Licenses have been granted in Haryana to over 1,000 private security agencies so far, which will help in fulfilling the growing demand for security guards in the state, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.
Besides, licenses have also been issued to eight private security training institutes, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), Navdeep Singh Virk, said.
Virk, who also holds the charge of controlling authority to grant licenses to private security agencies, said the objective of the Private Security Agencies Regulation Act (PSARA), 2009, was to fulfil the growing demand for private security guards in the country in a regulated manner, and also to provide avenues of employment to the youth.
Moreover, a database of private security workforce in the state is also maintained and police uses them as a force multiplier to maintain public order in the state, he said.