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| TYPE | Infrastructure |
| COUNTRY | Republic of India |
| PROJECT | Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) |
| PROJECT COST | 100,000,000.00 |
| COMPLETION DATE | 24/01/2021 |
| PROJECT INFORMATION | The Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) (ISO: Anusandhān aur Viślēṣaṇ Viṅg) is the foreign intelligence agency of India. The agency's primary function is gathering foreign intelligence, counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation, advising Indian policymakers, and advancing India's foreign strategic interests. It is also involved in the security of India's nuclear programme. Many foreign analysts consider the RAW to be an effective organisation and identify it as one of the primary instruments of India's national power. During the nine-year tenure of its first Director, Rameshwar Nath Kao, RAW quickly came to prominence in the global intelligence community, playing a role in major events such as the Creation of Bangladesh and accession of the state of Sikkim to India. Headquartered in New Delhi. The head of RAW is designated Secretary (R) in the Cabinet Secretariat, and is under the direct command of the Prime Minister, and reports on an administrative basis to the National Security Advisor of India, who reports to the Prime Minister. As with most other prominent intelligence agencies, details of its operations and organization are highly classified, and are therefore are not made public. R&AW like the intelligence services of other countries has a record of both accomplishments and failures. The present R&AW objectives include: 1) Monitoring the political, military, economic and scientific developments in countries which have a direct bearing on India's national security and the formulation of its foreign policy. 2) Moulding international public opinion and influence foreign governments. 3) Covert Operations to safe guard India's National interests. 4) Anti – Terror Operations and neutralising terror elements posing a threat to India. In the past, following the Sino-Indian war of 1962 and due to India's volatile relations with Pakistan, R&AW's objectives had also consisted the following: 1) To watch the development of international communism and the schism between the two big communist nations, the Soviet Union and China. As with other countries, both these powers had direct access to the communist parties in India. 2) To control and limit the supply of military hardware to Pakistan, from mostly European countries, America and more importantly from China |
| PRIVATE / ENCRYPTED | Yes |
