Logos of India

ODISHA POLICE The state of Orissa  and the Orissa Police were born April 1st, 1936. The new state was formed by taking portions of Madras presidency and Central province. The new province constituted of six districts. In the ancient state of Kalinga ‘Atabika’ police were employed to control civic unrest. During those days the police officials were known as ‘Rakshimaa’. During the medieval period rulers like Ananga Bhim Dev, Pratap Rudra Dev, Mukunda Dev etc., used ‘Danda Paikas’ for policing and during the Moghul period the police administration was under the charge of ‘Kotwal’. When the Orissa Police was formed it comprised of 4000 policemen approximately of all ranks taken together. E. A. O. Perkin was the first Inspector General of Orissa Police and I. C. Mcnally was the first Assistant Inspector General. of Police who was also in-charge of the Criminal Investigation Department. The emblem of the Orissa Police has its acronym ‘OP’ inscribed within laurels and Ashoka Lion Pillar as c

NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988 identifies 23 precursors as the chemicals which need to be controlled. In India, precursors are controlled under three different Acts and by three different agencies namely Controls under the Regulation of Controlled Substances - NDPS Order, 1993 by Narcotics Control Bureau; Controls imposed under the EXIM policy: under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 by the Narcotics Commissioner and Controls under Section 11 of the Customs Act 1962 by the Customs officers. India is a signatory to the single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol.. Its emblem depicts the coveted Ashoka lion pillar in gold encircled by a golden wreath. The words ‘Narcotics Control Bureau’ in gold is encrypted in blue banner with gold border. Beneath, in a golden bordered red banner, is emblazoned the word ‘INDIA’. All these have been aest

HOME GUARDS Home Guards is a voluntary force, first raised in India in December, 1946, to assist the police in controlling civil disturbance and communal riots. Subsequently, the concept of the voluntary citizens’ force was adopted by several States. In the wake of Chinese aggression in 1962, the Centre advised the State and Union Territories to merge their exiting voluntary organisation into one uniform voluntary force known as Home Guards. The role of Home Guards is to serve as an auxiliary to the police in maintenance of internal security, help the community in any kind of emergency such as an air-raid, fire, cyclone, earthquake, epidemic etc., help in maintenance of essential services, promote communal harmony and assist the administration in protecting weaker sections, participate in socio-economic and welfare activities and perform civil defence duties. Home Guards are of two types - rural and urban. In border States, Border Wing Home Guards battalions. have also been raised, whi