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==Structure and organisation== [[File:Structure of Research and Analysis Wing RAW.gif|thumb|304x304px|Organisational structure of R&AW.]] The head of R&AW is designated [[Secretary to Government of India|Secretary]] (R) in the [[Cabinet Secretariat of India|Cabinet Secretariat]]. Most of the previous chiefs have been experts on either Pakistan or China.<ref name="A RAW hand: Rediff.com news">{{cite web |url=http://inhome.rediff.com/news/2005/feb/02spec3.htm?zcc=rl |title=A RAW hand: Rediff.com news |work=Rediff.com |access-date=28 September 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231144319/http://inhome.rediff.com/news/2005/feb/02spec3.htm?zcc=rl |archive-date=31 December 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> They also have the benefit of training in either the USA or the UK, and more recently in [[Israel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saag.org/papers11/paper1005.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013095752/http://www.saag.org/papers11/paper1005.html|url-status=dead|title=The new Indian Govt. & national security: Part V & last|archive-date=13 October 2007}}</ref> R&AW works directly under the command of the Prime Minister. Its structure and operations are classified. On a daily basis, the Secretary (R) reports to the [[National Security Adviser (India)|National Security Adviser]]. The purview of the [[Cabinet Secretary (India)|Cabinet Secretary]] over the R&AW is limited to administrative and financial matters. The Secretary (R) reports on an administrative basis to the Cabinet Secretary, who reports to the Prime Minister. Reporting to the Secretary (R) are:<ref name="Federation of American Scientists"/> * An [[Additional Secretary to Government of India|Additional Secretary]] responsible for the Office of Special Operations and intelligence collected from different countries processed by large number of [[Joint Secretary to Government of India|Joint Secretaries]], who are the functional heads of various specified desks with different regional divisions/areas/countries: Area one β Pakistan; Area two β China and Southeast Asia; Area three β the Middle East and Africa; and Area four β other countries. Two Special Joint Secretaries, reporting to the [[Additional Secretary to Government of India|Additional Secretary]], head the Electronics and Technical Department which is the nodal agency for [[Electronics and Technical Services|ETS]] and the Radio Research Center. * The Directorate General of Security has important sections β the [[Aviation Research Centre]] is headed by one Special Secretary.<ref name="6th Pay commission recommendation on Cabinet Secretariat">{{cite web | url=http://www.taxindiaonline.com/RC2/pdfdocs/6th_pay_commission/report/report7_4.pdf | title=6th Pay commission recommendation on Cabinet Secretariat | access-date=13 September 2013 | author=GoI | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418013756/http://www.taxindiaonline.com/RC2/pdfdocs/6th_pay_commission/report/report7_4.pdf | archive-date=18 April 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The internal structure of the R&AW is a matter of speculation, but brief overviews of the same are present in the public domain. Attached to the Headquarters of R&AW at [[Lodi Road]], New Delhi are different regional headquarters, which have direct links to overseas stations and are headed by a controlling officer who keeps records of different projects assigned to field officers who are posted abroad. Intelligence is usually collected from a variety of sources by field officers and deputy field officers; it is either preprocessed by a senior field officer or by a desk officer. The desk officer then passes the information to the [[Joint Secretary to Government of India|Joint Secretary]] and then on to the [[Additional Secretary to Government of India|Additional Secretary]] and from there it is disseminated to the concerned end user. R&AW intelligence officers are called "Research Officers" instead of the traditional "case officers". There is a sizeable number of female officers in R&AW even at the operational level. In recent years, R&AW has shifted its primary focus from Pakistan to China and have started operating a separate desk for this purpose.<ref name="Federation of American Scientists"/> The [[Joint Intelligence Committee (India)|Joint Intelligence Committee]] (JIC), under the [[Cabinet Secretariat of India|Cabinet Secretariat]], is responsible for coordinating and analysing intelligence activities between R&AW, the Intelligence Bureau and the [[Defence Intelligence Agency (India)|Defence Intelligence Agency]] (DIA). In practice, however, the effectiveness of the JIC has been varied.<ref>{{Cite book | last1 = Dixit | first1 = J. N. (Jyotindra Nath) | title = My South Block years: memoirs of a foreign secretary | year = 1996 | publisher = UBS Publishers' Distributors | location = New Delhi | isbn = 978-81-7476-132-3 | page = 418 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6lFuAAAAMAAJ | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160108060646/https://books.google.com/books?id=6lFuAAAAMAAJ | archive-date = 8 January 2016 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Director of R&AW is a member of the JIC Steering Committee and is authorized to brief the Prime Minister.<ref name="Federation of American Scientists"/> With the establishment of the [[National Security Council (India)|National Security Council]] in 1999, the role of the JIC has been merged with the NSC. R&AW's legal status is unusual, in that it is not an "Agency", but a "Wing" of the [[Cabinet Secretariat of India|Cabinet Secretariat]]. Hence, R&AW is not answerable to the [[Parliament of India]] on any issue, which keeps it out of reach of the [[Right to Information Act]].<ref>[http://www.helplinelaw.com/docs/main.php3?id=RTON1 Dept. Right to Information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314232914/http://www.helplinelaw.com/docs/main.php3?id=RTON1 |date=14 March 2007 }} which are excluded</ref>{{efn|However notwithstanding that they are exempt from the Right to Information Act, Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) has conveyed, in response to an RTI petition filed by Anuj Dhar, that they are not holding any information on [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] [http://www.missionnetaji.org/page/raw_rti.html RAW says no info on Netaji, but the slip shows].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.missionnetaji.org/page/raw_rti.html |title=:::MISSION NETAJI::: R&AW; says no info on Netaji, but the slip shows |access-date=14 February 2007 |archive-date=15 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315190628/http://www.missionnetaji.org/page/raw_rti.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>}} This exemption was granted through Section 24 read with Schedule II of the act.<ref name="Section 24 in The Right To Information Act, 2005">{{cite web|title=Section 24 in The Right To Information Act, 2005|url=http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1767825/|publisher=indiankanoon.org|access-date=2 July 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613065350/http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1767825/|archive-date=13 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, information regarding the allegations of corruption and human rights violations has to be disclosed.<ref name="Section 24 in The Right To Information Act, 2005"/><ref name="Reveal Case Details of Sex Abuse, Graft: CIC to RAW">{{cite news|title=Reveal Case Details of Sex Abuse, Graft: CIC to RAW |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=767441 |access-date=2 July 2012 |date=2 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502223919/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=767441 |archive-date=2 May 2013 }}</ref> ===Field formations=== R&AW has 10 field formations all over India, known as Special Bureaus. These Bureaus have an area of responsibility targeted towards the countries that share land [[Borders of India|border with India]]. They are largely located in major cities near or along the borders:<ref>[https://madc.mizoram.gov.in/uploads/attachments/856e9770c9b8e63e7bb0bcd428555d31/posts-259-mara-reih-athaipa-chata-rai-ruapa.pdf Recruitment Notice for Field Assistant (GD)], R&AW Headquarters, 13 March 2020, forwarded to District Magistrate, Saiha, Mizoram by Deputy Commissioner, Special Bureau, Aizawl on 2 July 2020, see list of recipients on page 5 of the file, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210820030427/https://madc.mizoram.gov.in/uploads/attachments/856e9770c9b8e63e7bb0bcd428555d31/posts-259-mara-reih-athaipa-chata-rai-ruapa.pdf archived copy]</ref> {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" |- ! Zone ! Headquarters ! Rank of Zonal Head ! Equivalent rank in R&AW |- |Northern Zone |Jammu |Additional Secretary |Additional Secretary |- |Eastern Zone |Kolkata |Commissioner |Joint Secretary |- |South-Western Zone |Mumbai |Commissioner |Joint Secretary |- |North-Eastern Zone |Shillong |Commissioner |Joint Secretary |- |Southern Zone |Chennai |Additional Commissioner |Director |- |Central Zone |Lucknow |Additional Commissioner |Director |- |Western Zone |Jodhpur |Deputy Commissioner |Deputy Secretary |}
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