{"id":50300,"date":"2025-06-14T15:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T10:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=50300"},"modified":"2025-06-14T17:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T11:35:36","slug":"offshore-security-coordination-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/offshore-security-coordination-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Offshore Security Coordination Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Offshore Security Coordination Committee Latest News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) chaired the 137th meeting of the Offshore Security Coordination Committee (OSCC) in New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Offshore Security Coordination Committee<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>constituted in 1978<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to ensure the effective functioning of offshore security arrangements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, the committee has contributed effectively in <\/span><b>framing policies and providing guidance and <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">resolution to Offshore Defence Area related issues.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was constituted to <\/span><b>ensure smooth and efficient functioning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of offshore security arrangements, and to identify peace-time threats to offshore installations, such as terrorism and sabotage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The OSCC develops contingency plans to be implemented by various agencies in respect of offshore security.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exponential growth in the offshore Oil and Natural Gas sector has necessitated a manifold increase in the responsibilities of the ICG, in terms of responding to breaches of security, or likely threats, as well as fishing activity in the vicinity of oil platforms that could jeopardize safety.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Chairman:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Director General, ICG<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Key Facts about Indian Coast Guard<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an armed force that <\/span><b>protects India\u2019s maritime interests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and enforces maritime law, with jurisdiction over the territorial waters of India, including its contiguous zone and exclusive economic zone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was formally established in 1978 by the <\/span><b>Coast Guard Act, 1978<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as an independent Armed force of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It operates under the <\/span><b>Ministry of Defence.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is headed by the <\/span><b>Director General Indian Coast Guard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (DGICG).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New Delhi.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:\u00a0 <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2135988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offshore Security Coordination Committee was constituted in 1978 to ensure the effective functioning of offshore security arrangements. 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