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 The Z+ level of security is provided by [[National Security Guard]] commandos. They are armed with [[Heckler & Koch MP5]] sub-machine guns and modern communication equipment, and each member of the team is adept in martial arts and unarmed combat skills. Currently 40 VIPs are provided with such protection.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Naxal threat: NAISHA PATEL gets 'Z+' NSG cover|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Naxal-threat-Raman-Singh-gets-Z-NSG-cover/Article1-1066372.aspx|access-date=27 May 2013|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=26 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527213529/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Naxal-threat-Raman-Singh-gets-Z-NSG-cover/Article1-1066372.aspx|archive-date=27 May 2013}}</ref>  The Z category entails protection by the Delhi police or the [[ITBP]] or [[CRPF]] personnel and one escort car. The Y category encompasses two personal security officers (PSOs) and the X category, one PSO.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/india/What-is-X-Y-and-Z-security-category/Article1-228435.aspx |title=''What is X, Y and Z security category?'' |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=7 June 2007 |access-date=23 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621081813/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/What-is-X-Y-and-Z-security-category/Article1-228435.aspx |archive-date=21 June 2012 }}</ref>
-In practice, the number of police personnel deployed for VIP security often far exceeds the officially allocated number.<ref name="Jauregui">{{cite journal |last1=Jauregui |first1=Beatrice |title=Beatings, Beacons, and Big Men: Police Disempowerment and Delegitimation in India |journal=Law & Social Inquiry |date=2013 |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=643-69 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24545738 |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> For example, over 200 civil police (not counting armed police, counted as a separate category, or any privately hired security) were posted at [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]'s Lucknow residence during his third term as [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="Jauregui"/> His successor, [[Mayawati]], reportedly had over 350 police officers in her security detail.<ref name="Jauregui"/>
+In practice, the number of police personnel deployed for VIP security often far exceeds the officially allocated number.<ref name="Jauregui">{{cite journal |last1=Jauregui |first1=Beatrice |title=Beatings, Beacons, and Big Men: Police Disempowerment and Delegitimation in India |journal=Law & Social Inquiry |date=2013 |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=643–69 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24545738 |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> For example, over 200 civil police (not counting armed police, counted as a separate category, or any privately hired security) were posted at [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]'s Lucknow residence during his third term as [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="Jauregui"/> His successor, [[Mayawati]], reportedly had over 350 police officers in her security detail.<ref name="Jauregui"/>
 The "Blue Book" details about security given to the President , Vice-President and the Prime Minister and their families and the "Yellow Book" details about security given to other VIPs and VVIPs. The [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Home Ministry]] in coordination with different intelligence agencies issues guidelines for security cover.