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{{Short description|Government security agency in India}}
{{Short description|Government security agency in India}}
{{more footnotes|date=January 2013}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2013}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
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{{Infobox government agency
{{Infobox government agency
| name            = National Security Council (India)
| name            = National Security Council (India)
| native_name_a  = {{lang|hi|राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा परिषद}}
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| native_name_r  = {{lang|hi-Latn|Rāṣṭrīya Surakṣā Pariṣad}} <br> {{IPA-hi| raːʂʈrɪjə sʊrəkʂaː pərɪʂəd }}
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| jurisdiction    = [[Government of India]]
| jurisdiction    = [[Government of India]]
| headquarters    = National Security Council Secretariat, Sardar Patel Bhawan, [[Sansad Marg]], [[New Delhi]] - 110001 <ref>{{cite web|title=Contact Us|url=http://www.nsab.gov.in/?1002|website=National Security Advisory Board|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227073906/http://www.nsab.gov.in/?1002 |archive-date=27 February 2017}}</ref>
| headquarters    = National Security Council Secretariat, Sardar Patel Bhawan, [[Sansad Marg]], [[New Delhi]] - 110001<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact Us|url=http://www.nsab.gov.in/?1002|website=National Security Advisory Board|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227073906/http://www.nsab.gov.in/?1002 |archive-date=27 February 2017}}</ref>
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| chief4_name    = [[Dattatray Padsalgikar]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/former-maha-dgp-appointed-deputy-nsa/articleshow/71812445.cms|title = Former Maharashtra DGP Dattatray D Padsalgikar appointed as deputy NSA}}</ref>
| chief4_name    = [[Dattatray Padsalgikar]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/former-maha-dgp-appointed-deputy-nsa/articleshow/71812445.cms|title = Former Maharashtra DGP Dattatray D Padsalgikar appointed as deputy NSA}}</ref>
| chief4_position = Deputy National Security Advisor
| chief4_position = Deputy National Security Advisor
| chief5_name    = [[Lieutenant General (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Anil Chauhan]]
| chief5_name    = [[General (India)|General]] [[Anil Chauhan]]
| chief5_position = Military Advisor
| chief5_position = Military Advisor
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==Members==
==Members==
Besides the [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]] (NSA), the Deputy National Security Advisors, the [[Government of India#The Union Ministries|Ministers]] of [[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence]], [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs]], [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home]], [[Minister of Finance (India)|Finance]] of the [[Government of India]], and the Vice Chairman of the [[NITI Aayog]] are members of the National Security Council. PM can chair the meeting of NSC (for eg - PM chaired the meeting of NSC Post Pulwama to discuss heightened tension with Pakistan). Other members may be invited to attend its monthly meetings, as and when it is required.
Besides the [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]] (NSA), [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)]], the Deputy National Security Advisors, the [[Government of India#The Union Ministries|Ministers]] of [[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence]], [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs]], [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home]], [[Minister of Finance (India)|Finance]] of the [[Government of India]], and the Vice Chairman of the [[NITI Aayog]] are members of the National Security Council.


==Organisational structure==
==Organisational structure==
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===Strategic Policy Group===
===Strategic Policy Group===
The Strategic Policy Group is the first level of the three tier structure of the National Security Council. It forms the nucleus of the decision-making apparatus of the NSC. [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]] [[Ajit Doval]] is the chairman of the group and it consists of the following members:
The Strategic Policy Group is the first level of the three tier structure of the National Security Council. It forms the nucleus of the decision-making apparatus of the NSC. [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]] [[Ajit Doval]] is the chairman of the group and it consists of the following members:
*[[Niti Aayog|Vice Chairman Niti Aayog]] [[Rajiv Kumar (economist)|Rajiv Kumar]]
*[[Niti Aayog|Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog]] ([[Suman Bery]])
*[[Cabinet Secretary of India|Cabinet Secretary]] ([[Rajiv Gauba]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])
*[[Cabinet Secretary of India|Cabinet Secretary]] ([[Rajiv Gauba]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])
*[[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff]] (Vacant)
*[[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff]] ([[General (India)|General]] [[Anil Chauhan]])
*[[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]] ([[General (India)|General]] [[Manoj Mukund Naravane]])
*[[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]] ([[General (India)|General]] [[Manoj Pande (general)|Manoj Pande]])
*[[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]] ([[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] [[R. Hari Kumar]])  
*[[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]] ([[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] [[R. Hari Kumar]])  
*[[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]] ([[Air chief marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]] [[Vivek Ram Chaudhari]])
*[[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]] ([[Air chief marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]] [[Vivek Ram Chaudhari]])
*[[List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India|Governor of the Reserve Bank of India]] (RBI) ([[Shaktikanta Das]])
*[[List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India|Governor]], [[List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India|Reserve Bank of India]] ([[Shaktikanta Das]])
*[[Foreign Secretary (India)|Foreign Secretary]] ([[Harsh Vardhan Shringla]], [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]])
*[[Foreign Secretary (India)|Foreign Secretary]] ([[Vinay Mohan Kwatra]], [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]])
*[[Defence Secretary (India)|Defence Secretary]] ([[Ajay Kumar (civil servant)|Ajay Kumar]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])
*[[Defence Secretary (India)|Defence Secretary]] (Giridhar Aramane, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])
*[[Home Secretary (India)|Home Secretary]] ([[Ajay Kumar Bhalla]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])
*[[Home Secretary (India)|Home Secretary]] ([[Ajay Kumar Bhalla]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])
*[[Finance Secretary]] ([[T. V. Somanathan]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])
*[[Finance Secretary]] ([[T. V. Somanathan]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])
*[[Secretary to Government of India|Secretary]] (Research) (i.e. the head of the [[Research and Analysis Wing]]) ([[Samant Goel]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IPS]])
*[[Secretary to Government of India|Secretary]], [[Research and Analysis Wing|Research]] ([[Ravi Sinha]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IPS]])
* Director General of [[Defence Intelligence Agency (India)|Defence Intelligence Agency]] ([[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon|KJS Dhillion]])  
* Director General, [[Defence Intelligence Agency (India)|Defence Intelligence Agency]] ([[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]] [[GAV Reddy|G. A. V. Reddy]])  
*[[Director of the Intelligence Bureau]] ([[Arvind Kumar (civil servant)|Arvind Kumar]], [[Indian Police Service|IPS]])
*[[Director of the Intelligence Bureau|Director]], [[Director of the Intelligence Bureau|Intelligence Bureau]] ([[Tapan Deka]], [[Indian Police Service|IPS]])
*[[Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes]] (Pramod Chandra Mody, [[Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax)|IRS (IT)]])
*[[Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes]] (Pramod Chandra Mody, [[Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax)|IRS (IT)]])
*[[Secretary to Government of India|Secretary]] (Defence Production) (Dr. Ajay Kumar, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])
*[[Secretary to Government of India|Secretary]], Defence Production (Giridhar Aramane, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])
* Scientific Advisor to the Raksha Mantri and Chairman of [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] (DRDO) (Dr. [[G. Satheesh Reddy]])
* Scientific Advisor to the Raksha Mantri ([[G. Satheesh Reddy]])
*[[Secretary to Government of India|Secretary]] ([[Department of Atomic Energy|Atomic Energy]]) (Dr. [[Sekhar Basu]])
* Chairman of [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] (Samir V. Kamat)
* [[Secretary to Government of India|Secretary]] ([[Department of Space|Space]]) and ''[[ex-officio]]'' [[List of chairmen of the Indian Space Research Organisation|Chairman]], [[Indian Space Research Organisation|Indian Space Research Organization]] (ISRO) (Dr. [[K. Sivan]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/k-sivan-named-new-isro-chairman/article22412843.ece|title=Rocket expert K. Sivan new Space Secretary|date=2018-01-10|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-01-29|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>)
*[[Secretary to Government of India|Secretary]] ([[Department of Atomic Energy|Atomic Energy]]) (K. N. Vyas)
* [[Secretary to Government of India|Secretary]] ([[Department of Space|Space]]) and ''[[ex-officio]]'' [[List of chairmen of the Indian Space Research Organisation|Chairman]], [[Indian Space Research Organisation|Indian Space Research Organization]] ([[Sreedhara Panicker Somanath|S. Somanath]])


The Strategic Policy Group undertakes the ''Strategic Defence Review'', a blueprint of short and long term security threats, as well as possible policy options on a priority basis.
The Strategic Policy Group undertakes the ''Strategic Defence Review'', a blueprint of short and long term security threats, as well as possible policy options on a priority basis.
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The new board has been re-constituted in July 2018, with P. S. Raghavan, former [[List of ambassadors of India to Russia|Indian Ambassador to Russia]] (2014–16), as its head. It has a tenure of two years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/national-security-advisory-board-reconstituted-with-ex-envoy-to-russia-raghavan-as-head/articleshow/54765284.cms|title=National Security Advisory Board reconstituted with ex-envoy to Russia Raghavan as head|date=2018-07-13|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref>
The new board has been re-constituted in July 2018, with P. S. Raghavan, former [[List of ambassadors of India to Russia|Indian Ambassador to Russia]] (2014–16), as its head. It has a tenure of two years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/national-security-advisory-board-reconstituted-with-ex-envoy-to-russia-raghavan-as-head/articleshow/54765284.cms|title=National Security Advisory Board reconstituted with ex-envoy to Russia Raghavan as head|date=2018-07-13|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref>
Currently the board has the following members:<ref>{{Cite news |title=Zoho's Sridhar Vembu appointed to Doval-led National Security Advisory Board |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/zohos-sridhar-vembu-appointed-to-doval-led-national-security-advisory-board/articleshow/80668164.cms |access-date=2023-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |agency=TNN|date=Jun 11, 2022 |title=Nsab Meets At Rru {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/nsab-meets-at-rru/articleshow/92138783.cms |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gokhale |first=Nitin A. |date=2021-02-02 |title=NSAB Draws Expertise from Private Sector |url=https://bharatshakti.in/nsab-draws-expertise-from-private-sector/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Bharat Shakti |language=en-US}}</ref>-
{| class="wikitable"
!Members
!Experience
|-
|Ajit Doval
|National Security Advisor
|-
|[[Bimal N. Patel]]
|Vice-Chancellor, [[Rashtriya Raksha University]]
|-
|[[K. Radhakrishnan]]
|former [[Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation|Chairman, ISRO]]
|-
|Anshuman Tripathy
|Associate Professor, [[IIM Bangalore]]
|-
|[[Arun Kumar Singh|Arun K. Singh]]
|former Ambassador to France and the United States.
|-
|Tilak Devasher
|Pakistan specialist and former senior intelligence officer
|-
|Prof. V. Kamakoti
|Director, [[IIT Madras]]
|-
|Kulbir Krishnan
|former [[Director general of police|DGP, Meghalaya]]
|-
|Aloke Joshi
|former [[National Technical Research Organisation|Chairman, NTRO]]
|-
|Lt Gen. S. L. Narasimhan (retd)
|Director General, Centre for Contemporary China Studies, [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|MEA]]
|-
|[[Sridhar Vembu]]
|Founder and CEO, [[Zoho Corporation]]
|}


===Joint Intelligence Committee===
===Joint Intelligence Committee===
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In 2014 the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre under the [[National Technical Research Organisation]] mandated the protection of critical information infrastructure. In 2015, the Office of National Cyber Security Coordinator was created to advice the Prime Minister on strategic cyber security issues. In the case of nodal entity, India’s [[Indian Computer Emergency Response Team|Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in)]] is playing a crucial role under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MEITY).
In 2014 the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre under the [[National Technical Research Organisation]] mandated the protection of critical information infrastructure. In 2015, the Office of National Cyber Security Coordinator was created to advice the Prime Minister on strategic cyber security issues. In the case of nodal entity, India’s [[Indian Computer Emergency Response Team|Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in)]] is playing a crucial role under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MEITY).


On 15 June 2021, the Government of India launched the Trusted Telecom Portal signalling the coming into effect of the National Security Directive on Telecommunication Sector (NSDTS). Consequently, with effect from 15 June 2021 the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) are mandatorily required to connect in their networks only those new devices which are designated as ''Trusted Products'' from ''Trusted Sources''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-15|title=Launch of the Trusted Telecom Portal for implementation of the National Security Directive on Telecommunication Sector|url=https://trustedtelecom.gov.in/resources/pdf/Launch%20of%20Trusted%20Telecom%20Portal%2015%20June%202021.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=www.ETTelecom.com|title=Indian government launches trusted telecom portal - ET Telecom|url=https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/government-launched-trusted-telecom-portal/83538801|access-date=2021-06-16|website=ETTelecom.com|language=en}}</ref>
On 15 June 2021, the Government of India launched the Trusted Telecom Portal signalling the coming into effect of the National Security Directive on Telecommunication Sector (NSDTS). Consequently, with effect from 15 June 2021 the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) are mandatorily required to connect in their networks only those new devices which are designated as ''Trusted Products'' from ''Trusted Sources''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-15|title=Launch of the Trusted Telecom Portal for implementation of the National Security Directive on Telecommunication Sector|url=https://trustedtelecom.gov.in/resources/pdf/Launch%20of%20Trusted%20Telecom%20Portal%2015%20June%202021.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=www.ETTelecom.com|title=Indian government launches trusted telecom portal - ET Telecom|url=https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/government-launched-trusted-telecom-portal/83538801|access-date=2021-06-16|website=ETTelecom.com|language=en}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
 
* [[Cabinet Committee on Security]]
* [[Cabinet Committee on Security]]
* [[List of Indian Intelligence agencies]]
* [[List of Indian Intelligence agencies]]
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