Sometimes ministers, any Industrialists or any high profile people requires different types of security. In India all these arrangements is managed by NSG, ITBP, CRPF, CISF and by other police officers.
Now, which person should be provided with which level of security, and what level else should be present in it, All these guidelines are present in two places;
1. Blue Book - Here security guidelines related to President, Vice-President and Prime Minister is mentioned.
2. Yellow Book - Here security guidelines for other VIP,s and political persons are mentioned.
If we talk about only Central Government list, there are 230 such people who are provided different types of security. This list is increased or decreased according to the emergency.
TYPES OF SECURITY :
There are 6 levels of security cover - X, Y, Y+, Z, Z+ and SPG
1. SPG - It means Special Protection group. This is an elite force which only provides security to the Prime Minister of this country. 592 crore rupees has been allocated for SPG security in year 2020.
2. Z+ Security - It is the second highest level of security in which 55 security personnel look after all the arrangements. 40 VIP are provided with Z+ security according to March 2021 central list. The cost of Z+ security is 20 ;lakhs per month.
3. Z security - In this level 22 security personnel are involve,. in which there are 4-5 commandos. This security is provided by Delhi police, ITBP and CRPF. An escort vehicle is include in this and its budget is 16-17 lakhs per month
4. Y+ security - In this security, 11 security personnel are involved and 1-2 NSG guards are also in it. The responsibility of this level security is mainly on CRPF.
5. Y security - There are total 8 security personnel in it in which 1-2 commandos and police personnel are there.
6. X security - The last is the X security, in which 2-3 police men are there.
Most of the people in India have X & Y security.