Overview

• Announcing the move at the NSG’s 41st Raising Day in Manesar, Amit Shah said the Ayodhya hub will have a designated response zone with a Special Composite Group on standby.
• The government committed to round-the-clock presence of NSG commandos at the new centre to shorten response times in northern India.
• The foundation was laid for a Special Operations Training Centre at the NSG campus in Manesar, a Rs 141 crore, 8-acre facility to train NSG personnel and state anti-terror squads.
• Shah said major reforms to the NSG’s role are in the works and cited legislative and enforcement steps since 2019, including UAPA and NIA amendments, PMLA/ED action and the PFI ban.
• He credited Operation Sindoor and Operation Mahadev with degrading cross-border terror infrastructure and eliminating perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack; outlets differ on whether Ayodhya is the sixth or seventh hub.