Interesting Working Nature of RAW

RAW Organization has the responsibility to conduct numerous security missions, that includes Intelligence Gathering, Counterintelligence, and Covert Operations.

1. Intelligence Gathering: Intelligence Gathering is all about the process of collecting information or insights from sources that are outside of Indian boundaries. The data that can be gathered in this operation can be the military powers of opponent countries, geopolitical developments, and some other factors that can severely affect the integrity and security of India. This operation is carried out by various department employees like RAW Agents, Informants, and sources that are located in other countries.
2. Counterintelligence: With RAW, many other countries have their Intelligence Organization that keeps an eye on the activities of the Indian Government. So in the Counterintelligence operation, RAW keeps a regular eye on foreign entities and performs all the essential tasks to stop these entities from performing any harm to Indian law and order.
3. Covert Operations: RAW Organization has activities for conducting Covert Operations that are highly secretive and only the specialized team is assigned to perform these operations. This operation includes gathering information about International Territories, Keeping an eye on Terrorist Activities, performing counter-espionage operations, and also supporting the friendly intelligence organizations of other countries.

RAW’s operations are generally made to safeguard India’s interests in national security and give the government strategic intelligence. Along with this, RAW also collaborates with other Indian Intelligence Organizations like Intelligence Bureau and Military Intelligence Directorate to keep India safe from all perspectives.

The full form of RAW is Research and Analysis Wing. Raw is tasked with gathering external intelligence, carrying out covert operations, and advising the government on foreign policy issues pertaining to national security. In 1962, India went through a war defect in Sino-Indian War, after this defect, the emergence of RAW came into existence. The RAW organization was founded in the year of 1968.

RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) is tasked with gathering and analyzing intelligence from outside of India’s boundaries in order to safeguard the nation’s national security interests. RAW directly operates under the hand of the Prime Minister’s Office. In order to gather information on a variety of topics, including terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and geopolitical developments, it maintains a global network of agents, informants, and sources.