Central Industrial Security Force

Central Industrial Security Force

Abbreviation CISF

Motto Protection and Security

Agency overview

Formed 10 March, 1969

Employees 144,418 Active Personnel[1]

Annual budget ₹8,217.92 crore(US$1.1 billion) (2018-19 est.)

[2]

Jurisdictional structure

Operations India

jurisdiction

Governing body Ministry of Home Affairs (India)

 Central Industrial Security Force Act,

Constituting
 1968
instrument

Headquarters New Delhi, India

Minister responsible  Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister

Agency executive  Rajesh Ranjan, IPS, Director General of

CISF

Parent agency Central Armed Police Forces

Notables

Person  O.P. Singh, for former Director

General[3]

Website

cisf.gov.in

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) (established in its present form: 15 June 1983) is
a Central Armed Police Force in India.
It was set up under an Act of the Parliament of India on 10 March 1969 with a strength of 2,800.
CISF was subsequently made an armed force of the Republic of India by another Act of
Parliament passed on 15 June 1983. Its current active strength is 144,418 personnel [4]. In April
2017, the government raised the sanctioned strength from 145,000 to 180,000 personnel.
[5]
Among its duties are guarding sensitive governmental buildings, the Delhi Metro, and providing
airport security.[6]
It is directly under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and its headquarters are at New Delhi.
The CISF provides security cover to 300 industrial units, government infrastructure projects and
facilities and establishments located all over India. Industrial sectors like atomic power plants,
space installations, mints, oil fields and refineries, major ports, heavy engineering, steel plants,
barrages, fertilliser units, airports and hydroelectric/thermal power plants owned and controlled
by Central Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), and currency note presses producing Indian
currency are protected by CISF. It thereby covers installations all over India straddling a variety
of terrain and climatic conditions. CISF also provides consultancy services to private industries
as well as other organisations within the Indian government. The consulting wing has amongst its
clients some of the renowned business houses and organisations of India including TISCO,
Jamshedpur; SEBI Hqrs. Mumbai; Vidhana Sabha, Bangalore; Orissa Mining Co., Bhubaneswar;
Telangana Assembly, Hyderabad; Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corp.; HIL Kerala;IB
Thermal plant, Odisa; IARI, Delhi; NBRI, Lucknow and Electronics City, Bangalore. The scope of
CISF's consulting practice includes security consulting and fire protection consulting.
CISF is just a unique organisation in paramilitary forces for India, which works for seaways,
airways and some of the major installations in India. In CISF there are some reserved battalions
which works with the state police to protect law and orders. CISF plays a major role in Disaster
Management, for Disaster Management course the personnel are trained from NISA, Hyderabad.
Another unique thing which the CISF has is a Fire Wing which helps during fire accidents in
Industries where CISF is on guard.

Structure and organisation[edit]

The 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 Airport Sector is commanded by an IPS officer in the rank of Addl. Director-General,
assisted by an Inspector-General. The Airport Sector is divided into a number of Field Formation
Units, one for each airport. Units at major international airports are commanded by a Deputy
Inspector-General or Commandant; units at smaller airports by a Deputy or Assistant
Commandant. The other six Sectors are each commanded by an Inspector-General, who is
assisted by a Deputy Inspector-General.
The five regional Sectors are divided into Zones, each commanded by a Deputy Inspector-
General. Within each Zone are a number of Units, each under the command of a Commandant,
or a DIG for certain major Units. A Deputy Commandant serves as the second-in-command of
most units, or as the head of a smaller unit. Within the Training Sector, the National Industrial
Security Academy (NISA) is headed by an Inspector-General; the Fire Service Training Institute
(FSTI) and six other recruit training centres are headed by Deputy Inspector-Generals.
The Financial Adviser of the CISF has been an Indian Revenue Service officer of the rank of
Director and also has Dy Advisers from the Indian Audit and Accounts Service and Indian Civil
Account Service.

Rank structure (gazetted officers)[edit]

CISFs RANKS POLICE RANKS

Director General of a State

Director General (Apex Scale of the Indian Police Service)
Police Force

Additional Director General (Higher Administrative Grade of the

C.P, ADG
IPS cadre, also available to BSF cadre)

Inspector General (IG) IG, Joint C.P

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Additional C.P, DIG

Commandant (Comdt) SSP/DCP

Deputy Commandant (Dy Comdt) Addl SP, Addl.DCP

Assistant Commandant (Asst Comdt) Dy.SP, ACP

CISF to protect Non Nationalised industry/Corporate
sector[edit]
The Indian Parliament on 25 February 2009 authorised the provision of Central Industrial
Security Force security to private and cooperative establishments across the country for a fee
with the passage of the CISF (Amendment) Bill, 2008.
The Bill, which was passed by Rajya Sabha on 19 February and Lok Sabha on 25 February
2009, also provides for deployment of CISF to protect Indian missions abroad and its
participation in the UN peacekeeping operations.
CISF started providing security to the Infosys Bangalore and Pune campus on 31 July 2009.
[7]
The Infosys Mysore, the Reliance Refinery, Jamnagar and the Delhi Metro Airport Express Line
are the latest additions to the list of private sector establishments to be placed under CISF cover.
Mr. Manish Kumar Rai, Assistant Commandant, led the first contingent of CISF deployed at
Infosys Bangalore
CISF has also started providing security to the Infosys Pune campus from 21 April 2011.

Airport security[edit]
The CISF is in charge of airport security at all commercial airports in India. Airport security, in the
past, was under the control of airport police (under the relevant state government). However,
following the hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814 in 1999, the topic of handing over security of
the airports to the CISF was first proposed. While this proposal lay low for the next two years, the
central government decided to respond to the security threat faced by all major nations of the
world after the 2001 terrorist attackshappened in the United States ( September 11, 2001 ) and
decided to adopt the suggestion. The Jaipur Airport was the first airport that came under the
CISF's control on 3 February 2000. Following this, the majority of the commercial airports in India
were brought under its purview.[9] As of now CISF is protecting a total of 59 international and
domestic airports in the country.

Security for Delhi Metro[edit]

Security on the Delhi Metro is handled by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), who have
been guarding the system ever since they took over from the Delhi Police in 2007.[10] Closed-
circuit cameras are used to monitor trains and stations, and feed from these is monitored by both
the CISF and Delhi Metro authorities at their respective control rooms. [11] Over 3500 CISF
personnel have been deployed to deal with law and order issues in the system, in addition
to metal detectors, x-ray baggage inspection systems and dog squads which are used to secure
the system.[12] Intercoms are provided in each train car for emergency communication between
the passengers and the driver.[13] Periodic security drills are carried out at stations and on trains to
ensure preparedness of security agencies in emergency situations.
Fire Wing[edit]
Besides providing protection, safety, and security to Industrial undertaking/installations, CISF
also offers protection against Fire hazards. CISF has a highly specialised, trained and fully
equipped fire wing. The first fire wing unit with a strength of 53 personnel was Inducted in FACT
Cochin. As on date, the fire wing has been inducted in 91 units. The present strength of the Fire
Wing is 6769 personnel.
The Fire wing which is an integral part of Central Industrial Security Force is the largest, well
trained and equipped, fire fighting force in the Government Sector. It is known as an outstanding
fire fighting force having an enviable record. It is providing fire coverage to Establishments
varying from power plants, Refineries, Petro-Chemicals, fertilizers, Steel Plants Surface
Transport, Heavy Industries, Space Application Center etc. Fire wing Induction in the
Undertaking is not limited to providing manpower to fight fire alone. It also ensures availability of
proper and adequate devices for fire prevention and fire fighting along with the fire fighting staff.

Special Security Group[edit]

In 2006, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), on the basis of recommendations of
the Intelligence Bureau, raised a special unit called Special Security Group (SSG) to provide
security cover to persons nominated by the Home Ministry. It came into existence on November
17, 2006. This unit is responsible for providing physical protection, evacuation, mobile and static
security cover to persons who have been nominated by the Home Ministry.[15] :para 2.129 For a person
to be eligible for security cover by CISF special unit, the intelligence bureau and other secret
police agencies are required to specify the danger after a detailed 'threat analysis', which are
often fudged for political and other considerations.[16][17] Amar Singh, Rajya Sabha member from
Uttar Pradesh, from the Samajwadi Party, remained on 'X' category central security cover for
several years, based on 'secret police' threat assessments, which entitled him to 10 armed
commandos, including two who accompanied him round-the-clock. In June 2016, he was
stripped of his CISF security cover because the threat to him was considered spurious. [17] In
addition to CISF the Government also utilizes the National Security Guard (NSG), CRPF, BSF,
and ITBP for personal security cover.