CISF Command Overhaul: Force Moves to Sector-Based Structure
Image: File / The Tribune
The Central Industrial Security Force announced on Sunday, 1 November, that it has replaced its territorial command model with a functional, sector-based one, rolled out with the concurrence of the Union Home Ministry, The Tribune reported. Under the old system, a field formation covered a geographic area and could guard a power plant and a coal unit at once. Now each command is built around a type of asset.
One Command for Each Kind of Installation
The change affects power, coal, steel, petroleum and natural gas sites, government buildings, museums and monuments, seaports and mass rapid transit systems such as the Delhi Metro. Units that guard space, atomic energy and airports already worked under single commands.
Two sectors have been renamed, according to official sources quoted by The Tribune. The Western Sector in Mumbai is now the West Coast Port Sector, and the Southern Sector in Chennai is now the East Coast Port Sector.
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A Force of About 2.70 Lakh
The CISF, formed in 1969, has an estimated strength of about 2.70 lakh personnel. It guards more than 70 civil airports along with nuclear and aerospace sites. The force said security should be organised around what an asset does and what its disruption would mean for the country, not only around where it is located. It described the change as a strategic reset for force preparedness and the protection of critical infrastructure.
No Timeline Given
The change takes effect immediately, according to the report. It does not say how many personnel are being moved, whether the number of commands changes, or how the new sectors will be staffed. Those details have not been published.
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Source: Based on reporting by The Tribune, which cites a CISF statement. The statement itself was not found online; a search of the CISF and Home Ministry pages returned nothing for 1 November.
Image: File / The Tribune.
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