New Director General of NSG

• The Centre appointed 1990 batch IPS officer, Daljit Singh Chaudhary as the director general (DG) of National Security Guard (NSG).
• Chaudhary, who is currently the DG of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), has been given the additional charge of heading the NSG.

ABOUT NSG

• Also known as black cats, NSG is India’s counter terrorism force.
• It was founded on 16 October 1984, following Operation Blue Star, to combat terrorist activities and protect states against internal disturbances.
• It is a federal counter deployment force against terrorism and anti-hijacking operations.
• The force is trained to deal with specific situations and used only in exceptional circumstances as deemed by the government.
• The NSG is modelled on the GSG-9 of Germany and the United Kingdom’s SAS.
• NSG is directly under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
• NSG Motto: Sarvatra Sarvottam Suraksha
• NSG was extensively used during the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai.
• It is a task-oriented Force and has two complementary elements in the form of the Special Action Group (SAG) comprising Army personnel and the Special Ranger Groups (SRG), comprising personnel drawn from the Central Armed Police Forces / State Police Forces.