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Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB; transl. Armed Border Force) is a central armed police force in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs.It is responsible for guarding India’s borders with Nepal and Bhutan.
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The BSF has grown from 25 battalions in 1965, to 193 battalions with a sanctioned strength of 270,000 personnel including an expanding air wing, water wing, an artillery regiment and specialised units. [5] [6] It is currently the world's largest border security force. BSF has been termed the First Line of Defence of Indian territories. [7]
Hon'ble Home Minister of India Shri Amit Shah with the Union Home Secretary and Chiefs of the CAPFs. Central Armed Police Forces are organised with the primary role of border guarding for AR, BSF, ITBP, SSB; Security of sensitive establishments by CISF, Assisting Police to tackle Law & Order, Counter-Terrorist Operations, Counter Naxal Operations by CRPF, NSG.
Border Security Force: 257,363 [5] Ministry of Home Affairs: India–Pakistan border and India–Bangladesh border [7] Border guard Central Industrial Security Force: 144,418 [5] Ministry of Home Affairs: Industries, public sector undertakings, space installations, airports, seaports and Delhi Metro: Protection and security of operational areas
The force was raised in first week of 1962 war with a strength of 4 battalions for collecting intelligence, fighting conventional and guerrilla warfare and improving Indian communication systems along the Chinese border.
Agnipath Scheme [1] (also spelled Agneepath Scheme) (Hindi: Agnīpath Yojanā, transl. Agnipath [Fireway] Scheme) is a tour of duty style scheme approved by the Government of India on 14 June 2022 and implemented in the country a few months later in September 2022, for recruitment of soldiers below the rank of commissioned officers into the three services of the armed forces. [2]
They are: the Central Reserve Police Force, the Border Security Force, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, the Central Industrial Security Force, the Sashastra Seema Bal, the Assam Rifles, the National Security Guard under the Ministry of Home Affairs (India), the Special Protection Group under the Cabinet Secretariat of India, the Railway ...