The Directorate of Military Intelligence (MI) is the intelligence arm of the Indian armed forces. The agency was set up in 1941 (then as part of the British Indian Army) to generate field intelligence for the army. The agency is based at Sena Bhavan in Delhi. MI was initially tasked with generating only tactical or field intelligence in all countries bordering India. Its geographical mandate was set to 50 km from the border. These limits were quickly crossed in the mid-1990s when the organisation began playing an increasing role in countries within the subcontinent and its outer periphery. MI's mandate also includes counter-terrorism in the north and North-east and generating pinpoint intelligence for small team operations. It is also tasked with counterintelligence in the army, which enta