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Central Industrial Security Force
Emblem of the CISF
Flag of the CISF
Abbreviation	CISF
Motto	Protection and Security
Agency overview
Formed	10 March 1969; 55 years ago (1969-03-10)
Employees	163,590 Active Personnel^{[citation needed]}^[1]
Annual budget	₹13,655.84 crore (US$1.7 billion) (2024–25)^[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	India
Governing body	Ministry of Home Affairs (India)
Constituting instrument	Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968
Operational structure
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Minister responsible	Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
Agency executive	Nina Singh, IPS, Director General of CISF
Parent agency	Central Armed Police Forces
Notables
Person	O. P. Singh, IPS, for Former Director General^[3]
Website
cisf.gov.in

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The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is a federal police organisation in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is one among the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). CISF provides security to over 356 industrial units (including 13 Private Sector Units), government infrastructure projects and facilities and establishments located all over India. These include atomic power plants, space installations, mines, oil fields and refineries, major ports, heavy engineering, steel plants, barrages, fertiliser units, airports and hydroelectric/thermal power plants owned and controlled by Central Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), and currency note presses.

It was set up under an Act of the Parliament of India on 15 March 1969 with a strength of 2,800. CISF was subsequently made an armed force of India by another Act of Parliament passed on 15 June 1983. Its current active strength is 148,371 personnel.^[4] In April 2017, the government raised the sanctioned strength from 145,000 to 180,000 personnel. Recently the strength has been increased to 200,000.^[5] Among its duties are guarding sensitive governmental buildings, the Delhi Metro, and providing airport security.^[6] The CISF is governed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, and its headquarters are at New Delhi.

CISF also provides consultancy services to private industries as well as other organisations within the Indian government. The scope of CISF's consulting practice includes security consulting and fire protection consulting.

It also plays a major role in Disaster Management. The CISF has a 'Fire Wing' which helps during fire accidents in Industries where the CISF is on guard.

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^ "Rs 1.85 lakh crore allocation to MHA in budget". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^ "Om Prakash Singh – Executive Record Sheet". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^ "CISF Official Website".
^ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "Rajesh Ranjan takes charge as CISF chief". The Times of India. Times News Network (TNN). 12 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018.