What is the full form of IB?

The full form of IB is Intelligence Bureau. It is an Indian internal intelligence service primarily responsible for internal activities and intelligence. It monitors the threat of terrorism within the country. It provides crucial information about suspicious behaviour to other intelligence and police agencies, allowing these organisations and police to take the necessary actions to address terrorisation threats against the country and its residents, whether locally or outside.

A Brief History of IB

• The IB was founded in 1887 to keep track of Russian troops stationed in Afghanistan. It is India’s oldest intelligence service.
• It was reorganised as the Central Intelligence Bureau under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, in 1947, when India gained independence from British domination.
• The IB was outfitted by the Soviet KGB until the Soviet Union fell in the 1950s.
• Because of the intelligence agency’s brief failure to anticipate the 1962 Sino-Indian War and later failure of intelligence in the 1965 India-Pakistan War, it was divided into two divisions in 1968 and primarily turned over to internal intelligence.

Main roles of IB

• The IB has always been directed by an Indian Police Service agent.
• The way an IB officer conducts his life is not easy or clear. It is loaded with danger and requires numerous concessions.
• IB’s notable responsibility is to withdraw amateur radio hobbyists’ licences, and it has the ability to tap a phone service.
• It also includes an email spy method for searching the addresses of terrorist organisations and other malicious entities.
• The IB also includes a subsidiary arm known as the Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau. This section operates and is led at the state level by an officer with the rank of Joint Director or higher.