Editing Research and Analysis Wing (section)

{{Short description|Indian external intelligence agency}}
{{Redirect|R&AW|other use|RAW (disambiguation)}}
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| motto           = {{transliteration|sa|ISO|[[Dharma|Dharmō]] [[Raksha (Vedic)|Rakṣati Rakṣitaḥ]]}} <small>([[ISO 15919|ISO]])</small><br>{{translation|"[[Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah|Dharma protects, When it is protected"]]}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Madhusudan |first=Harsh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-iTREAAAQBAJ&dq=Research+Analysis+Wing+Dharmo&pg=PT279 |title=A New Idea of India: The Civilizational Republic |date=2023-05-29 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5708-084-2 |language=en}}</ref>
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| seal_caption    = [[Insignia]] of the Research and Analysis Wing
| formed          = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1968|9|21}}
| headquarters    = CGO Complex, [[Lodi Road]], [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi]], India<ref>{{cite web |title=Again RAW officer under cloud, IB searches his office, seals computer |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/again-raw-officer-under-cloud-ib-searches-his-office-seals-computer/6659/ |website=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=23 July 2018 |language=en-gb |date=June 17, 2006 |archive-date=10 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110201959/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/again-raw-officer-under-cloud-ib-searches-his-office-seals-computer/6659/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| employees       = Classified<ref name="lownumber">{{cite news |title=Five years after 26/11, Intelligence services still crippled by staff shortage |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/five-years-after-2611-intelligence-services-still-crippled-by-staff-shortage/article5391698.ece |work=The Hindu |date=November 26, 2013 |access-date=10 October 2023 |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004171707/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/five-years-after-2611-intelligence-services-still-crippled-by-staff-shortage/article5391698.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
| chief1_name     = [[Ravi Sinha]]
| chief1_position = [[Secretary to Government of India|Secretary]] (R)
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| child1_agency   = [[Electronics and Technical Services|Electronics and Technical Services (ETS)]]
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| minister1_name  = [[Narendra Modi]]
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{{Politics of India}}
The '''Research and Analysis Wing''' ('''R&AW''') is the [[intelligence agency|foreign intelligence agency]] of India. The agency's primary function is gathering foreign [[intelligence (information gathering)|intelligence]], [[counter-terrorism]], [[counter-proliferation]], advising Indian policymakers, and advancing India's foreign strategic interests.<ref name="FAsummary">{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5211/is_2004/ai_n19126352/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306003114/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5211/is_2004/ai_n19126352/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 March 2010 |title=B-Net:Reference Publications:India, Intelligence and Security:Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security (2004)|publisher=Findarticles.com |date=2 June 2009 |access-date=11 October 2009}}</ref><ref name="Federation of American Scientists">{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/irp/world/india/raw/index.html |title=Federation of American Scientists |publisher=Fas.org |access-date=11 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203070530/http://fas.org/irp/world/india/raw/index.html |archive-date= 3 December 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> It is also involved in the security of [[India and weapons of mass destruction|India's nuclear programme]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/india/raw-indias-external-intelligence-agency/p17707 |title=RAW: India's External Intelligence Agency |publisher=Council on Foreign Relations |access-date=2 July 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707032714/http://www.cfr.org/india/raw-indias-external-intelligence-agency/p17707 |archive-date=7 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Federation of American Scientists"/>

During the nine-year tenure of its first Secretary, [[Rameshwar Nath Kao]], R&AW quickly came to prominence in the global intelligence community, playing a role in major events such as [[Sikkim|accession of the state of Sikkim]] to India in 1975.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070815/asp/opinion/story_8195501.asp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | first=Jyoti | last=Malhotra | title=What's the score on India's covert operations | date=15 August 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410230845/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070815/asp/opinion/story_8195501.asp | archive-date=10 April 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Headquartered in [[New Delhi]], R&AW's current chief is [[Ravi Sinha]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-19 |title=IPS officer Ravi Sinha appointed new RAW chief, to succeed Samant Goel |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ips-officer-ravi-sinha-appointed-new-research-and-analysis-wing-chief-r-aw-raw-101687161691177.html |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=28 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628135105/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ips-officer-ravi-sinha-appointed-new-research-and-analysis-wing-chief-r-aw-raw-101687161691177.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/balakot-strategist-samant-goel-is-new-raw-chief-kashmir-expert-arvind-kumar-ib-director-1556415-2019-06-26|title=Balakot strategist Samant Goel is new RAW chief, Kashmir expert Arvind Kumar IB director|date=2019-06-26|newspaper=India Today|access-date=2019-06-26|archive-date=26 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626082325/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/balakot-strategist-samant-goel-is-new-raw-chief-kashmir-expert-arvind-kumar-ib-director-1556415-2019-06-26|url-status=live}}</ref> The head of R&AW is designated as the [[Secretary to Government of India|Secretary]] (Research) in the [[Cabinet Secretariat of India|Cabinet Secretariat]], and is under the authority of the [[Prime Minister of India]] without parliamentary oversight. Secretary reports to the [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]] on a daily basis.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranjan |first=Amitav |date=2015-11-26 |title=On govt table: 5-yr term for RAW chief |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/on-govt-table-5-yr-term-for-raw-chief/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> In 1968, upon its formation, the [[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|union government]] led by the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) adopted the motto [[Dharma|Dharmō]] [[Raksha (Vedic)|Rakṣati Rakṣitaḥ]].
.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Madhusudan |first=Harsh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-iTREAAAQBAJ&dq=Research+Analysis+Wing+Dharmo&pg=PT279 |title=A New Idea of India: The Civilizational Republic |date=2023-05-29 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5708-084-2 |language=en}}</ref>