CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
54th CISF Raising Day: 10th March
- In the year 1969, the CISF was set up on March 10 and three battalions were formed under the CISF act 1968, which was passed by the Parliament of India.
- Central Industrial Security Force, is for the central armed police force in India.
- It is one of the six paramilitary forces in India functioning under the Union Home Ministry.
- The CISF was established on 10 March, 1969 after an Act was passed in the Parliament of India.
- The Central Industrial Security Forces were established to protect the industrial installations in the country.
- The CISF was made an armed force by a different act of Parliament, which was passed on 15 June, 1983.
- CISF’s duty includes providing better protection and guarding the sensitive installations of the government and other important facilities.
