The Central Industrial Security Force (established in its present form: June 15, 1983) is a security force in India. June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
It was set up under an act of Parliament on March 10, 1969 with a strength of 2,800. CISF was subsequently made an armed force of the Union of India by another act of Parliament passed on June 15, 1983. Its current strength is 95,485. [1] Parliament House, New Delhi The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...
It is directly under the Home Ministry of India and its headquarters are at New Delhi. New Delhi ( नई दिल्ली ) is the capital of India, and is part of the National capital territory of Delhi. ...
New Delhi, June 4 The Centre is considering a proposal for raising an exclusive force for providing security to VIPs and for charging those protected except the ones assessed as targets of terrorists or organised mafia.
Instead, the proposal aims at having a single specialised force possibly under the CentralIndustrialSecurityForce, which is presently responsible for the security of important people.
Considering the number of central and state leaders who are being provided with VIP security, the official said that having a single force dedicated to VIP security would reduce the burden on paramilitary and police forces.
The Central Bureau of Investigation is the prime investigating agency of India.
The CISF are used to guard industrial installations around the country owned by the Central government.
Like most military and elite security units in India, it is rather media-shy and the general Indian public is largely unaware of its capabilities and operational details.
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