Full Form of NSG, History, Structure, National Security Guard

The full form of NSG is National Security Guard and is also known as the Black Cats. Founded on October 16, 1984, it is a counter-terrorism unit of India formulated under the Ministry of Home Affairs. NSG ranks seventh among the top ten special forces in the world due to its tough and serious training procedures.

The NSG handles counterterrorism tasks such as preventing hijackings on land, sea, and air, eliminating bombs, performing post-blast investigations, and rescuing hostages.

A 'Director General' from the Indian Police Service leads a group of commandos chosen from both the Indian Army and the Central Armed Police Forces. Because of the difficult screening process, the dropout rate is roughly 70-80 percent. Candidates who meet the standards for NSG go for a 9-month training to become Phantom NSG Commandos.

History of the National Security Guard

In order to battle terrorist activities, the Union Cabinet decided in 1984, following Operation Blue Star, to form a Federal Contingency Force comprised of highly motivated, precisely equipped, and well-trained individuals. The authorisation of the NSG Director General and a few relevant decisions in June 1984, led to the formation of the Force. Once the parliament approved the formation in August 1986, the National Security Guard (NSG) began operations on September 22, 1986.

The basic idea of NSG is to have a quick and fast strike followed by a hasty exit from the area of conflict. The primary duty of the National Security Guard is to deal with all aspects of counterterrorism in any area of the country as a Federal Contingency Force.

Structure of the Organisation

Headquarters

The modelling of NSG drew inspiration from both the German GSG 9 and the British Special Air Service, claims the NSG website.

There are two headquarters for NSG serving two purposes:

For Administration, four Indian Police Service personnel assist The Director-General out of which two of them are Inspector Generals for Administration and Headquarters (HQ), who is further assisted by Deputy Inspectors General. The administrative headquarters are at Mehram Nagar, Palam, Delhi. NSG's financial advisor is a deputy financial advisor who held the rank of joint secretary at Central Accounts Services.

Meanwhile, the Operations and Training headquarters are in Manesar, Gurgaon. The Inspector General of operations, who is also an Indian Army Major General, handles the preparation and execution of operations. The Inspector General of Training looks into the training further assisted by two DIGs – DIG (Operations) and DIG (Training). NSG claims to have a manpower of around 7000 commandos.

Units

The NSG, made up of three units is accessible to a wide selection of the most cutting-edge weapons in the world: the Special Action Group (SAG), which has candidates only from Indian Army soldiers for counter-terrorist as well as anti-hijacking operations; the Special Ranger Groups (SRG), which has candidates both from the border guarding forces like BSF, ITBP and SSB and Internal Security Forces such as CRPF, CISF, and Assam Rifles for strictly counter-terrorist operations; the Special Composite Group (SCG), which consists of personnel both from Army and CAPFs for counter-terror operations.

The electronic support group (ESG), positioned in Manesar, offers informational and technological assistance in addition to the three units mentioned above. A Group Commander-level official on assignment is in charge of the team.

Established in 1988, the National Bomb Data Centre (NDBC) aims to conduct research in the area of explosive engineering. It deals with tracking, documenting, and studying each terrorist incident that occurs in the nation.

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