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Indian Coast Guard
Indian Coast Guard crest
Indian Coast Guard crest
Racing stripe
Racing stripe
Ensign
Ensign
AbbreviationICG
Mottoवयम् रक्षामः (Sanskrit)
Vayam Rakṣāmaḥ (ISO)[1]
We protect
Agency overview
Formed18 August 1978 (1978-08-18)
Employees13,842 sanctioned strength (2018–19)[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionIndia
Constituting instrument
  • The Coast Guard Act, 1978
Specialist jurisdiction
  • Coastal patrol, marine border protection, marine search and rescue.
Operational structure
HeadquartersIndian Coast Guard Headquarters, New Delhi
Agency executives
  • Rakesh Pal, AVSM, PTM, TM[3], Director General
  • S Paramesh, PTM, TM, Additional Director General, Indian Coast Guard
  • KR Suresh, PTM, TM[4], Coast Guard Commander (Western Seaboard)
Parent agencyMinistry of Defence
Facilities
Boats
  • 3 pollution control vessels
  • 27 offshore patrol vessels
  • 45 fast patrol vessels
  • 82 patrol boats
  • 14 patrol craft
  • 18 hovercraft
Planes77 aircraft[5]
Notables
Anniversary
  • Coast Guard Day: 1 February
Website
indiancoastguard.gov.in Edit this at Wikidata

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is a maritime law enforcement and search and rescue agency of India with jurisdiction over its territorial waters including its contiguous zone and exclusive economic zone. It was started on 1 February 1977 and formally established on 18 August 1978 by the Coast Guard Act, 1978 of the Parliament of India.[6] It operates under the Ministry of Defence.[7]

The Coast Guard works in close cooperation with the Indian Navy, the Department of Fisheries, the Department of Revenue (Customs), and the Central Armed Police Forces, and the State Police Services.

  1. ^ "Grammar Tutorial ::: Reference – Verb Forms / धारुरूप / dhaaturuupa". Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ^ Behera, Laxman Kumar; Kaushal, Vinay (4 August 2020). "Estimating India's Defence Manpower". Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. ^ "DG Rakesh Pal appointed as 25th Director General of Indian Coast Guard". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Additional Director General Rakesh Pal, PTM, TM Additional Director General Indian Coast Guard". 23 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Indian Coast Guard looks for new helicopters, rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicles". The Hindu. 26 November 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  6. ^ The Coast Guard Act. Parliament of India. 1978.
  7. ^ "About the Ministry". Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

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