[1] The Special Action Group (SAG) comprises 54% of the National Security Guards.
The 51 SAG forms the offensive arm, with personnel drawn from the Indian Army.
[2] 51 Special Action Group's mission is part of the NSG's overall mission to neutralize specific terrorist threats in vital installations or any given area, handle hijack situations involving piracy in the air and on the land, engage and neutralize terrorists in specific situations, and to rescue hostages in kidnap situations.
The number of hits used for an intervention job depends on its complexity and the magnitude of the operation.
Recently, operational hubs have been raised in Metro cities: Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Gandhinagar, apart from its headquarters at Manesar (Haryana), near the capital New Delhi.