Central Industrial Security Force : Recruitment Of Additional Personnel
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently approved the recruitment of 58,000 additional personnel for the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), anticipating future industrial hubs in areas now affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE).
- It is a Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) in India.
- It is directly under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and its headquarters are in New Delhi.
- Motto: “Protection and Security”
- The CISF came into existence in 1969 through the CISF Act 1968 with a sanctioned strength of only three battalions.
- The original charter of CISF was to provide integrated security cover to certain sensitive public sector undertakings.
- The Act was amended in 1983 declaring the CISF as an Armed Force of the Union.
- The force has since grown into a premier multi-skilled organization with a present strength of more than 188,000 personnel.
- The CISF at present provides security cover to 359 establishments across the country.
- CISF is headed by an Indian Police Service officer with the rank of Director-General, assisted by an IPS officer in the rank of Addl. Director-General.
- The force is divided into seven sectors (Airport, North, North-East, East, West, South, and Training), and also has a Fire Service Wing.
- The CISF security umbrella includes India’s most critical infrastructure facilities, like nuclear installations, space establishments, airports, seaports, power plants, etc.
- The specialized task of airport security was assigned to CISF in the year 2000 in the wake of the hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC-814 to Kandahar.
