Centre sanctions CISF cover for NATGRID Bengaluru campus

New Delhi: The Centre has sanctioned deployment of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel for securing the NATGRID campus in Bengaluru.

A spokesperson for the paramilitary force said on Sunday that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sanctioned a total of 76 posts for the task.

The NATGRID (national intelligence grid) is a critical national security infrastructure that aggregates data from multiple intelligence and law enforcement databases to support counter-terrorism operations, the CISF spokesperson said.


It has got a campus in Yelahanka in Karnataka's capital Bengaluru. Its headquarters in Delhi is already secured by the CISF to provide security against terrorist attacks and sabotage.

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The force, under the MHA, provides armed security cover to critical and sensitive installations in both the government and private domain.

In a similar development last week, the CISF took over security of the Sushma Swaraj Bhawan located in Delhi's Chanakyapuri area with the deployment of 90 personnel.

The Bhawan, a cultural centre under the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) that holds events for forging India's connect with its diaspora apart from similar initiatives, was earlier known as the 'Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra'.