Directorate General of Security (India)

Directorate General of Security
Suraksha Mahanideshalay
सुरक्षा महानिदेशालय
Agency overview
FormedFebruary 1965; 59 years ago (1965-02)
TypeIntelligence organisation
JurisdictionGovernment of India
StatusActive
HeadquartersNew Delhi
EmployeesClassified
Annual budgetClassified
Minister responsible
Agency executive
Parent departmentCabinet Secretariat
Child agencies

The Directorate General of Security is an organisation of covert operations under India's Cabinet Secretariat. It is one of the four legally defined intelligence organisations of India and listed in the Schedule of the Intelligence Organisations (Restriction of Rights) Act, 1985, the other three being I.B., R&AW and NTRO.[2][3] Since 1971, the Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing has usually held the post of Director General. This organisation used to be composed of Special Service Bureau (now Sashastra Seema Bal), Aviation Research Centre, Special Frontier Force and Chief Inspectorate of Armaments. Since the shifting of SSB and CIOA to the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2001, DGS consists of ARC and SFF only. The Special Group, a non-Tibetan and Sarsawa-based unit of SFF, is also a DGS component.

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Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, with B. N. Mullik, DG (Security) (extreme right), interacting with the first batch of village volunteers, Women's Advance Training School, Pauri, 1966
  1. ^ Appointment Order, Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, 10 July 2019
  2. ^ Schedule to the Intelligence Organisations (Restriction of Rights) Act, 1985, from India Code
  3. ^ S.O. 208(E) dated 11 March 1987, The Gazette of India