{"id":22644,"date":"2026-10-17T14:24:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T08:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=22644"},"modified":"2026-10-17T17:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:14:48","slug":"national-security-guard-nsg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-security-guard-nsg\/","title":{"rendered":"National Security Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>National Security Guard Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prime Minister recently extended greetings to personnel of the National Security Guard (NSG) on its Raising Day, lauding their courage, precision, and unwavering commitment to duty. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About National Security Guard<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>India\u2019s premier counter-terror force<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, specially trained and equipped to <\/span><b>respond to<\/b> <b>serious acts of terrorism <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and other <\/span><b>exceptional security situations.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NSG members are also known as <\/span><b>Black Cats <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because of the black drill cotton coveralls and balaclavas, or helmets, they wear.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Establishment:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>raised in 1984<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>following Operation Blue Star<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>assassination of Indira Gandhi.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was established under the <\/span><b>National Security Guard Act<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>1986<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Act places it under the <\/span><b>administrative control of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which exercises operational tasking.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NSG was modelled <\/span><b>on the pattern of the Special Air Service of the UK<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>GSG-9 of Germany.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>The NSG\u2019s specific goals include:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Neutralization of terrorist threats<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Handling hijacking situations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the air and on land.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Bomb disposal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (search, detection, and neutralisation of IEDs).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PBI <\/span><b>(Post Blast Investigation)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Hostage Rescue<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>VIP Security<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Motto: Sarvatra Sarvottama Suraksa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Headquarters: New Delhi.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Director General (DG):\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>head of the NSG<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, designated as Director General (DG), is <\/span><b>selected by the Home Ministry.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the selected DGs have been officers from the <\/span><b>Indian Police Service (IPS).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to be employed as a <\/span><b>specialised counter-terrorism force \u201conly in exceptional situations,\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not to take over \u201cfunctions of the State Police Forces or other paramilitary forces.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The teams of NSG work on a basic<\/span><b> philosophy of swift and speedy strike and immediate withdrawal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the theatre of action.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NSG <\/span><b>deployments <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><b>usually not made public,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with most of its operations remaining classified.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Structurally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the NSG is a <\/span><b>two-tier composite force.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Special Action Group (SAG) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the <\/span><b>offensive assault component<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, manned entirely by <\/span><b>personnel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on deputation f<\/span><b>rom the Indian Army<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and constitutes roughly half the force.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Special Ranger Group (SRG)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is drawn on <\/span><b>deputation from the Central Armed Police Forces<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF) and the <\/span><b>state police<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>performs perimeter, support, VIP protection, and logistics roles.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This dual sourcing is a deliberate design feature: it keeps the cutting-edge assault capability under Army-trained discipline while retaining a police-culture interface for civilian-environment operations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The force also fields <\/span><b>specialised wings for bomb disposal, electronic countermeasures, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and explosive detection and runs the <\/span><b>National Bomb Data Centre (NBDC).\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The N<\/span><b>BDC collects, collates, analyses, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and evaluates all <\/span><b>terrorist bombing activities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and disseminates relevant information to concerned law enforcement agencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/pm-modi-extends-greetings-to-nsg-personnel-on-raising-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>DDN<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security Guard is India\u2019s premier counter-terror force, specially trained and equipped to respond to serious acts of terrorism and other exceptional security 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