Overview
- Union home minister Amit Shah made the announcement at the NSG’s 41st Raising Day event in Manesar, Haryana.
- The Ayodhya facility will be the seventh NSG centre, joining hubs in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and the Jammu task force.
- Officials outlined continuous 24x7 deployment around the new site, with a designated zone and a Special Composite Group primed for rapid counter-terror response.
- Shah also inaugurated the Special Operation Training Centre, which will train NSG commandos as well as state police forces.
- Citing May’s Operation Sindoor, Shah claimed Pakistani terror headquarters, training centres and launchpads were destroyed, presenting this as context for the expansion.