The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to take security charge of the Parliament building from the Delhi Police.
- The CISF will first conduct a survey of the premises prior to the deployment of its security and fire wing.
- This comes a week after the December 13 Parliament security breach, in which two individuals jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitors’ gallery, and opened canisters emitting yellow smoke.
About CISF
- CISF is one of seven Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) under the MHA — the other six being the Border Security Force, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, the Sashastra Seema Bal, the Assam Rifles, the National Security Guard, and the Central Reserve Police Force.
- It was formed following the recommendation of the Justice Mukherjee Commission. The commission recommended the establishment of a dedicated industrial protection force. The commission was set up after a devastating fire had broken out in Ranchi’s Heavy Engineering Corporation plant in 1964.
- The CISF was set up by an Act of Parliament on March 10, 1969.
- It was first inducted at the Fertilizer Corporation of India manufacturing plant in Trombay, Maharashtra, on November 1, 1969.
- It is also the only CAPF with a dedicated fire fighting wing.
- It is a compensatory cost force — which means that it bills its clients for the services it provides.
- CISF has the largest percentage of women in its force, in comparison to all other CAPFs.
- The first batch of women constables was inducted in 1987, and the first woman officer joined as Asstt. Comdt in 1989
