Logos of India

ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE The Andhra Pradesh Police came into existence along with the formation the state. Some parts of the present Andhra Pradesh state was ruled by the Asaf Jah dynasty. Some area was for a long time under the Vijayanagar dynasty that was founded by Sri Krishnadevaraya. The organization of the police during this period was called the Kaveli System or the Hindoo Police. it was only in October 1953, after the birth of a separate Andhra State, that the Andhra State Police gained individual existence. The coat of arms of the Andhra Pradesh Police has a twin headed peacock with its chest inscribed with the acronym ‘AP’ in white placed in front of a red circle with white colour lettering ‘Andhra Pradesh’ in Telugu. The arms are crested with the Asoka capital, the emblem of India on a red pedastal and is surrounded futher surrounded by the green radiant. Below the red bordered circle is the lettering ‘POLICE’ in white. All these are placed within a black shield. http://a

KERALA POLICE The coat of arms of the Keral Police has a trumpeting elephant in front of a coconut tree encircled by lettering ‘Kerala Police’ in English in and two branches of laurel in chief a gold bordure. The circle is bifurcated on each side within the border with a conch shell. The arms are crested with the Asoka capital, being the emblem of India and is surrounded futher surrounded by the green radiant. Below is the motto of the police in Devanagari ‘Mrudha Bhave Drudaha Kruthye’ meaning ‘Gentle behaviour and firm deeds’ bon a blue ribbon in white. http://www.hubert-herald.nl/BhaKerala.htm https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1

TAMILNADU POLICE In 1659 Pedda Naik was engaged by the British to Guard the town of Madraspatanam with the assistance of peons. The system was the remnant of the ‘Kaval’ organization. Board of Police constituted by the then Governor Josios DuPre to deal with removal of public nuisance and maintenance of public health and order in 1770. In 1856 Police Act XII was passed by Legislative Council of the Governor General. J.C. Boudlerson became the first Commissioner of Police under the new Act. In 1906 Criminal Investigation Department was established. F. Fawcett was appointed as DIG. In 2008 Tamilnadu Police Celebrated Sesquicentennial -150 Years. In the same year the Chennai Police has been bifurcated as Chennai City Police Commissionerate and Chennai Suburban Commissionerate. The Tamilnadu Police Academy is located at Oonamancheri, Vandalur, Chennai. The Director General of Police, Tamilnadu launched the redesigned Tamilnadu Police Official Website with e-Governance facility. Currently i

LAKSHADWEEP POLICE Policing in the islands began with effect from November 22, 1958 by the establishment of the first police stations at Minicoy.  The staff posted therein consisted of a strength of one Sub-inspector, two Head-Constables and five Constables who were deputationists and ex-servicemen.  The second police station came at Androth in the same year.  Police stations in other inhabited islands were established in 1960s .  The outpost at  Bitra  under Chetlath Police Station and the aid post at Bangaram under Agatti Police Station respectively started functioning during the year 199. Criminal Penal Code - CrPC and Indian Penal Code - IPC were extended to this Union Territory from November 01, 1967.  From 1956 to November 01,1967,  the local Amins were functioning at Third  Class Magistrates and discharging Police duties in their respective islands.  Other Acts were extended subsequently. The coat of arms of the Lakshadweep Islands shows the initials of the service on a red and

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS POLICE History of Andaman and Nicobar Police dates back to rising of ‘Sebundy Corps ’ in 1858 for protection of Penal Settlements in the Andamans. It was reconstituted in 1867 with 2 Inspectors, 3 Head Constables, 12 Sergeants and 285 Constables. The system of Policing was exclusively on the pattern of Military organization, with a small strength of 75 Civil Policemen   for observance   of local   laws   and  for accompanying the prisoners to the jungle as guards against aboriginal tribes. Civil Police was separated from Military Police in the year 1924. H. G. L. Biggie was the first officer of the Indian Police to be appointed as Commandant and Superintendent of Police. The Japanese occupation of these Islands from 1942 to 1945 ruined the Police and Administrative set up in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. As a result fresh batch of officers and men known as 'deputation force’ were drawn after British re-occupation in 1945 from Special Armed Police of Uttar

PRAYAS Prayas has been developed under the guidance of   Prime Minister’s office  (PMO) with inputs from Ministries and Departments. The Platform is designed and developed by the Centre of Excellence for Data Analytics – NIC/NICSI. This is a first of its kind platform that has enabled PMO to track the progress of national level schemes/ programs launched across the country with identified outcome-oriented Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on a single platform for ease of governance. The platform facilitates schemes for aggregation, powerful visualizations and robust analytics to provide actionable insights and enable PMO to align well with key policy-makers and program executioners. This logotype in black colour is a stylized version of the acronym. https://presentations.gov.in/logos/prayas/  

SERVICE PLUS ServicePlus is a meta-data-based e-Service delivery framework which is built on Low Code–No Code (LCNC) architecture for delivering electronic-services to citizens. An application which is quick to learn and easy to use with minimal effort or very less skill set. Vision Statement of ServicePlus is “Make all Government services accessible to the common man in his locality, through common service delivery outlets, and ensure efficiency, transparency, and reliability of such services at affordable costs to realize the basic needs of the common man”. This logo comprises of a wordmark in blue and a monogram in red. ServicePlus is a meta-data-based e-Service delivery framework which is built on Low Code–No Code (LCNC) architecture for delivering electronic-services to citizens. An application which is quick to learn and easy to use with minimal effort or very less skill set. Vision Statement of ServicePlus is “Make all Government services accessible to the common man in his lo

GEPNIC Government eProcurement System of NIC (GePNIC) is an online solution to conduct all stages of a procurement process was launched in 2007. This converts tedious procurement process into an economical, transparent and more secure system. GePNIC is adopted by many Government organizations and public sector units. This bicolour wordmark logo includes the logo of NIC as this provides the backbone. https://presentations.gov.in/logos/gepnic/  

DIGITAG ARENA DigiTAG Arena (Digital Transformation of Administration and Governance) with digital learning theatre, artificial intelligence and machine learning lab was inaugurated at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA). NIC provides complete ICT support in setting up of this digital infrastructure for Digital Transformation of Administration and governance. This is a wordmark logo. https://presentations.gov.in/logos/digitag-arena/   

EOFFICE eOffice is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) under the National e-Governance Plan initiative of the Government of India, which aims to support governance by ushering in more effective and transparent inter and intra-government processes. Some of the benefits of eOffice are Enhanced transparency (files can be tracked and their status is known to all at all times), Increased accountability (the responsibility of quality and speed of decision making is easier to monitor), Assured data security and data integrity and saving of paper and time, which ultimately enhances productivity. The tagline of eOffice is ‘A DIGITAL WORKPLACE SOLUTION’. The logo of eOffice is a typeface style in which ‘O’ of eOffice contains neuron like structure, which is a depiction of connectivity through digitisation. https://presentations.gov.in/logos/e-office/  

DIRECTORATE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICES During 1983, the then Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet (SAC-C) under the overall guidance of an Expert Committee chaired by Prof. M. M. Sharma, FRS, recommended that the laboratories in Delhi, Calcutta and Hyderabad must be developed as Science and Technology institutions, functioning in an autonomous fashion. Accordingly, the Government of India declared the forensic science institutions, as Science and Technology institutions. Based on the observations of the Expert Group of the SAC-C and Bureau of Police Research and Development  - BPR&D evolved a master plan for restructuring each Central Forensic Science Laboratory - CFSL of the BPR&D into fifteen scientific divisions. In the first phase, the three Central Forensic Science Laboratories at Calcutta, Hyderabad, and Chandigarh were restructured into six scientific division viz. Biology, Ballistics, Chemistry, Explosive, Physics  and Toxicology. Similarly, the offices of the

NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU Crime records play a vital role in the scheme of police working for prevention and detection of crime. Though, police is a State subject under the Indian constitution, the Central Government through the Ministry of Home Affairs has been assisting and aiding the States in the modernization of the State police forces with the financial aid and through the constitution of study groups, committees and formation of central organizations to help States fight the menace of crime more effectively.  Some of the important constituents of National Crime Records Bureau - NCRB are Crime Records Branch, Central Finger Print Bureau, Statistical Branch, System Development Branch, State Implementation Branch, System Maintenance Branch, Training Branch and Data Centre and Technical Branch. Its emblem is crested with Ashoka lion pillar in gold supported by red colour shield with gold borderwhere the acronym ‘NCRB’ is written. The shield is  circled two golden wreaths. The wr

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY & FORENSIC SCIENCE The National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science - NICFS (formerly the ‘Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science’) came into existence on 4th January, 1972 on the recommendations of a Committee appointed by the University Grants Commission to look into the applied aspects of education, training and research in the fields of Criminology and Forensic Science to commensurate with the growing needs of the country in general and the Criminal Justice System in India in particular.  In September, 1976, the Institute was constituted as a separate department under the Ministry of Home Affairs headed by a full time Director. Over the years, the Institute has grown from strength to strength and has developed as a unique Institution, which trains, in one place, the higher level functionaries of the entire criminal justice system, i.e. the Judiciary, the Police, the Correctional Services, Directorate of Prosecution etc., not on

BUREAU OF POLICE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT The Government of India vide Resolution No.8/136/68-P.I (Pers.I) dated 28.08.1970 formally established the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), under the Ministry of Home Affairs giving a new orientation to then existing Police Research and Advisory Council in 1966 with the primary objective of modernization of police force: 1. to take direct and active interest in the issues, 2.  to promote a speedy and systematic study of the police problems and 3. to apply science and technology in the methods and techniques used by police. In addition and as a secondary, the resolution mandated an advisory role also for the Bureau. The Bureau was established with the Research, Statistics and Publication division and Development division initially with a well laid out charter of duties. It also handles Correctional Administration, National Police Missions,  Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science

DIRECTORATE OF COORDINATION POLICE WIRELESS This Department came into existence on February 19, 1946, initially as `Inspectorate of Wireless’ and was later accorded the status of Directorate of Coordination (Police Wireless), a subordinate organisation, under Ministry of Home Affairs –MHA, in 1950. It was entrusted with the responsibility of coordinating for developing and establishing the Police Telecommunication network in the country and also to advise MHA on all Police Telecommunication matters, predominant being round the clock communication between the Centre and State /Union Territory - UT capitals through a network of presently 27 Interstate Police Wireless Stations located in the State/UT capitals. Presently this Directorate has been entrusted with the responsibility of setting up of an integrated Police Wireless network in the country, known as POLNET with the aim of having direct ‘Police Station to any Police Station’ communication and as back bone for on line crime criminal

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

CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION During World War-II, the Government of India realised that vast increase in expenditure for war efforts provided opportunities to unscrupulous and anti-social persons, both officials and non-officials, for indulging in bribery and corruption at the cost of public and the Government. It was felt that Police and other Law Enforcement Agencies under the State Governments could not cope with the situation. An executive order was, therefore, passed by the Government in 1941, establishing  Special Police Establishment - SPE to investigate cases of bribery and corruption. End of 1942, the activities of the SPE were extended to include cases of corruption on Railways. In 1943, through an Ordinance, Government of India, constituted a Special Police Force for the investigation of certain offences committed in connection with the departments of the Central Government committed anywhere in British India. This ordinance was replaced by Delhi Special Police Establishm

SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE The Special Frontier Force -SFF was created on 14 November 1962, near the end of the Indo-China War. The Cabinet Secretariat had ordered the raising of an elite guerrilla force composed mainly of Tibetan refugees. It's main goal was to conduct covert operations behind Chinese lines in the event of another Indo-China war. The first Inspector General of the SFF was a retired Indian Army  Major General who was known for his unconventional thinking. Soon the SFF came to be known as 'Establishment 22' due to its first Inspector General, who used to be commander of 22 Mountain Regiment during World War II. The SFF base is at Chakrata, near Dehra Dun. It is home to the large Tibetan refugee population.  By early 1984, the SFF's elite Special Group became the primary counter-terrorist force in India. They participated in the assault on Golden Temple. The force was also used for VIP security in late 1984. Currently, one SFF battalion is stationed in the Si

SPECIAL PROTECTION GROUP The Special Protection Group was established under  Special Protection Group Act 1988 as amended in 1991, 1994, 1999 and 2003. This provided for the constitution and regulation of an armed force of the Union of India for providing proximate security to the Prime Minister of India and former Prime Ministers of India and members of their immediate families and for matters connected therewith. the Prime Minister and the members of his immediate family  The general superintendence, direction and control of the group shall vest in and be exercised by the Central Government and subject thereto and to the provisions of this  Act and the rules, the command and supervision of the Group shall vest in an officer - The Director shall, in the discharge of his duties under this Act, be assisted by such number of Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors, Joint Assistant Directors and other officers as may be appointed by the Central Government,. Its emblem depicts a golden colou

  AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive India and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements. This celebration is dedicated to the people of India who have not only been instrumental in bringing India thus far in its evolutionary journey but also hold within them the power and potential to enable Prime Minister’s vision of activating India 2.0, fuelled by the spirit of Atmanirbhar Bharat. Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav is an embodiment of all that is progressive about India’s socio-cultural, political and economic identity. The official journey of celebration commenced on March 12, 2021 which starts a 75-week countdown to the seventy fifth anniversary of India’s Independence and will end on August 15, 2023 . https://presentations.gov.in/logos/akam-har-ghar-tiranga/