CISF to secure private industries and joint ventures on cost-reimbursement basis

It also updates administrative provisions regarding officer ranks and notice periods for withdrawal.

Who it concerns: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the Central Government, private industrial undertakings, joint ventures, and public sector undertakings.

What the bill does

• Defines 'joint venture' as a venture jointly undertaken by the Central or State Government with a private industrial undertaking.
• Defines 'private industrial undertaking' as an industry owned, controlled, or managed by a person other than the Central or State Government or any public sector industrial undertaking.
• Allows the Central Government to appoint a Director-General and other supervisory officers using generic terms instead of specific ranks.
• Extends the scope of CISF duties to include safeguarding joint ventures and private industrial undertakings.
• Permits the deployment of CISF for duties within and outside India.
• Increases the notice period required for the withdrawal of CISF from a public sector undertaking from one month to three months.

Also in the document

• The Bill is an amendment to the Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968.
• The Statement of Objects and Reasons states that private sector and joint venture industries require security due to growing threats from terrorist outfits.
• The deployment of CISF for private sector and joint ventures is intended to be on a cost reimbursement basis.
• The amendment allows for deployment outside India in Indian Embassies or UN Peacekeeping Missions.