Overview

• As of June 30, 2025, 541 of the NIA’s 1,901 sanctioned posts remain unfilled, marking a 28.45% vacancy rate disclosed by Minister Nityanand Rai in Parliament.
• Key field positions such as inspectors, sub-inspectors, assistant sub-inspectors and constables, along with specialist roles in cyber forensics, ballistics and scientific analysis, account for the bulk of the vacancies.
• Despite persistent manpower gaps, the agency has registered 677 terror investigations since 2022 and secured convictions in 78 cases at a 97.43% conviction rate.
• An anonymous former NIA Director General warned that prolonged understaffing and extended workloads could undermine the agency’s capacity to conduct future terrorism probes.
• Members of Parliament and security experts are urging the Home Ministry to expedite recruitment and resource allocation to bolster the NIA’s counter-terrorism operations.