National Security Guard (NSG)

The National Security Guard (NSG) is a security force of  India constituted "for combating terrorist activities with a view to protect States against internal disturbances"

The National Security Guard (NSG) was set up in 1984 as a Federal Contingency Deployment Force to tackle all facets of terrorism in the country

The NSG was established in the wake of 1984 Operation Blue Star and the high collateral damage to Golden Temple and civilian and military collateral casualties

NSG  is a unique combination of personnel on deputation from Indian Army ad CRPF, hence it is referred as NSG itself or Black Cats or Commandos

The personnel of NSG are known as Black Cats because of the black dress and black cat signage worn on its uniform. 

The two components of NSG are -

• Special Action Group (SAG), which consists entirely of Indian Army Personnel; and 
• Special Ranger Groups (SRG), which comprises personnel drawn from CRPF and State Police Forces.

The NSG's is trained to conduct counter terrorist task to including counter hijacking tasks on land, sea, and air; Bomb disposal (search, detection and neutralization of IEDs); PBI (Post Blast Investigation) and Hostage Rescue missions.

The chief of the force designated as a Director General is an officer from the Indian Police Service