Arrangements are now being finalised for the formation of an industrial security force in the public sector industrial plants in the country. Details of the force – including its strength, service conditions and financial implications – are being worked out by the Home and Finance Ministries in consultation with Ministries such as Steel and Heavy Engineering and Industrial Development and Company Affairs which are in charge of the units concerned. It is expected that the force will start operating in the Durgapur steel plant in the first instance. Later it will extend its activities to cover other units. On a rough estimate installations in public sector units in the country excluding railways and defence, are worth about Rs. 5,000 crores. The proposed force will be an all-India force.
