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Country
India
Type
Coast Guard
Size
Part of
Ministry of Defence
Indian Armed Forces
Headquar
ters
New Delhi
Motto
(hindi: We
Protect)
Anniversa
ries
Website
indiancoastguard.nic.in
Commanders
Director
General
Additional
Director
General
ADG Rajendra
Singh, PTM, TM
Insignia
Ensign
Aircraft flown
Helicopter
HAL Chetak
HAL Dhruv
Patrol
Dornier Do 228
National Maritime Search and Rescue Coordinating Authority (NMSARCA) Director General of Indian Coast Guard is the NMSARCA for
executing/coordinating Search and Rescue (SAR) missions
recommendation to place the service under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Then
prime ministerIndira Gandhi overruled the Cabinet Secretary and decided to
accept the original recommendation of the Rustamji Committee to place the
service under the Ministry of Defense.[4]
An interim Indian Coast Guard came into being on 1 February 1977, equipped
with two small corvettes and five patrol boats transferred from the Navy. The
duties and functions of the service were formally defined in the Coast Guard Act,
which was passed by India's parliament on 18 August 1978 and came into
immediate effect.
Vice Admiral V.A. Kamath of the Indian Navy was appointed the founding Director
General. Prime Minister Morarji Desai inspected the Guard of Honour at the
service's inauguration. Vice Admiral Kamath proposed a five-year plan to develop
the ICG into a potent force by 1984, but the full potential of this plan was not
immediately realised due to an economic resource crunch. [4]
One of the historic operational successes of the ICG occurred in October 1999,
with the recapture at high seas of a Panamanian-registered Japanese cargo
ship, MV Alondra Rainbow, hijacked off Indonesia. Her crew was rescued
off Phuket, Thailand. The ship had been repainted as MV Mega Rama, and was
spotted off Kochi, heading towards Pakistan. She was chased by ICGS
Tarabai and INS Prahar (K98) of the Indian Navy, and apprehended.[5] It was the
first successful prosecution of armed pirates in over a century.
The Indian Coast Guard conducts exercises with the other coast guards of the
world. In May 2005, the ICG agreed to establish liaison links with
Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency (PMSA). In 2006, the Indian Coast Guard
conducted exercises with its Japanese and Korean counterparts.
After the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the Indian government initiated a program to
expand the ICG force, assets and infrastructure. The force is expected to be
tripled between 2010 and 2019 in manpower, vessels and aircraft. [6][7]
Personnel[edit]
Coast Guard Officers[edit]
The officers in the Coast Guard have the same rank structure as the Central
Armed Police Forces. The Director General Coast Guard is usually a Vice Admiral
rank officer on deputation from the Indian Navy. [8][9]
Officer grade structure of Indian Coast Guard
Director
General
Additional
Inspector
Director General General
(DG)
(ADG)
(IG)
Deputy
Inspector
General
(DIG)
Command Commandant
ant
(Junior Grade)
(Comdt)
(Comdt(JG))
PB-4 (
10000)
PB-4 ( 8900)
PB-4 (
8700)
PB-3 ( 7600)
Officers are appointed in the Coast Guard in one of four branches, as either
General Duty officer, Pilot officer, Technical officer or Law officers. Lady Officers
have two branches i.e. General Duty officer OR Pilot officer and serve on shore
establishments/Air Stations/Headquarters. They are not deployed on board Indian
Coast Guard ships.[10]
General Duty Officers[edit]
Triservices Crest.
Military Manpower
Active troops
1,325,000 (3rd)
Reserve forces
1,155,000 (7th)
Paramilitary forces
1,293,300 (4th)
Components
Indian Army
Indian Air Force
Indian Navy
Indian Coast Guard
Paramilitary forces of India
Strategic Nuclear Command
History
Military history of India
Ranks
Air Force ranks and insignia
Army ranks and insignia
Naval ranks and insignia
The Indian Coast Guard organization is headed by the Director General (DG ICG)
who is located at Coast Guard Headquarters (CGHQ), New Delhi. At CGHQ, he is
assisted by four Deputy Director Generals of the rank of Inspector General, and
other senior officers heading various staff divisions.
The current Director General (DG ICG) is Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal, AVSM.
[citation needed]
.
Indian Coast Guard has recently got its first three-star rank officer Additional
Director General Rajendra Singh, PTM, TM, who has the distinction of being the
first regular direct entry officer of the Indian Coast Guard to be promoted to the
rank of ADG on 11 Jan 2013.Additional Director General of Indian Coast Guard is
equivalent to Vice Admiral of Indian Navy.[13]
The ICG as of now is headed by a naval officer of the rank of Vice Admiral on
deputation to the Coast Guard as a direct entry Coast Guard Officer is yet to
reach the age/service to become equivalent to Vice Admiral as it is the youngest
of all the all Armed Forces started in the 70's. Two of the Director Generals (the
12th and 16th), DG Rameshwar Singh, PTM and DG Dr. Prabhakaran
Paleri, PTM, TM, were career Coast Guard officers, in the sense that they were
Indian Navy officers on permanent secondment to the Indian Coast Guard. [14] DG
Rameshwar Singh had spent twenty years in the Indian Navy, before he was
seconded permanently to the Indian Coast Guard. His tenure lasted for six
months, between March 2001, and September 2001. DG Dr. Prabhakaran Paleri
was commissioned in the Indian Navy in 1969, and permanently seconded to the
Coast Guard in 1981.[15] His tenure lasted for five months, from February 2006 to
August 2006.[16]
The Indian Coast Guard operates five Regions. Each Region is headed by an
Officer of the rank of Inspector General.
Coast Guard Regions
Regional HQ
Location
Regional Commander
Mumbai
Chennai
Kolkata
IG KC Pande, PTM, TM
Gandhinagar
Each of the regions is further divided into multiple districts, typically covering a
coastal state or a union territory.
Establishments[edit]
By the end of 2012, the Indian Coast Guard is on track to operate: [17]
Equipment[edit]
Surface vessels[edit]
Ships belonging to the Indian Coast Guard are prefixed ICGS, abbreviation
for Indian Coast Guard Ship.
Displace
ment
In
servi Notes
ce
Samar class
Advanced
Offshore
India
Patrol Vessel
2005 tons
Vishwast
class
Offshore
India
Patrol Vessel
1800 tons
Vikram class
Offshore
Patrol Vessel
1220 tons
2 Decommissioned
Samudra
class
Pollution
Control
Vessel(PCV)
4300 tons
[18]
Rajshree
class
Inshore
India
patrol vessel
275 tons
1 more under
construction.
3 more under
construction.
Ship Class
Type
Origin
In Service: 93 ships
India
Extra Fast
Patrol Vessel India
(XFPV)
270 tons
Inshore
Priyadarshini
Patrol
Class
Vessels
215 tons
Inshore
Tarabai Class Patrol
Vessels
India/Singap
236 tons
ore
203 tons
3 decommissioned
181 tons
7 decommissioned
Rajhans
Class
Seaward
Defence Boat
Jijabai Class
Inshore
Patrol
Vessels
India/Japan
USSR
80 tons
L&T fast
interceptor
crafts
Interceptor
Boat
India
ABG fast
interceptor
crafts
Interceptor
Boat
India/Austral
75 tons
ia
Bharati class
Fast Patrol
interceptor
India
Vessels (FPV)
boat
90 tons
5 decommissioned
34 more from
initial order. 18
follow on order.
13
65 tons
Total 15 ordered.
1 transferred to
Mauritius
AMPL Class
Interceptor
Boat
India/UK
44 tons
Swallow
Craft Class
Inshore
Patrol Craft
Mandovi
Patrol craft
Marine Class
India
10 tons
Timblo Class
Interceptor
Craft
India
7 tons
10
Bristol Class
Interceptor
Craft
5.5 tons
Vadyar Class
Interceptor
Craft
2.4 tons
Griffon/Grse
Class
Air Cushion
Vehicle
(Hovercraft)
N.A.
10
UK
5 status unknown
[19]
Samar class
Advanced
Offshore
India
Patrol Vessel
2230 tons
GSL Class
Advanced
Offshore
India
Patrol Vessel
2400 tons
Samudra
class
Pollution
Control
3300 tons
India
2 Keel laid
Vessel(PCV)
Rajshree
class
8 ordered, 7
commissioned
5 ordered, 2
commissioned
Inshore
India
patrol vessel
HSL class
Inshore
India
patrol vessel
275 tons
Air Cushion
Griffon Class Vehicle
(Hovercraft)
UK
N.A.
12 ordered, 5
commissioned
Air Cushion
Vehicle
(Hovercraft)
UK
N.A.
As per Griffon's
website, status
unknown,
L&T fast
interceptor
crafts
Interceptor
Boat
India
Cochin Fast
Patrol
Vessels
Fast Patrol
India
Vessels (FPV)
290
20
6 launched, 2
commissioned[20]
Bharati class
Fast Patrol
interceptor
India
Vessels (FPV)
boat
65 tons
14
15 ordered, 1
commissioned
Timblo class
patrol craft
15 tons
30
Patrol craft
India
Aircraft inventory[edit]
Main article: List of active Indian military aircraft
The Coast Guard operates a fleet of 38 Dornier Do 228 maritime surveillance
aircraft, 9 HAL Dhruv and 18 HAL Chetak utility helicopters.
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