Mamta Rahul Promoted as Inspector General in CISF

Mamta Rahul, Deputy Inspector General in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), has been promoted as Inspector General, with the posting to run for her remaining deputation tenure through January 26, 2028, a total of seven years in the force.

The CISF guards critical infrastructure including airports, metro networks, nuclear installations and central public sector undertakings, and an Inspector General typically oversees a zone or a cluster of high-security installations, coordinating with local police and the establishments being protected.

Rahul is a 2007-batch IPS officer of the Rajasthan cadre who has spent an extended stretch of her service on deputation to the CISF, building institutional knowledge of the force's installation-security protocols across her earlier years as Deputy Inspector General.

Her promotion within the same deputation tenure, rather than a fresh posting, reflects the CISF's practice of elevating officers already familiar with their assigned zone rather than rotating in someone new at the IG level.

The seven-year total deputation period is longer than the standard central deputation term, indicating the force's continued reliance on her for zonal command responsibilities.

The CISF has been adding airport and metro security contracts in recent years even as it retains its core mandate over strategic installations, adding to the workload of its IG-rank officers.

Her promotion takes effect immediately and runs through the remainder of her deputation tenure ending January 26, 2028.