The International borders of
India are not uniform in character. They have different physical features,
terrain and climate conditions along with different threat perceptions.
Therefore, the ideal number of personnel required to guard the borders varies from
border to border and sector to sector.
The
number of companies of the different Border Guarding Forces deployed for border
guarding duties on different sectors of India’s International Borders is given
below:
|
Sl.
No.
|
Border
|
Border
Guarding Force
|
|
|
|
Border
Security
Force
(BSF)
|
Indo-Tibetan
Border
Police
(ITBP)
|
Sashastra
Seema
Bal
(SSB)
|
Assam
Rifles
(AR)
|
Total
|
|
1.
|
Indo-Pakistan
Border
|
411
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
411
|
|
2.
|
Indo-
Bangladesh
Border
|
480
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
480
|
|
3.
|
Indo-China
Border
|
|
136
|
--
|
--
|
136
|
|
4.
|
Indo-Nepal
Border
|
-
|
--
|
162
|
--
|
162
|
|
5.
|
Indo-Bhutan
Border
|
--
|
--
|
97
|
--
|
97
|
|
6.
|
Indo-Myanmar
Border
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
60
|
60
|
|
|
Total
|
891
|
136
|
259
|
60
|
1346
|
The
deployment of Border Guarding Forces in the international borders is reviewed
and suitably calibrated by the Ministry of Home Affairs in consultation with
Border Guarding Forces from time to time. Recently, BSF has deployed 18
additional companies on international border in Punjab.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs,
Shri Kiren Rijiju in written reply to a question by Shri Derek O. Brien in the
Rajya Sabha today.
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