Lok Sabha Question No. 1171 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-09
Subject: Registered and Unregistered Security Agencies
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Supriya Sadanand Sule, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Amol Ramsing Kolhe

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1171

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 9 TH  FEBRUARY, 2021/ MAGHA 20, 1942 (SAKA)

REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED SECURITY AGENCIES

1171.

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and number of registered and unregistered security agencies working in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether Private Security Agencies have been given a broader mandate by the Government by framing the Private Security Agencies Model Rules, 2020 and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the benefit that the Private Security Agencies will get out of this rule;
- (d) whether the Government has any mechanism to regulate the functioning of  private security agencies in the country including their recruitment and training; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a):   The Union Government does not maintain the record of private security agencies  (PSA)   working  in  the  country.  However,  a web portal has been

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developed to enable the Controlling Authorities under the State Governments/  UT  Administrations  to  maintain  a  database  for  effective monitoring  of  the  relevant  provisions  of  the  Private  Security  Agencies (Regulation)  Act,  2005  [PSAR  Act].  As  per  the  PSARA  portal,  12299  valid licences of PSAs exist as on 03.02.2021.

(b) & (c): The Union Government has notified the Private Security Agencies Central Model Rules, 2020 in supersession of earlier Model Rules of 2006. The new Model Rules accommodate changes in the ecosystem of the last 15 years  and  are  aligned  with  the  key  visions  of  'Digital  India'  and 'eGovernance'. The benefits that the Private Security Agencies will get out of these Rules are as under:

- Adoption of technological developments. Viz: Digitalization, Electronic Payment.
- It  is  for  the  first  time  that  a  digital  database  of  Crime  and  Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS)/Inter-operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) will be used for antecedent verification with no physical interface  thereby  reducing  time  limit  for  antecedents'  verification  to 15 days from 90 days.

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- Incorporates National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF).
- Simplification of Application Forms.
- Validity of antecedents' verification certificate of guards increased to 5 years in place of 3 years.
- Pan-India Validity of Training Certificates.
- In case of licence granted in one State to a private security agency, no need for antecedents' verification process in other States.
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- Force Majeure clause provided.
- Subjects for training of licensee are included.
- Enhancing  'ease  of  doing  business'  with  'minimum  government'  and maximum governance'

(d) & (e):   Private Security Agencies are regulated as per the provisions in the PSAR Act, 2005. The recruitment and training of private security guards are  regulated  in  terms  of  Private  Security  Agencies  (Regulation)  Rules framed by the respective State Government/UT Administration. The Controlling Authorities in the States/UTs are empowered to ensure training for  private  security  guards.  Instructions  have  also  been  issued  to State

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Governments/Controlling  Authorities  by  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  to strictly  ensure  that  the  private  security  guards  are  mandatorily  imparted training by registered training institutes before their  appointment  as security guards as prescribed in the PSAR Act and related State Rules.

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