MHA scraps 34 CISF posts after withdrawal from Patanjali food and herbal park
The Indian Home Ministry has ordered the abolition of 34 CISF security posts previously assigned to Patanjali Food and Herbal Park in Haridwar. This follows the formal withdrawal of the paramilitary force from the facility earlier in May 2026.
Why it matters
It highlights the administrative process of de-notifying state-funded security deployments for private corporate entities.
NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Monday directed the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to abolish all 34 sanctioned posts of its security wing at Swami Ramdev's Patanjali Food and Herbal Park Pvt Ltd in Haridwar, ending the sanctioned manpower structure of the deployed wing.The force had withdrawn its security from the premises on May 4. However, the ministry has now formally ordered the abolition of the posts that constituted the sanctioned strength of the deployed security wing.Earlier this month, the ministry delivered a letter to the CISF and conveyed the decision for the "abolition of the undermentioned 34 posts consequent upon withdrawal of CISF Security Wing from Patanjali Food & Herbal Park, Private Limited, Haridwar (Uttarakhand) on May 4, 2026".CISF had been providing security to the Patanjali Food and Herbal Park since June 2015, after a person was killed during a clash between the establishment's security guards and local…
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