Brief History:

The National Security Guard was set up in 1984 as a Federal Contingency Deployment Force to tackle all facets of terrorism in the country. Thus the primary role of this Force is to combat terrorism in whatever form it may assume in areas where activity of terrorists assumes serious proportions, and the State Police and other Central Police Forces cannot cope up with the situation. The National Security Guard is a Force specially equipped and trained to deal with specific situations and has therefore, to be used only in exceptional situations. The Force is not designed to supplant the functions of the State Police Forces or other Para Military Forces of the Union of India.

The NSG was modeled on the pattern of the SAS of the UK and GSG-9 of Germany. It is a task-oriented force and has two complementary elements in the form of the Special Action Group (SAG) comprising Army personnel and the Special Ranger Groups (SRG), comprising personnel drawn from the Central Para Military Forces/State Police force. All the personnel are on deputation.

Role of the National Security Guard:

The NSG is a Federal Contingency Deployment Force to handle anti-hijack operations, rescue operations and to provide touch support to the Central Para Military Forces in dealing with anti-terrorist activities in whatever shape they may take place in different parts of the country.

Tasks of the National Security Guard:

• Neutralization of terrorist threat in any specific area, building, vital installation, etc.
• Engaging terrorists in a specific situation in order to neutralize them.
• Handling hijack situation involving piracy in the air or land and water
• Rescue of hostages in kidnap situations.

Additional tasks entrusted to the NSG:

• Security of high risk VIPs.
• Anti - sabotage checks of venues of visits/public meeting of VVIPs.
• Data collection on Bomb Explosions.
• Training of State Police personnel in anti-terrorism, VIP security, PSO duties and Bomb Detection and Disposal
• Sky Marshal duties in Domestic and International flights.

Training Centre

The National Security Guard Training Centre was raised on 15 Oct 1985 for imparting probationary training to personnel selected for deputation to the National Security Guard. Over the years, the importance of training in anti-terrorist and counter terrorist tasks has assumed greater priorities at National level. Today, the Training Centre is carrying out various training courses for personnel of the Army, Central Police Organisations and State Police on various aspects of anti/counter terrorism and VIP/High Risk Personnel Security, such as :-

(a) Police Commando Instructors Course(PCIC)
(b) VIP Security Course(VIP Security).
(c) Bomb Disposal Course(State Police/Defence services/CPO)
(d) Bomb Disposal Refresher Course (BDRC)
(e) Post Blast Study (PBS)

National Security Guard Contact Details:
NSG HQ, CGO Complex, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi
Tel: 24360700, 24360690, 24360620 (EPABX)
Fax : 24360208
Email : nsghq@hub.nic.in