{"id":9265,"date":"2023-04-20T12:20:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T06:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=9265"},"modified":"2025-03-29T12:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T06:45:44","slug":"national-technical-research-organisation-ntro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-technical-research-organisation-ntro\/","title":{"rendered":"National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>technical intelligence Agency under the National Security Advisor in the Prime Minister&#8217;s Office<\/strong>, India.<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>formed in 2004<\/strong> to strengthen the country&#8217;s national security apparatus.<\/li>\n<li>It is under the <strong>direct control of the Prime Minister&#8217;s Office<\/strong> and operates as <strong>an autonomous organization<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Primary Objective<\/strong>: <strong>Gather technical intelligence<\/strong>, which involves intercepting and <strong>analyzing communications signals, imagery intelligence<\/strong>, and cyber intelligence.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other Functions:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It also <strong>provides technical assistance to other intelligence agencies<\/strong> in the country, including the Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing.<\/li>\n<li>It is responsible for maintaining <strong>a database of information related to technology<\/strong> and developing advanced tools and techniques for intelligence gathering.<\/li>\n<li>It also <strong>conducts research and development activities<\/strong> in the field of technical intelligence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>NTRO is <strong>headed by a Chairman who reports directly to the Prime Minister of India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Its <strong>headquarters is located in New Delhi<\/strong>, and it has operational centres in various parts of the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key Facts about Special Protection Group (SPG):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is entrusted with the task of <strong>providing proximate security to the Prime Minister of India, the former Prime Minister and their immediate family members.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>formed in 1985 after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi<\/strong> as an executive body on the recommendation of the Birbal Nath committee.<\/li>\n<li>Later on, it <strong>became a statutory body under Special Protection Group Act 1988.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Governance<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It is governed by the <strong>Cabinet secretariat of India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>SPG chief is an officer of the rank of inspector-general.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is imagery intelligence?<\/h3>\n<p>Imagery intelligence is intelligence derived from the exploitation of imagery collected by visual photography, infrared, lasers, multi-spectral sensors, and radar. These sensors produce images of objects optically, electronically, or digitally on film, electronic display devices, or other media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/arun-sinha-appointed-ntro-chairman-2362156-2023-04-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Former Special Protection Group chief Arun Sinha appointed as National Technical Research Organisation Chairman<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NTRO is a technical intelligence Agency under the National Security Advisor in the Prime Minister&#8217;s Office, India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}