Overview
- The NIA’s ISIS Investigation Research Cell, created in 2018, has been broadened to cover multiple theatres of terrorism and renamed the Counter Terrorism Research Cell.
- Under the 2019 amendment, the NIA can investigate scheduled offences involving Indian citizens or interests abroad, with its scope extended to explosives, human trafficking, cyber terrorism and Arms Act offences.
- The agency now has 21 branch offices with zonal hubs in Guwahati and Jammu, and a sanctioned strength of 1,901 posts, including 769 added in the past five years.
- The National Terror Data Fusion & Analysis Centre has been established to enable big‑data analytics, automation and digitisation of investigative processes.
- To speed prosecutions and bolster cross‑border work, the government has designated 52 special courts, set up a Foreign Investigation Request Unit in 2024, and created a Terror Funding and Fake Currency Cell as the nodal unit.