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Assam Rifles

They perform many roles including the provision of internal security under the control of the army
counter insurgency operations
provision of aid to the civilians in times of emergency, the provision of communications, medical assistance and education in remote areas.
In times of war they can also be used as a combat force to secure rear areas if needed.
Since 2002 it has been guarding the Indo–Myanmar border

AR has become the the right arm of the civil and the left arm of the military in the region
Assam Rifles maintained their peacekeeping role in the north eastern areas in the face of growing tribal unrest and insurgency in 1950s and 60s.
In this environment, the maintenance of law and order, countering insurgency and reassuring the people of the region became important tasks for the Assam Rifles

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces of India, raised in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.
The ITBP was intended for deployment along India’s border with Tibet.

At present, the home ministry has the administrative authority over Assam Rifles while the Army has its operational control (since 1965).
Assam Rifles draws its director-general + 80% OFFICERS from Army
The home ministry plans to merge Assam Rifles with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), which guards the Indo-China border.

Shifting the operational control of the Assam Rifles from the Army to the home ministry will severely jeopardise the surveillance along the Line of Actual Control with China
The Army feels that the Assam Rifles provides significant assistance in keeping strict surveillance over the border with China
For better coordination while conducting anti-terror operations in the region
The Assam Rifles fills the void when Army units carry forward the battle to the enemy territory.
This is the only genuine paramilitary force which actively participated in all the wars since Independence including the 1962 and 1971 wars.

Security scenario in the North eastern region has been fragile due to
The issue of National Register of Citizens (NRC).
The ongoing peace talks with Naga groups – apprehension among people of Manipur and Assam
The NRC updating process is also likely to cause some turbulence