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MOTTO-Sarvatra Sarvottam Surakhsha

The National Security Guard (NSG):- is a Special Response Unit in India that has primarily been utilized for counter-terrorism activities and was created by the Cabinet Secretariat under the National Security Guard Act of the Indian Parliament in 1986. It works completely within the Central Paramilitary Force structure. The NSG operates under the oversight of the Ministry of Home Affairs and is headed by the Director General of the Indian Police Service (IPS). The DG has always been an IPS officer whereas the recruitment is done from the Central Paramilitary Forces Of India and the Indian Armed Forces . The NSG members are also known as Black Cats because of the black drill cotton coveralls and balaclavas or helmets they wear.

The NSG's specific goals include: • Neutralization of terrorist threats • Handling hijacking situations in air and on land. • Bomb disposal (search, detection and neutralisation of IEDs). • PBI (Post Blast Investigation) • Engaging and neutralizing terrorists in specific situations. • Hostage Rescue

Some of the NSG's known operations include

• April 30, 1986 - May 12, 1988 — attack on Khalistani militants hiding in the Golden Temple during Operation Black Thunder II

• April 25, 1993 — rescue of hijacked plane Indian Airlines Boeing 737 by Islamic militants during Operation Ashwamedh

• October, 1998 — major combat missions in Jammu and Kashmir

• July 15, 1999 — rescue of 12 hostages held by armed terrorists who had stormed an apartment complex in Kashmir and killed 4 people

• September 25, 2002 — Operation Vajra Shakti to free hostages held by terrorists who had killed 29 worshippers at the Akshardham temple in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. They suffered their first combat death in this operation. A second commando, who was seriously injured and was in a coma, died after 18 months.

• November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks — Operation Black Tornado and Operation Cyclone to flush out terrorists & rescue hostages after multiple attacks across Mumbai, India. Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Havaldar Gajender Singh Bisht of the Special Action Group lost their lives during the operations

Equipment

• Browning Hi-Power 9mm Semi-automatic pistol

• Glock 17 9mm Semi-automatic Pistol

• Glock 19 9mm Semi-automatic Pistol

• SIG P226 9mm Semi-automatic Pistol

• Heckler & Koch M-512 12 Gauge Shotgun

• 1A SMG 9mm Sub-machine gun

• Heckler & Koch MP5 A3,A5 and SD3 9mm Submachine Gun

• AKM 7.62x39mm Assault Rifle

• SIG SG 551 5.56mm NATO Assault Rifle

• Steyr SSG 69 7.62mm NATO Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle

• Mauser SP66 7.62mm NATO Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle

• SIG-Sauer SSG 3000 7.62mm NATO Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle

• Heckler & Koch MSG-90 7.62mm NATO Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle

• Heckler & Koch PSG1 7.62mm NATO Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle

• AGS-17 30mm automatic grenade launcher Upgrades after 26/11

• CornerShot Guns

• Laser Designator

• Advance Audio Communication Set

• GPS & GPRS Technological Systems

• Wall Surveillance Radars

• Night Vision Devices

• Protective Goggles

• Special Tactical Gears

• Thermal Imaging Cameras

• Mini Remotely Operated Vehicles

• Non skid shoes • Ghillie suits

• Helmet with in built hands free communication

• Level 3 bullet-proof vest

• Knee pad and elbow pads

• SIG SG 553 • Taser

• Chartered helicopters and ability to use civilian aircraft for emergencies.

• Anti-Materiel Rifles like the OFB produced Vidhwansak and possibly the Russian made OSV-96.