ribune News Service
New Delhi, March 20
The government has sanctioned creation of 1,000 additional posts in the CISF to help the force better deploy its personnel in guarding vital installations in the country, including airports.
Guards vital areas
- Officials in MHA say it has approved creation of more than 1,000 posts in the CISF to augment its strength to effectively guard vital installations
- The CISF guards about 60 civil airports in the country and has an elite VVIP security wing under its command called the Special Security Group
Officials in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said, it has been approved creation of more than 1,000 posts in the CISF to augment its strength to effectively guard vital installations, including airports, atomic installations and Metro networks.
The CISF guards about 60 civil airports in the country and has an elite VVIP security wing under its command called the Special Security Group (SSG).
The MHA has given sanction for the creation of 899 posts in the paramilitary force and subsequently another 119 posts, a senior official said.
“With the sanctioned posts, from the constable to the inspector level, the CISF can raise one more battalion (1,000 personnel) within the next two years,” the official said, adding the current strength of the CISF is about 1.8 lakh personnel.
The government has recently handed over security-related duties of the Srinagar and Jammu airports to the CISF. It replaced the Jammu and Kashmir Police in these two airports.
The government has already made clear its intention of entrusting more and more civil airports to the CISF and increasing its task in the domain of the VVIP security.