#groundwater #ABHY #Protection #CGWA #JalShaktiMinistry

AI model to solve engineering problems
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) on 28 October 2019 said its researchers have developed algorithms that enable novel applications for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and deep learning to solve engineering problems.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21821-ai-model-to-solve-engineering-problems.html
#AI #IITM #AISoft #GPU #CFD #CNN #Madras

China expands footprint in Nepal, Myanmar
China is expanding its air links with South and Southeast Asia, focusing on Nepal and Myanmar, to help enlarge its regional footprint. On 27 October 2019, Himalaya Airlines — a China-Nepal joint venture — landed on its maiden flight from Kathmandu to Beijing’s brand new Daxing International airport.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21820-china-expands-footprint-in-nepal-myanmar.html
#LDC #Myanmar #XiJinping #footprint #RuiliAirlines

Common payment system
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, a group of major emerging economies known as BRICS, back the idea of developing a common payment system, a Russian official said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21999-common-payment-system.html
#RDIF #BRICS #G20 #SouthAfrica #India #KirillDmitriev

ICC approves probe for Rohingya
The International Criminal Court approved a full investigation into Myanmar's alleged crimes against the Rohingya, as the southeast Asian nation faced mounting legal pressure worldwide over their fate.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21998-icc-approves-probe-for-rohingya.html
#ICC #Myanmar #ICJ #AungSanSuuKyi #genocide #Rohingya

Rules under insolvency law notified
The government on 15 November 2019 notified rules under the insolvency law to deal with resolution of financial service providers, excluding banks.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21997-rules-under-insolvency-law-notified.html
#insolvency #CIRP #FSPs #Bankruptcy #Rules #FinancialServiceProviders

UNICEF report
India had the second-highest number of deaths of children under the age of five in 2018 due to pneumonia, a curable and preventable disease that claimed the life of one child every 39 seconds globally, according to a new report by the UN.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21996-unicef-report.html
#UNICEF #Nigeria #India #ChildhoodPneumonia #UHC #Pakistan #Congo

Committee for liabilities between J&K, Ladakh
The Centre has constituted a three-member committee for division of assets and liabilities of Jammu and Kashmir between two successor Union territories, which came into existence on October 31.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/21995-committee-for-liabilities-between-j-k-ladakh.html
#ICAS #Article370 #AjayKumar #liabilities #Ladakh #AnandSharma

UN draft treaty to combat cybercrime
The UN General Assembly approved a resolution on 27 December 2019 that will start the process of drafting a new international treaty to combat cybercrime over objections from the European Union, the United States and other countries.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22432-un-draft-treaty-to-combat-cybercrime.html
#UN #cybercrime #Russian #CherithNormanChalet #resolution

UN ups 2020 budget
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a USD 3.07-billion operating budget which for the first time includes funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22431-un-ups-2020-budget.html
#budget #UN #Muslim #GeneralAssembly #Myanmar

U.N. condemns human rights abuses against Rohingya
The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution on 27 December 2019 strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22430-u-n-condemns-human-rights-abuses-against-rohingya.html
#Rohingya #RohingyaMuslims #Myanmar #humanrights

Mars 2020 rover to seek ancient life
The Mars 2020 rover, which sets off for the Red Planet next year, will not only search for traces of ancient life, but pave the way for future human missions, NASA scientists said as they unveiled the vehicle.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22429-mars-2020-rover-to-seek-ancient-life.html
#Mars2020 #NASA #RedPlanet #Earth #JPL

UN's child mortality report
India is among the few countries in the world where, in 2018, the mortality under-5 years of girls, exceeded that of boys, according to the ‘Levels and Trends in Child Mortality’ report by the United Nations (UN) inter-agency group for child mortality.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22613-un-s-child-mortality-report.html
#UN #mortality #child #SRS #ChildMortality #UNICEF

IEA slams India's gas pricing policy
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has slammed India's natural gas pricing policy, saying linking domestic production to very low global reference prices has reduced incentives for producers to raise supplies.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22612-iea-slams-india-s-gas-pricing-policy.html
#IEA #gas #LNG #GST #NarendraModi #LPG

Kolkata Port Trust renamed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12 January 2020 rechristened Kolkata Port Trust after Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22611-kolkata-port-trust-renamed.html
#Kolkata #KPT #NarendraModi #SPMookerjee #Myanmar

Dispute panel over India's duty hike
The World Trade Organisation's (WTO) dispute settlement body has set up a panel to examine the US complaint against India which had increased customs duties on 28 American goods last year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22610-dispute-panel-over-india-s-duty-hike.html
#India #WTO #GATT #DSB #DSU #India

China launches gigantic telescope
China on 11 January 2020 officially opened operations of the world’s largest radio telescope, which it will use for space research and help in the hunt for extraterrestrial life.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22609-china-launches-gigantic-telescope.html
#China #gigantic #telescope #SkyEye #FAST

Delhi under NSA
Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor has passed an order authorizing the city’s police, controlled by the Union home ministry, to place the national capital under the National Security Act (NSA).
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22656-delhi-under-nsa.html
#DelhiPolice #NSA #NCRB #CrPC #FIRs #BJP #Article370

Key molecule for life’s origin
Researchers have unravelled a key piece of the puzzle about the origin of life on the Earth with the discovery of how phosphorus-bearing molecules, essential for cell metabolism, may have reached the planet from space.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22655-key-molecule-for-life-s-origin.html
#ALMA #ESO #ROSINA #AFGL5142 #molecule #spacecraft

China and Myanmar 'stand together'
China and Myanmar inked dozens of mammoth infrastructure and trade deals after a meeting on 18 January 2020 between President Xi Jinping and fallen rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyidaw (Myanmar), as Beijing doubles down on its support for a government under fire for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22654-china-and-myanmar-stand-together.html
#Myanmar #standtogether #Muslim #XiJinping #China

Davos diplomacy between India, Malaysia
Trade ministers from India and Malaysia are likely to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos next week amid a palm oil spat between the two countries, a Malaysian government told.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22653-davos-diplomacy-between-india-malaysia.html
#Malaysia #MahathirMohamad #Goyal #WEF #oil

AI-aided method for reading of legal judgements
Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have evolved an artificial intelligence-aided method to automate reading of legal judgements.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22652-ai-aided-method-for-reading-of-legal-judgements.html
#IITKharagpur #KGP #SupremeCourt #USA #RajivGandhi

DefExpo 2020 inaugurated
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 February 2020 inaugurated the DefExpo, India's biennial military exhibition, which seeks to showcase the potential of the country to become a global defence manufacturing hub.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22784-defexpo-2020-inaugurated.html
#DefExpo2020 #NarendraModi #Goa #manufacturing #military


IIITs Laws (Amendment) Bill 2020
The Union Cabinet on 5 February 2020 gave its approval to confer the status of Institution of National Importance (INI) to five Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs).
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22783-iiits-laws-amendment-bill-2020.html
#IIITsLaws #Amendment #MTech #INI #NarendraModi

Proposal to allow 100% FDI in Air India
The government is working on a proposal to allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment in Air India as it moves ahead with disinvestment of the national carrier.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22782-proposal-to-allow-100-fdi-in-air-india.html
#FDI #AirIndia #NRIs #SOEC #PIM #DPIIT


Bill to amend Aircraft Act introduced
The government on 4 February 2020 introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to amend the Aircraft Act wherein the fine amount for violations will be hiked from Rs 10 lakh to up to Rs 1 crore.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22781-bill-to-amend-aircraft-act-introduced.html
#Bill #AircraftAct #ICAO #BCAS #DGCA #LokSabha


U.N. takes no action against Myanmar
The U.N. Security Council on 4 February 2020 discussed the International Court of Justice’s order that Myanmar must do all it can to prevent genocide against the Rohingya Muslims, but failed to agree on a statement.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22780-u-n-takes-no-action-against-myanmar.html
#Myanmar #UNSecurityCouncil #Belgium #RohingyaMuslims


EU rejects Middle East peace plan
The European Union rejected parts of the new U.S. peace plan for the Middle East on 4 February 2020, saying the plan broke with "internationally agreed parameters", and any Israeli annexation of Palestinian land would be subject to challenge.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22779-eu-rejects-middle-east-peace-plan.html
#EUrejects #MiddleEast #peaceplan #DonaldTrumps # Palestinianland

Watch: KSG Explainer - UN committee agrees Taliban, Myanmar junta not allowed in UN for now #UPSC #IAS
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Today's Headlines - 19 July 2023
BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’ meet
GS Paper - 2 (International Relations)

The first-ever Foreign Ministers’ meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) began in Bangkok, Thailand. India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was also present, and said that areas of coordination challenge that were discussed, including health and energy security.

What is BIMSTEC?

BIMSTEC is a regional organisation that was established in 1997 with the signing of the Bangkok Declaration.
Initially known as BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation), the organisation is now known as BIMSTEC and comprises seven members, with Myanmar joining towards the end of 1997, and Bhutan and Nepal in 2004.
Around 22% of the world’s population lives in the seven countries around the Bay of Bengal, with a combined GDP close to $2.7 trillion.
All seven countries have sustained average annual rates of growth between 3.4% and 7.5% from 2012 to 2016. A fourth of the world’s traded goods cross the bay every year.
Cooperation within the BIMSTEC had initially focused on six sectors in 1997 (trade, technology, energy, transport, tourism, and fisheries) and expanded in 2008 to other areas.
In 2021, a reorganisation led to each of the Member States leading certain sectors. India focuses on security, along with counter-terrorism and transnational crime, disaster management and energy.

Growth of BIMSTEC as a regional forum

Despite having been in existence for many years, the grouping had been largely ignored until India gave it a renewed push in October 2016, a month after the terrorist attack in Uri.
Alongside the BRICS summit in Goa, India hosted an outreach summit with leaders of BIMSTEC countries.
Weeks earlier, some of these countries had supported New Delhi’s call for a boycott of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit scheduled in Islamabad that November.
SAARC includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka as its members. When that summit was postponed, India claimed victory in isolating Pakistan.

China on mind

The Bay of Bengal is crucial for an increasingly assertive China in maintaining its access route to the Indian Ocean.
As China has undertaken a massive drive to finance and build infrastructure in South and Southeast Asia through the Belt and Road Initiative in almost all BIMSTEC countries, except Bhutan and India, BIMSTEC is a new battleground in the India-China battle for dominance.
BIMSTEC could allow India to push a constructive agenda to counter Chinese investments, and instead follow best practices for connectivity projects based on recognised international norms. The Chinese projects are widely seen as violating these norms.
The two organisations — SAARC and BIMSTEC — focus on geographically overlapping regions. However, this does not make them equal alternatives.
SAARC is a purely regional organisation, whereas BIMSTEC is inter-regional and connects both South Asia and ASEAN.
Since the SAARC summit has only been postponed, not cancelled the possibility of revival remains.

#upsc #news #bimstec #foreignminister #bangkok #technical #economic #cooperation #affairsminister #thailand #jaishankar #energy #security #bangladesh #myanmar #bhutan #nepal #sevencountries #terrorism #disaster #management #SAARC #finance #india #china #south #asian #newdelhi #maldives #srilanka

Today's Headlines - 11 August 2023
Manipur Police have filed an FIR against AR
GS Paper - 2 (Polity)

Police in Manipur have registered an FIR accusing the Assam Rifles (AR) of preventing police from doing their duty, including blocking their way with armoured vehicles, which allegedly allowed Kuki militants suspected of killing Meiteis to escape.

Who are the Assam Rifles, and what is their role?

The AR is one of the six central armed police forces (CAPFs) under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
The other five forces are the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
The AR is tasked with maintaining law and order in the Northeast along with the Indian Army. It also guards the Indo-Myanmar border.
The AR have a sanctioned strength of more than 63,000 personnel, organised in 46 battalions, apart from administrative and training staff.

The AR is unique

It is the only paramilitary force with a dual control structure. While the administrative control of the force is with the MHA, its operational control is with the Indian Army, which is under the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
This means that salaries and infrastructure for the force is provided by the MHA, but the deployment, posting, transfers, and deputation of AR personnel is decided by the Army.
All its senior ranks, from DG to IG and sector headquarters are manned by officers from the Army. The force is commanded by a Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.
The AR is in effect a central paramilitary force (CPMF) — its operational duties and regimentation are on the lines of the Indian Army.
However, being a CAPF under the MHA, the recruitment, perks, and promotion of AR personnel, and their retirement policies are governed according to rules framed for CAPFs by the MHA.
There are demands within the AR that only one Ministry should have full control over the force.
A large section within the AR wants to be under the administrative control of the MoD, as that would mean perks and retirement benefits that are far better than those enjoyed by the CAPFs under MHA.
However, Army personnel retire early — at age 35 — while the retirement age of CAPFs is 60 years.
Also, CAPF officers have recently been granted non-functional financial upgradation (NFFU) to at least financially address the issue of stagnation in their careers due to lack of avenues for promotions.
But Army personnel also get‘one rank, one pension’ (OROP) which is not available to CAPFs.

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