JAMMU, Aug. 8 -- In a major initiative towards strengthening industrial security to support economic rise of the Nation, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved an increase in the strength of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) from existing 1,62,000 to an authorized ceiling of 2,20,000 personnel.
As India's economy scalses new heights, this augmentation will bolster CISF's deployment across a range of critical sectors including rapidly expanding Aviation sector, and the Port sector, Thermal Power plants, Nuclear installations, vital installations like HydroPower plants and Jails in J&K, etc. With the decline of Left-wing Extremism in states like Chhattisgarh, new industrial hubs are anticipated to emerge, necessitating a stro...