National Security Guard (NSG)

• NSG and the Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) signed an MoU for cooperation and collaboration aimed at strengthening the core competencies of the NSG, which are counter-terrorism, counter-IEDs, and anti-hijacking.
• NSG is a counter-terrorism unit that formally came into existence in 1986 by an act of Parliament ‘National Security Guard Act, 1986’.

• The MoU also aims to contribute to capacity-building and providing assistance to Indian start-ups focused on security by helping them to understand the specific requirements and the problem statements formulated by NSG for design and research projects.

National Security Guard (NSG)

• It operates under the Ministry of Home Affairs and is a task-oriented force.
• It is considered a federal contingency force that has been given the specific task of handling all forms of terrorism in India.
• NSG personnel are also called Black Cats because of their black uniform and black cat insignia on their uniform."