B Srinivasan appointed as Director General of NSG

Current Context : The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of Senior IPS officer B Srinivasan as the Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG).

• Srinivasan is a 1992 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Bihar cadre.

ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY GUARD

• It commonly known as Black Cats, is a special counter-terrorism force in India.
• Formed on October 16, 1984,by an act of Parliament- ‘National Security Guard Act, 1986’ in response to the increasing threat of terrorism and insurgency in India.
• Objective : to counter-terrorism operations, handle hijacking, and conduct special operations to ensure the security of key installations and dignitaries.
• It operates under the Ministry of Home Affairs 
• Motto : ‘Sarvatra, Sarvottam, Suraksha’

VARIOUS OPERATIONS UNDERTAKEN BY NSG:

• Operation Black Thunder (Golden Temple, Amritsar, 1986 & 1988)
• Operation Ashwamedh (Indian Airlines Flight-IC427 hijacking, India, 1993)
• Operation Thunderbolt or Vajra Shakti (Akshardham Temple attack, Gujarat, 2002)
• Operation Black Tornado (Mumbai Blasts, 2008)