The direction has been issued through a
Circular Memorandum dated September 2026, referring to a communication from the
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Police Modernization Division, New Delhi, dated
September 16, 2026.
According to the circular, the MHA has
developed and operationalised a dedicated Manpower Module on the PSARA portal
to establish a centralised database of private security guards and supervisors
employed by Private Security Agencies across the country. The move follows suggestions
received from various State Controlling Authorities for capturing
manpower-related information.
The Manpower Module is intended to capture
details including personal particulars of security personnel, police
verification status and training status, enabling more effective monitoring and
compliance with the provisions of the Private Security Agencies (Regulation)
Act, 2005 (PSARA) and the Rules framed under it.
The Telangana Controlling Authority has
instructed all PSAs in the state to ensure that the requisite data relating to
all security guards and supervisors employed by them is duly entered and
uploaded on the PSARA online portal within three weeks from the date of receipt
of the circular memorandum. Other states are likely to follow.
The circular further stresses that the
information submitted on the portal must be complete, accurate and up to date.
Details relating to police verification and training status are also required
to be entered wherever applicable.
The State Controlling Authority has warned that
failure, negligence or non-compliance in furnishing the required manpower
details within the stipulated timeframe will be viewed seriously and may invite
action under the provisions of the PSARA Act, 2005 and the Rules made
thereunder.
The circular, issued by the Additional DGP,
Intelligence, Telangana, Hyderabad, who is also the Controlling Authority for
the State under PSARA Act, 2005, has been addressed to all Private Security
Agencies in Telangana. Copies have also been forwarded to all Commissioners of
Police and Superintendents of Police in the state, as well as the Ministry of
Home Affairs, Police Modernization Division, New Delhi, for information.
For private security agencies in Telangana, the
immediate requirement is therefore to verify their manpower records,
particularly police verification and training status, and ensure that the
required data is uploaded on the PSARA Manpower Module within the prescribed
three-week period.
At a joint workshop held on 25 June 2026 under
the aegis of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), and organised by FICCI,
the Security Association of India (SAI), Karnataka Security Services
Association (KSSA), Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI)
and BSRU, the need for establishing a centralised, digitised national registry
of licensed security guards had emerged as an important requirement. The
current initiative to register security guards and supervisors on the PSARA
Manpower Module appears to be a significant step in that direction.