New Delhi,Under the Constitution, ‘Law and Order’ is a State subject. Therefore,
the responsibility for providing security to an individual primarily rests with
the State Government concerned in whose jurisdiction such individual is
ordinarily resident or happens to be. Security by Central Government is mostly
provided to individuals who are ordinarily resident or based in Delhi. Such
security is provided on the basis of threat attached to the posts held by them
and/or the level of threat to them as assessed by the Central Security
Agencies.
Guidelines for security of the President, Vice-President and Prime Minister
have been compiled in the respective ‘Blue Books’, while for other individuals,
guidelines have been compiled in the ‘Yellow Book’. The security cover provided
is subject to continuous review based on threat perception assessed by the
Security Agencies. Further, the security cover of all protectees in the Central
list is periodically reviewed in consultation with the Central Security
Agencies in two high level committees constituted in Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA). On the basis of such reviews, security cover is upgraded/ downgraded/
continued or withdrawn. State Governments have their own mechanism to assess,
provide and review security for individuals residing in their jurisdiction. Kiren Rijiju MoS (Home) gave this information in Rajya Sabha today in a
written reply to a question by Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy.
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