National Security Day: Interesting facts you should know
March 4 is commemorated as National Security Day to praise the work of security forces, who ensure that the citizens of India sleep can sleep peacefully, without fretting over the security of the country.
- Also known as Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas, this day is dedicated to all the security forces such as policemen, commandos, guards, army officers, para-military forces and other persons involved in security, who sacrifice their lives for maintaining the stability of the country
- With a strength of over 1.3 million active personnel, India has the world's third largest military force
- India's defence budget for 2017 - 2018 is Rs 2.74 lakh crore
- 'Operation Rahat', during the 2013 Uttarakhand floods, was one of the world's biggest civilian rescue operations
- National Security Council (NSC), the apex agency that looks into the country's political, economic, energy and strategic security concerns, was established by the then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on November 19, 1998
- The National Security Adviser of India is Ajit Kumar Doval. He is the Chief Executive of NSC and Primary Adviser to the Prime Minister on issues related to National Security
- The intelligence agencies like (Research and Analysis Wing) RAW and (Intelligence Bureau) IB report to the National Security Adviser.
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