Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law has Z+ security cover, not SPG protection. But whenever he travels with Priyanka Gandhi, he automatically comes under SPG protection because his wife and children are under that security category. 

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The security category is divided into four tiers: Z+ (highest level); Z; Y and X.

Z+ category has a security cover of 36 personnel. Z category has a security cover of 22 personnel. Y category has a security cover of 11 personnel. X category has a security cover of 2 personnel.

Individuals under the security blanket include Cabinet Ministers, Chief Ministers, High Court and Supreme Court Judges, leading politicians, and senior bureaucrats.

Main points of the SPG Act 1. (a) This Act may be called the Special Protection Group Act 1988 (amended in 1991, 1994 & 1999).    (b) It shall come into force at once. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires;

(a) “active duty” in relation to a member of the Group means any duty as such member during the period when he is posted to physically protected the Prime Minister of India and  *the       former Prime Minister of India and members of their immediate families, wherever he or they may be;

(b) “Director” means the Director of the Group appointed under sub-section (I) of Section 5 ;

(c) “Group” means the Special Protection Group constituted under section 4;

(d) “Member of the Group” means a person who has been appointed to the Group by the prescribed authority whether before or after the commencement of the Act;

(e) “members of the immediate family” means wife, husband, children and parents;

(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act.

(g) “proximate security” means protection provided from close quarters, during journey by road, rail, aircraft, watercraft or on foot or any other means of transport and shall include the places of functions, engagements, residence or halt and shall comprise ring round teams, isolation cordons, the sterile zone around, and the rostrum and access control to the person or members of his immediate family.

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