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SPG (Amendment) Bill – 2019
December 9 , 2019
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- Parliament has passed the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
- The SPG Bill will amend the SPG Act of 1988.
- The proposed amendments in the Special Protection Group (SPG) Bill aims to reduce the financial burden of VIP security on the state exchequer.
Amendments
- Reduced SPG Coverage - The protection to be offered only to the Prime Minister, former Prime Ministers and their immediate family members that will reside with him at his official residence.
- Time period - The security will be provided only for a period of five years to the former Prime Ministers and their immediate family after they leave the office.
About Special Protection Group
- The SPG was raised in 1985 to provide security cover to the Prime Minister, former Prime Ministers and their immediate family members.
- It was established after the assassination of PM Indira Gandhi by her own bodyguards in 1984.
- The SPG comprises of the personnel from the CRPF, Border Security Force and other Central and State force.
- The President of India does not come under SPG cover due to low threat. He is protected by the Indian Army’s President Bodyguard Regiment.
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