RC Tayal appointed as Director General of National Security Guard
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Who: RC Tayal
What: Appointed Director General of National Security Guard
When: 8 June 2015
What: Appointed Director General of National Security Guard
When: 8 June 2015
Prior to this appointment, Tayal was serving as the Special Director General (DG) in paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and was heading its formation in Jammu and Kashmir. Tayal is a 1980-batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer.
He had earlier served as an Additional DG in the Sashastra Seema Bal.
About National Security Guard (NSG)
• NSG was raised in 1984 as a federal contingency force with an aim to undertake counter-terror and counter-hijack operations and it was later tasked to protect high-risk VVIPs.
• It operates under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and is headed by the Director General of the Indian Police Service (IPS).
• The NSG members are also known as Black Cats because of the black drill cotton coveralls and for the black helmets that they wear.
He had earlier served as an Additional DG in the Sashastra Seema Bal.
About National Security Guard (NSG)
• NSG was raised in 1984 as a federal contingency force with an aim to undertake counter-terror and counter-hijack operations and it was later tasked to protect high-risk VVIPs.
• It operates under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and is headed by the Director General of the Indian Police Service (IPS).
• The NSG members are also known as Black Cats because of the black drill cotton coveralls and for the black helmets that they wear.
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