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[[File:AddlSP.svg|thumb|254x254px|Rank insignia of Deputy Commandant In India]]
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'''Deputy Commandant''' is a Group A
Gazetted Officer rank in the [[Central Armed Police Forces]] (CAPF),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maoists-gun-down-CRPF-deputy-commandant-in-Bihar/articleshow/37761453.cms |title=
Maoists in Bihar |website=www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com |language=en |date=4 July 2014}}</ref> [[State Armed Police Forces]] and [[Indian Coast Guard]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/officer-ranks-in-indian-army-air-force-and-navy-1464351-2019-02-25 |title=Officer ranks in Indian Army, Air Force and Navy |website=www.indiatoday.in |language=en |date=25 February 2019 }}</ref> This rank is equivalent to the rank of [[Additional Superintendent of Police]] and in the [[Indian Armed Forces]] it is a title given to the officer in charge or chief instructor of a military (or other uniformed service) training establishment or academy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/deputy-commandant-chief-instructors-parade-held-in-dehradun20200609174716/ |title=Deputy Commandant, Chief Instructor's parade held in Dehradun |website=www.aninews.in | language=en |date=9 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/infantry-school-deputy-commandant-rana-retires/story-MTouvU5r4lmP5yfqhQTzqL.html |title=Infantry School Deputy Commandant Rana retires |website=www.hindustantimes.com |language=en |date=2 November 2006}}</ref> This usage is common in English-speaking nations.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025|reason=Usage varies between being a rank and a job or position description. See Talk page for discussion.}} This rank is also in use in [[State Armed Police Forces|state armed police forces of India]].

==Deputy Commandant (DC) in CAPF==

Deputy Commandant in CAPF has varied job profile. They are either posted as Adjutant of the battalion or command service companies. Deputy Commandants who have completed their staff courses are also posted as "staff officer" to senior officers at sector and frontier HQs. If a Deputy Commandant is posted as a head of a unit, then he/she will discharge all the duties of a Commandant and will exercise only those financial powers that are delegated to him under the relevant rules.

===Comparative Ranks To Deputy Commandant (DC) In CAPF===

{| class="wikitable"
! CAPFs ranks
! Police ranks
! Army ranks
! Navy ranks
! Air Force ranks
! Coast Guard ranks
|-
| [[Director general]] (Apex Scale)
| [[Director general]] of State Police Force
| [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant general]] (Commander's Scale)
| [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice admiral]] (Commander's Scale)
| [[Air marshal (India)|Air marshal]] (Commander's Scale)
| [[Director general]]
|-
| [[Additional director general]] (ADG)
| [[Additional director general]] (ADG)
| [[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant general]] (HAG)
| [[Vice admiral (India)|Vice admiral]] (HAG)
| [[Air marshal (India)|Air marshal]] (HAG)
| [[Additional director general]]
|-
| [[Inspector general]] (IG)
| [[Inspector general]] (IG)
| [[Major general (India)|Major general]]
| [[Rear admiral (India)|Rear admiral]]
| [[Air vice marshal (India)|Air vice marshal]]
| [[Inspector general]]
|-
| [[Deputy inspector general]] (DIG)
| [[Deputy inspector general]] (DIG)
| [[Brigadier (India)|Brigadier]]
| [[Commodore (India)|Commodore]]
| [[Air commodore (India)|Air commodore]]
| [[Deputy inspector general]] {{small|(3-year seniority)}}
|-
| [[Commandant]]
| [[Senior Superintendent of Police]] (SSP)
| [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]]
| [[Captain (Indian Navy)|Captain]]
| [[Group captain (India)|Group captain]]
| [[Deputy inspector general]]
|-
| [[Second-in-Command]]
| [[Superintendent of Police]] (SP)
| [[Lieutenant colonel]]
| [[Commander]]
| [[Wing commander (rank)|Wing commander]]
| [[Commandant]]
|-
| Deputy commandant
| [[Deputy commissioner of police (India)|Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police]]/[[Additional Superintendent of Police]]
| [[Major (rank)|Major]]
| [[Lieutenant commander]]
| [[Squadron leader]]
| Deputy commandant
|-
| [[Assistant commandant]]
| [[Deputy superintendent of police|Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)]]
| [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]]
| [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]]
| [[Flight lieutenant]]
| [[Assistant commandant]]
|-
| [[Assistant commandant]] ([[Trainee|Officer Trainee]])
|
| [[Lieutenant]]
| [[Sub-lieutenant]]
| [[Flying officer]]
| [[Assistant commandant]] {{small|(under probation)}}
|}

=== Promotional Avenues for Gazetted Officers in CAPF ===
After joining the service as [[Assistant commandant]] and completing 5 years of service successfully the next promotion is to the rank of Deputy commandant.
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Qualifying service for Promotion.
|-
|Dy. Commandant.
|5 years as Asstt. Commandnat.
|-
|Second-In-Command
|5 years as Dy.Commandant (with total 10 years Group ‘A’ service).
|-
|Commandant
|5 years as Second-In-Command (with 15 years Group ‘A’ service)
|-
|DIGP
|3 years as Commandant (with 20 years Group ‘A’ service)
|-
|IGP
|3 years as DIG (24 years Group ‘A’ service)
|}

===Pay Scale of Deputy commandant CAPF===
The basic pay of deputy commandant is INR 67,700 falls under Pay Band 3.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bsf.gov.in/Payscale?LangId=dHJ1ZQ== |title=BSF payscale |website=www.bsf.gov.in |language=en }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Pay Scale
!Pay Band
|-
|Director-General
|INR 2,25,000
|Apex Fixed
|-
|Additional Director General
|INR 1,82,200 to INR 2,24,100
|HAG
|-
|Inspector General
|INR 1,44,000 to INR 2,18,000
|Pay Band 4
|-
|Deputy Inspector General
|INR 1,31,000 - INR 2,15,900
|Pay Band 4
|-
|Sr. Commandant
|INR 1,31,000 - INR 2,15, 900.
|Pay Band 4
|-
|Commandant
|INR 78,800 - INR 2,09,200
|Pay Band 3
|-
|Deputy Commandant
|INR 67,700 - INR 2,08,700
|Pay Band 3
|-
|Assistant Commandant
|INR 56,100 - 1,77,500
|Pay Band 3
|}

==See also==
* [[Border Security Force]]
* [[Central Industrial Security Force]]
* [[Central Reserve Police Force]]
* [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]]
* [[Sashastra Seema Bal]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Central Armed Police Forces of India]]

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PriscillaNair10 at 05:51, 22 January 2025