Lok Sabha Question No. 2604 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Raksha Nikhil Khadse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2604

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2023/ AGRAHAYANA 28, 1945 (SAKA)

PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCIES (REGULATION) ACT, 2005

2604.     SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to establish independent Regulatory Authority to regulate the implementation  of  Enforcement  of  Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  enhance  the  present percentage of Foreign Direct Investment i.e., 49% in this particular sector; and

(d) the number of registered Private Security Agencies are operating in the country presently and the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): No Sir. There is no proposal to establish independent Regulatory  Authority  to  regulate  the  implementation  of  enforcement  of Private  Security  Agencies  (Regulation)  Act  2005  [PSAR  Act].    Under  the PSAR Act, the Controlling Authorities appointed/designated by the State/UT Governments  are  responsible  for  grant of licence and  for regulation of private security agencies in the respective State/UT.

(c): No  such  proposal  is  under  consideration  of  the  Government  to enhance the existing sectoral cap of Foreign Direct Investment in private security agencies.

(d): The data pertaining to the number of private security agencies in the country is not maintained centrally. This data is maintained at the level of State/UT.  However,  in  the  year  2019,  the  Government  of  India  has developed  a  'Private  Security  Agency  Licensing  Portal'  to  facilitate  the States/UTs  for  online  issue  and  renewal  of  licence  to  private  security agencies.  As  per  the  web  portal,  there  are  21879  licenses  of  Private Security  Agencies  as  on  14.12.2023.  The  State-wise  list  of  licenses  of Private Security Agencies is at Annexure.

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## Numbers of private security agencies in the country, State/UT-wise:

## (as per the database on the web portal psara.gov.in as on 14.12.2023)*

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT                     |   No. of licence |
|----------|--------------------------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar                    |               26 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                       |              395 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |               22 |
| 4        | Assam                                |              313 |
| 5        | Bihar                                |              479 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                           |              125 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                         |              253 |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |              125 |
| 9        | Delhi                                |             1406 |
| 10       | Goa                                  |              113 |
| 11       | Gujarat                              |             2543 |
| 12       | Haryana                              |             1431 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                     |              272 |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                    |              105 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                            |              322 |
| 16       | Karnataka                            |              944 |
| 17       | Kerala                               |              600 |
| 18       | Ladakh                               |                0 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                          |                0 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                       |             1021 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                          |             3773 |
| 22       | Manipur                              |               21 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                            |               26 |
| 24       | Mizoram                              |                1 |
| 25       | Nagaland                             |                2 |
| 26       | Odisha                               |              582 |
| 27       | Puducherry                           |               99 |
| 28       | Punjab                               |              941 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                            |             1853 |
| 30       | Sikkim                               |               27 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                           |             1023 |
| 32       | Telangana                            |              737 |
| 33       | Tripura                              |               88 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                        |             1687 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                          |              395 |
| 36       | West Bengal                          |              129 |
|          | All States and UTs                   |            21879 |

*As the data is dynamic and maintained at the level of State/UT Governments, the actual figures may differ from the information registered on the portal.