Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that the soon-to-be-raised women battalion of CISF will be responsible for guarding the country's critical infrastructure like airports and metro rail and provide security to VIPs as commandos.

Increased deployment of force at installations

The Central government on Monday approved the first all-women battalion of over 1,000 personnel in CISF in view of the increased deployment of the force at VIPs, airports and other vital installations.

Union Home Minister gave information

In a strong step towards realising PM Modi's vision of increasing the participation of women in every sphere of nation-building, the Modi government has approved the creation of the first all-women battalion of CISF, Shah said in a post on Instagram.

Participation of women

The Home Minister said that this decision will definitely fulfill the aspirations of more women participation in the important task of protecting the country. CISF has more than seven percent women personnel. The current strength of the women force is around 1.80 lakh.

NSG will be removed from VIP security

Let us tell you that earlier on 16 October, the Central Government had issued an order to completely remove the anti-terrorist commando force 'NSG' from VIP security due to threats of terrorist attacks in the country. Along with this, it was decided to give the command of security of nine VIPs with high risk to the Central Security Force (CRPF) from the month of November.

VIP security wing of CRPF

The Union Home Ministry has decided to attach the battalion of specially trained jawans, which was recently removed from the security responsibility of Parliament, to the VIP security wing of CRPF. Sources say that nine VIPs with Z Plus category VIP security were till now being guarded by the Black Cat commandos of the National Security Guard (NSG).

The greatest risk to them

These nine VIPs include Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BSP supremo Mayawati, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, senior BJP leader LK Advani, Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, former Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh, former Jammu and Kashmir CM Ghulam Nabi Azad, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.