Private Security Agencies

As expected, the demand for regulation came from none other than the big players in the industry, for which the government did pass the Private Security Agencies Act in the recently concluded session of the Parliament. Expectedly, the act, which is likely to come into force by March 2007, will appease the powerful players and weed out the home-grown ‘small fries’. But according to the government, the Private Security Act is a move to enhance the public-private participation in the field of internal security. Surprisingly, perhaps this wasn’t what even the biggies really required. R. K. Sinha, Managing Director, Security and Intelligence Services (SIS) India Ltd, deliberates, “The government has been highlighting the need for public-private synergy in the national security sector.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2006

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