On 10 July 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah reaffirmed the government’s commitment to making India’s coastal security unbreachable while reviewing the establishment of the Bureau of Port Security (BoPS) with Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
The Bureau of Port Security (BoPS) is being established as a statutory body under Section 13 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 2025. It will function under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and will be headed by a Director General. The Bureau will regulate and inspect the security of ships and port facilities, facilitate the collection and sharing of security-related information, and strengthen cybersecurity through a dedicated IT security division.
Amit Shah directed that only CISF-trained personnel from licensed private security agencies should be deployed at ports. He also ordered the early start of training at the Port Security Training Institute, creation of a comprehensive database of security personnel, installation of container-scanning facilities at BoPS-covered ports, and trial security runs at Visakhapatnam Port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, and Mundra Port.
