"The Rashtriya Rifles or RR (Hindi: \u0930\u093E\u0937\u094D\u091F\u094D\u0930\u0940\u092F \u0930\u093E\u0907\u092B\u0932\u094D\u0938; rarely National Rifles if translated verbatim to English) is a branch of the Indian Army under the authority of the Ministry of Defence.They are a counter-insurgency/anti-terrorist force made up of soldiers deputed from other parts of the Indian Army, who receive special incentives while serving in the Rashtriya Rifles. One half of the RR come from the Indian Army's infantry, and one half from the rest of the Indian Army."@en .