Central Industrial Security Force
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The Central Industrial Security Force (established in its present form: June 15, 1983) is a paramilitary security force in India.
It was set up under an act of Parliament on March 10, 1969 with a strength of 2,800. CISF was subsequently made an armed force of the Union of India by another act of Parliament passed on June 15, 1983. Its current strength is 95,485. [1]
It is directly under the Home Ministry of India and its headquarters are at New Delhi.
The CISF provides security cover to 267 vital industrial units located all over India. Industrial Sectors like Atomic Power Plants, Space Installations, Defence Production Units, Mints, Oil Fields and Refineries, Major Ports, Heavy Engineering, Steel Plants, Barrages, Fertilizer units, Air ports and Hydro electric/thermal power plants are protected. Most of these installations are located in difficult terrains of the country with tough climatic conditions.
CISF also provides consultancy services to other organizations within the Indian government. In 2005, the consulting practice had amongst its clients TISCO, Orissa Mining Co., Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corp., HIL Kerala, NBRI Lucknow. The scope of CISF's consulting practice includes security consulting and fire protection consulting.
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[edit] Raising and Charter
It was set up under an act of the Indian Parliament on March 10, 1969 with a strength of around 2,800 personnel and as the name suggests, it was created for the better protection and security of Industrial Undertakings. There was a limitation though, that industries to be provided protection should be wholly owned by the Central Government, which has since been modified so that the industries can now be a joint venture with the Central Government. However the role of CISF has undergone a diversification and it now also protects airports, seaports, government buildings, heritage monuments, coal mines, steel plants, nuclear power plants, and space installations apart from industries. A tribute to the eternal love, the wondrous monument of Taj Mahal is protected by the CISF.
[edit] Armed Force
CISF was made an armed force of the Union of India by an act of Parliament passed in June 15, 1983. Thereby the personnel were permitted to carry weapons in the line of duty and were provided certain protections in law for genuine duty. They were also brought under more stringent discplinary rules.
[edit] Consultancy Services
In the year 1999, the Indian Parliament, further widened the charter of duties of CISF by allowing its deployment even in Joint Ventures as also permitting it to provide consultancy services in fields of Security & Fire Protection to even private sector, among others. The then Deputy Prime Minister of India, Mr. L K Advani, formally launched the Consultancy Services of CISF at a glittering function in New Delhi on 7th December 2001. The CISF Consultancy Wing has since provided consultancy to over 40 clients which include big names in private and public sectors. Its quality management system has received ISO 9001: 2000 certification.
[edit] Uniqueness
CISF is unique as a Force of its kind in that it has a well trained Fire Wing comprising 4625 Officers and personnel giving Fire Protection to 74 industries. As of 2006, it remains one of the largest central paramilitary forces in India with strength of nearly 95,000 with perhaps no parallel in the entire world for a Government agency providing security to such a large number (262) industries with thousands of million rupees worth of assets.
