Lok Sabha Question No. 5330 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Deployment of CISF at Airports
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Andimuthu Raja

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5330

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 05 TH  APRIL, 2022/ CHAITRA 15, 1944 (SAKA)

DEPLOYMENT OF CISF AT AIRPORTS

5330.      SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY: SHRI A. RAJA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) provides security cover at the airports, both for passengers and infrastructure facilities and if so, the details thereof along with the budgetary allocation and strength of deployment at each airport;
- (b)  whether  the  payment  for  services  rendered by  CISF  are  made by  the passengers by the way of charge collected on travel tickets and if so, the details thereof along with the revenue collected and disbursements made;
- (c)  whether police and public order is under the State List and if so, the rationale  behind  security  function  at  airports  is  not  being  incurred  at State's expense;
- (d) whether there is any proposal to develop hybrid model of security and to  train  and  certify  the  private  security  agencies  across  the  country  by CISF and if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  whether  there  is  any  proposal  to  utilise  the  certified  private  security agencies  for  providing  security  to  various  industrial  and  manufacturing units and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the future plan of activities of CISF as per its mission and vision along with the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

- (a) At  present,  Central  Industrial  Security  Force  (CISF)  is  providing security cover at 65 airports with sanctioned strength of 30,996. Airportwise  details  of  CISF  personnel  deployed  and  budgetary  allocation  made during the year 2021-22 is given in Annexure.
- (b) The payment for services rendered by CISF at Airports is made from the charges collected on Air travel tickets in the form of Aviation Security Fee  (ASF)  deposited  in  National  Aviation  Security  Fee  Trust  (NASFT). Details of revenue collected on account of ASF in NASFT and disbursement made therefrom to CISF during the last 2 years is given in the table below:
- (c) While 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects, 'Airways, aircraft and air navigation; provision of aerodromes; regulation and organization of air traffic and of aerodromes' are subjects under the Union List at Sl. No. 29 under the Seventh schedule of the Constitution of India. Whereas the State  Government  concerned is responsible for general Law and Order in

(Rs. in Crores)

| Year                         |   ASF Collection |   Disbursement |
|------------------------------|------------------|----------------|
| 2020-21                      |          1002.56 |         429.53 |
| 2021-22 (Prov. upto Dec' 21) |          1427.92 |        1456.21 |

its territory, the Central Government has been empowered to promulgate orders as vested under the Aircraft Act, 1934.

- (d) It  has been decided to evolve Hybrid models of security comprising of CISF and State Police/Private Security Agencies to provide security at establishments where CISF is deployed. At present, there is no proposal under consideration to train and certify private security agencies across the country by CISF.
- (e) The  deployment  of  CISF  in  industrial  establishments/manufacturing units  is  made  on  the  request  of  the  management  concerned  and  their commitment  to  pay  the  cost  of  deployment.  Industrial  establishments/ manufacturing units are free to engage private security agencies.
- (f) CISF is committed to provide appropriate security as per the need of the  client  establishments  at  economical  cost  with  emphasis  on  use  of modern technology and regular training/skill upgradation of force personnel.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.  5330  by  Shri  Rajiv  Pratap  Rudy  and  Shri  A.Raja  for  answer  on 05.04.2022

|   S/N | Airport     |   Sanctioned Strength | Budget Allotted (in Rs.)   |
|-------|-------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|     1 | Delhi       |                  5059 | 420,94,54,186              |
|     2 | Amritsar    |                   513 | 44,88,15,131               |
|     3 | Lucknow     |                   586 | 62,28,79,753               |
|     4 | Kanpur      |                    28 |                            |
|     5 | Khajuraho   |                   101 |                            |
|     6 | Chandigarh  |                   274 | 26,86,77,383               |
|     7 | Bhuntar     |                    52 |                            |
|     8 | Shimla      |                    65 | 4,81,40,738                |
|     9 | Varanasi    |                   389 | 30,90,93,193               |
|    10 | Agra        |                    54 | 8,77,07,406                |
|    11 | Gwalior     |                    51 |                            |
|    12 | Jaipur      |                   547 | 48,50,22,549               |
|    13 | Udaipur     |                   281 | 13,07,24,110               |
|    14 | Jodhpur     |                    75 | 6,50,82,998                |
|    15 | Dehradun    |                   238 | 18,39,77,752               |
|    16 | Kolkata     |                  1199 | 112,58,93,688              |
|    17 | Bagdogra    |                   195 | 17,49,14,495               |
|    18 | Guwahati    |                   378 | 38,23,59,868               |
|    19 | Dibrugarh   |                   123 | 10,10,55,207               |
|    20 | Agartala    |                   199 | 19,26,05,668               |
|    21 | Raipur      |                   260 | 23,86,32,749               |
|    22 | Dimapur     |                    68 | 7,82,09,771                |
|    23 | Imphal      |                   224 | 20,81,57,121               |
|    24 | Portblair   |                   145 | 12,98,10,722               |
|    25 | Lilabari    |                    39 | 3,39,63,650                |
|    26 | Silchar     |                    64 | 5,42,01,728                |
|    27 | Tezpur      |                    35 | 3,44,07,588                |
|    28 | Shillong    |                    34 | 3,29,27,521                |
|    29 | Jorhat      |                    63 | 5,58,97,979                |
|    30 | Gaya        |                   235 | 12,93,55,036               |
|    31 | Ranchi      |                   305 | 29,73,08,791               |
|    32 | Patna       |                   343 | 32,42,54,939               |
|    33 | Bhubaneswar |                   386 | 35,09,02,929               |
|    34 | Srinagar    |                   504 | 49,71,14,496               |
|    35 | Jammu       |                   311 | 26,75,27,119               |

| S/N   | Airport    |   Sanctioned Strength | Budget Allotted (in Rs.)   |
|-------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
| 36    | Ladakh     |                   185 | 9,46,04,410                |
| 37    | Ahmedabad  |                   781 | 73,60,42,329               |
| 38    | Diu        |                    81 |                            |
| 39    | Mumbai     |                  4165 | 324,74,02,162              |
| 40    | Nagpur     |                   303 | 25,53,37,646               |
| 41    | Vadodara   |                   219 | 23,98,71,181               |
| 42    | Bhavnagar  |                    84 |                            |
| 43    | Rajkot     |                   141 | 8,95,63,393                |
| 44    | Bhopal     |                   169 | 13,68,24,062               |
| 45    | Goa        |                   443 | 37,61,40,306               |
| 46    | Indore     |                   355 | 28,73,96,521               |
| 47    | Porbandar  |                    75 | 5,21,12,231                |
| 48    | Aurangabad |                   237 | 17,97,28,139               |
| 49    | Pune       |                   493 | 30,81,17,472               |
| 50    | Shirdi     |                   179 | 13,33,16,497               |
| 51    | Chennai    |                  1443 | 113,08,19,384              |
| 52    | Hyderabad  |                  1572 | 129,89,73,460              |
| 53    | Cochin     |                  1201 | 80,23,32,713               |
| 54    | Banglore   |                  1956 | 173,85,24,002              |
| 55    | Trivandrum |                   564 | 45,09,06,347               |
| 56    | Kannur     |                   555 | 31,04,14,202               |
| 57    | Mangalore  |                   254 | 20,53,03,223               |
| 58    | Coimbatore |                   463 | 19,01,37,775               |
| 59    | Calicut    |                   310 | 23,82,83,889               |
| 60    | Trichy     |                   264 | 21,04,74,849               |
| 61    | Madurai    |                   268 | 22,64,23,530               |
| 62    | Vizag      |                   219 | 19,33,55,167               |
| 63    | Tirupati   |                   172 | 12,89,66,013               |
| 64    | Bhuj       |                    62 | 5,09,40,405                |
| 65    | Surat*     |                   360 | 0*                         |
|       | Total      |                 30996 | 2488,13,87,572             |

* CISF inducted on 09.02.22. Salary of newly posted CISF personnel were drawn from their previous Units for the month of Feb'2022.

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