National Security: Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force | 16 July, 2023

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ITBP has been guarding the India-China border in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh states from the Karakoram pass in Jammu Kashmir to Jechap La in Arunachal Pradesh.  The functions & tasks mandated include Vigil on the northern borders, detection and prevention of border violations, and promotion of the sense of security among the local populace. The ITBP Checks illegal immigration, trans-border smuggling and crimes and Restores and preserves order in any area in the event of disturbance. The altitude of ITBP BOPs ranges from 9,000 ft to 18,750 ft where the temperature dips to (-)45 degrees Celsius.. It is India’s Central Paramilitary Force, which is controlled by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. Its primary mission is to protect the geopolitically and strategically significant Indo-China border, which it shares with the Indian army.  ITBP Battalions are also providing security to various installations of national importance throughout the country, which includes Rashtrapati Bhawan, Vice President House, and various sensitive installations in Chandigarh (Punjab) Jammu (J&K). In view of increased Maoist activities in various parts of the Country, ITBP was inducted in District Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) in December 2009 to thwart naxal menace. At present, 8 Bns are deployed in Rajnandgaon, Narayanpur Kondagaon Districts of Chhattisgarh. . Since 2015, the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is also being conducted from the Nathula route and ITBP is providing similar assistance for pilgrims in this route also. ITBP conducts a large number of medical civic action programmes in remote border and terrorist/naxal affected areas to provide free and expert medical, health and hygiene care to the civilian population in remote villages.

 

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