Saturday, October 15, 2011

Intelligence Services of India

Hey guys and gals out there, today i'm not going to show any hacking or security article.
Today topic is dedicated to the intelligence services of India and I'm proud to give you the description of these services. I always found some questions on forums or Google about career in intelligence services like RAW,CBI etc. So here is the answer of those questions:


INTRODUCTION
Security and Intelligence Services have become a sought after career today so far as government jobs are concerned. With increase in corruption. crime, and terrorist activities, this career is bound to attract attention of sincere and honest young aspirants seeking an adventurous career. There is a constant need for investigative intelligence in this world of increasing crime. Investigation being a painstaking effort requiring single minded determination, involves at times field work in inaccessible, remote and dangerous territories among alien and criminal environment. At times, it could involve chasing a hardened criminal, murderer. dacoit. a rapist. economic offender, smuggler. foreign spying agents. secret bank account holders in India and abroad. Some times it may see oneself engaged in hot pursuit of criminals in foreign countries.

Under the British, the need for a special agency to get advance information and subsequent coordination of the detection and prevention of political crimes was also realized. The agency so instituted thus grew into a full fledged department at the provincial level and carne to he known as the Criminal Investigative Department - CID. This department had two main divisions: The Special or Security Branch and the Crime Branch. The Special Branch was responsible for investigating- into subversive political activities, and Movement of foreigners etc.

The Crime Branch was involved exclusively with criminal intelligence, e.g. terrorist movements, specialized crimes like counterfeiting of currency, Economic offences and bank frauds. The Crimes were required to be registered at the local police station. Considering their importance and ramification. Specialized personnel were required for the job as the 'police' manpower was inadequate. At this juncture the Crime Branch came to be established.

The Central Bureau of Investigation functions under the jurisdiction of the Home Ministry at centre. This organisation works on referral of cases from Home Ministry or when specially asked for by the Supreme Court or High Courts.

Some youngsters, aspire to enter the world of 'investigation' for doing adventurous work with the private detective agencies operating in detective world. The training is done with the agencies.

Nature of Work

Today's investigators fall under two broad categories - Government intelligence offices and private detectives. Both categories require individuals with grit, courage and discernment. Government intelligence agencies are further categorized into the Indian Police Service. Crime Branch, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research Analysis Wing (RAW) and some others.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

The necessity for an intelligence body at the Centre was felt in 1940. The Central Bureau of Investigation ('CBI') was started in 1941 under the Home Department as the special police establishment to investigate cases of corruption elsewhere and in the material supply department of the Government of India during the Second World War. The Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 came later. It enlarged the jurisdiction of the agency to cover all departments of the Government of India. The agency had jurisdiction over the Union territories alone but the same was extended to States also after their consent was obtained.

Central Bureau of Investigation was given additional responsibility, e.g., criminal intelligence, Interpol, etc. The CBI is an organisation with professional investigators. CBl's operations cover two departments: Anti Corruption and Special Crimes. The CBI on being informed, registers a case and depending on its importance requires Superintendent of Police (SP), Deputy Inspector General (DIG) or Inspector General (lG) to order an enquiry into that case.

Investigation Bureau (IB)

The IB, created by an executive order, has no legal powers to investigate. It is primarily concerned with analysis of information. It has 2 broad categories of service. The Class One Service begin with Assistant Director rising to Deputy Director, Joint Director and finally Special Director or the Special Secretary. The superior posts are filled from State Police Service officers - IPS, CRPF, Army, Revenue Service. Some. are filled through promotions. For this position, as per tradition, the senior most IPS officers are sent on deputation.
In Grade II, the IB recruits officers directly. The junior most post is of a Security Assistant (Constable). The Junior Intelligence Officers and the Assistant Central Intelligence Officers belong to the Officer Grade. Mostly, these officers rise to the rank of a Deputy Central Intelligence Officer, that is immediately below the Assistant Director belonging to Class II service. Deputy Central Intelligence Officers may be appointed through deputation or by direct recruitment to these posts.

Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)

The RAW was part of Investigation Bureau till 1968 but presently it is engaged only in Research and Analysis. It has an internal intelligence section and the counter intelligence section. It is expected to offset the intelligence offensives of other countries against our own country.

The duties with RAW involve collecting information and further investigating in two major ways:

Tactical intelligence which is on a day to day basis.
Strategic intelligence, for assessment of future possibilities, providisng the Government to get an insight into various contingencies and enabling necessary action.
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Good health, a high intellect, a disciplined and persevering bent of mind are the requisite qualities. Extensive knowledge of the subject of intelligence work is essential. This career requires doing of thorough surveillance and collection of details of political. Geographical, scientific and cultural intelligence of target areas.

In RAW the officer needs to have a sharp, analytical mind with a keen sense of perception besides mental ability. Even though the analytical work is relegated to the desk, the research part often requires him to meet different persons, often highly influential, and he constantly needs to build up his assets and sources to succeed in his work.

Entry / Training

The CBI has four different categories of officer grade posts. At the lowest rung on the ladder is the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) which is the only point of direct recruitment to the CBI through the Union Public Service Commission. The rising positions are: DSP, Superintendent of Police (SP), Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and finally Inspector General (Commissioner of Police). These posts are filled by IPS officers on deputation or promotion from below. The top rank is of the Inspector General (Commissioner of Police) for which there are eight positions in the country, with only one position being reserved for a promoted officer.

Direct recruitment - Direct recruitment to CBI is at the Sub-Inspector, Assistant Public Prosecutor and Senior Public Prosecutor(SPP) levels, beside of course the group 'D" employments. The Assistant PPs, Senior PPs and SPP's are appointed through competitive examinations conducted by Staff Selection Commission located in various states. Vacancies and qualification requirements for these posts are published in newspapers.

Eligibility- For Assistant PP. LLB. (Law) with 5 years experience is the minimum qualification. For Deputy SP, graduation and for Senior Public Prosecutor, graduation in Law with 10 years experience is the minimum qualification. Appointment to the rank of Sub Inspector is done by the Central Staff Selection Commission through a competitive examination held Approximately in June -August every year at various centres in the country. This cadre is the main stay of the organisation since it conducts the investigation of cases of within the country and abroad.

Sub-Inspector – Age:18-25 years. Educational Qualification: graduate. Physical structure: Height 5'6" and chest 32' (+2"). Written test is conducted in English and GK. Followed by interview and Medical. Training - Directly recruited CBI Officers are trained at the Police Academy in Ghaziabad (UP) IPS Officers are trained at Hyderabad (AP). There is an exclusive CBI training centre at Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi. CBl jobs are for the physically fit and mentally alert, Academic success is expected. Transfers and tours are almost certain. The chances of growth for direct officers are slow.

RAW

Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) is technically under the Cabinet Secretary. The recruitment in RAW is done in the following manner:

Direct recruitment - Deputy Field Officers (DFO) are appointed directly at the junior levels and then the field officers and senior field officers. DFO are recruited for General Duty (GO), telcom, technical and economics. Other than GO, the rest are promoted to FO and then RO (Resident Officers) in their respective cadres.

Field officers (equivalent to inspector) and senior feild officer (equivalent ot DSP) are appointed on seniority. You need to work for a minimum of eight years as a DFO to be promoted to the next level, that is a FO. Similarly after minimum five years FO is promoted to senior field officer (SFO) (Class I) rank. Foreign postings are only for General Duty FO and SFO, under, secretary, deputy secretary, director, joint secretary and additional secretary. Recruitment at the lowest Class I level at a pay scale of Rs. 8000. As a probationer an under secretary gels Rs. 10,500. As per rules. 50 per cent posts in the superior service are filled through direct recruitment and the remaining 50 per cent through deputation, promotion, and deputation of special officers from the CHI, IT, Customs, RBI and State Police (at the SP, DIG, or IG level) for 5-7 yrs or more. The lowest level of recruitment is that of an 'attache' and during the probation period he is given the designation of an under secretary.

Senior level appointments - Senior level appointments are made in two ways. The first way: on the campus recruitment of Civil Service candidates at the foundation course and second way: recruitment of university graduates. The general criteria followed is a 1st class from Class X onwards. Final selection is made through interviews.

Specialist appointments - Special appointments are made in technical or scientific field through campus interviews at such institutes. RAW prefers persons who have had some experience of working in government organisations. Interview panels include experts and selectors from UPSC. Language specialists - They find employment with RAW because it deals with foreign countries and is involved in the study of foreign service materials characteristics. Raw recruits interpreters who are promoted to assistant foreign language examiner and then to deputy foreign language examiner. Interpreters are recruited directly to the language cadre. There is no SC/ST quota or reservation for any of these jobs.

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