India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

Main Articles : List of Police Ranks in India and Indian Police Service (I.P.S.)

Gazetted officers include all the Indian Police Service

Indian Police Service

The Indian Police Service , simply known as Indian Police or IPS, is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India...

officers and all State Police Services

State Police Services (India)

The State Police Services , simply known as State Police or SPS are police services under the control of respective state governments of the States and territories of India....

officers of and above the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) or Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Metropolitan Police

Metropolitan police

Metropolitan Police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force...

 and State Police forces respectively.
Ranks of Gazetted Officers

• Director Intelligence Bureau
  Director of Intelligence Bureau (India)
  The director of Intelligence Bureau simply known as DIB is the senior most post in Intelligence Bureau and the only four-star Indian Police Service rank in the country. The current director of Intelligence Bureau is Mr...
  
   (post held by senior most Indian Police Service officer; not a rank)
• Commissioner of Police (State
  States and territories of India
  India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
  
  ) or Director General of Police
  Director General of Police
  In India the director general of police or inspector general of police is a three-star rank and the highest ranking police officer in Indian States & Union Territories. All DGPs/IGPs are Indian Police Service officers. The DGP/IGP is usually the head of the state police force in every Indian state...
  
  
• Special Commissioner of Police or Additional Director General of Police
• Joint Commissioner of Police  or Deputy Inspector General of Police
  Deputy Inspector General of Police
  A deputy inspector general of police is a high ranking senior police officer in several countries.- India :Deputy inspector general of police or additional commissioner of police is a one-star rank in the Indian Police Service...
  
  
• Additional Commissioner of Police  or Inspector General of Police
• Commissioner of Police  or Senior Superintendent of Police
• Deputy Commissioner of Police or Superintendent of Police
• Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police or Additional Superintendent of Police
• Assistant Commissioner of Police  or Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Assistant Superintendent of Police (IPS Probationary Rank: 2 years of service)
• Assistant Superintendent of Police (IPS Probationary Rank: 1 year of service)

Ranks of Non-Gazetted Officers

• Inspector of Police
• Sub-Inspector of Police
• Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police
  Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police
  - India :In the police forces of India, an assistant sub-inspector is a non-gazetted police officer ranking above a police head constable and below a sub-inspector. The rank insignia for an ASI is one star, and a red and blue striped ribbon at the outer edge of the shoulder straps....
  
  
• Police Head Constable
• Senior Police Constable
• Police Constable

Insignia of Gazetted & Non-Gazetted Officers

The Indian Police Service (IPS) uses military insignia on its shoulder flashes, similar to United Kingdom police forces.