NSG

History

The National Security Guard (NSG) 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 NSG is a Force specially equipped and trained to deal with specific situations and is therefore, to be used only in exceptional situations. The Force is not designed to undertake the functions of the State Police Forces or other Para Military Forces of the Union of India.
    The NSG was modelled 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

The NSG is a Federal Contingency Deployment  Force to handle anti-hijack operations, rescue operations and to provide tough 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

  Initially, only one Force was raised and was entrusted with:
·   Neutralising  specific   terrorist   threat    in   any   given  area,     building,   vital  installation etc.
·   Engaging terrorists or  suspected  terrorists in a specific  situations in  order to neutralize them.
·   Handling hijack situations involving piracy in the air and / or land.
·   Rescue of hostages in kidnap situations.

Additional Tasks 
    The  following  were  the  additional  tasks  entrusted in 1986-87:
·     Security of high risk VIPs.
·     Anti sabotage checks of venues of visits / public meetings of VVIPs.
·     Anti hijack duties in domestic and international flights.
·     Immediate back up security operations.
·     Data collection on bomb explosions.
·    Training of State Police personnel in anti-terrorism, VIP security.
·     PSO duties and Bomb Detection and Disposal.

International Competitions

 10th International Combat Team Competition 2007 was conducted by GSG9 at  Bonn, Germany  from 02 Sep to 07 Sep 07.  A total of 50 teams of various elite forces, predominantly from Europe,  participated in the competition.  NSG team won the obstacles cum endurance competition,  a first for any team from Asian countries. 

   9th   International Body Guards  Tournament 2007 was conducted at Yalta, Ukraine from 17 Sep to 22 Sep 07.  A total of 27 teams from various countries participated.

NSG team had following achievements:-      
1st  position in Team Firing Competition.     
1st  position and competition Record  in individual Firing Competition  by Naik Raj Kumar.