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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 .
The objective of the Sashastra Seema Bal (English: Armed Border Force) is to guard the Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan borders. It has 76,337 personnel and 73 battalions, as well as some reserved battalions. [15] [11] [16]
Amrit Mohan Prasad (born 22 August 1965) is a 1989- batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from Odisha who has been the Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal since 15 September 2024. [2] [3] [4]
Border Security Force, Sashastra Seema Bal, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Central Reserve Police Force, Uttar Pradesh Police: Organization(s) Border Security Force, Sashastra Seema Bal: Known for: Director General of BSF, SSB: Father: Surjit Singh Chaudhary: Honours: President 's medal (3 times) President 's commendation President 's ...
Indian Armed Forces in Jammu and Kashmir encompass the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force, tri-service units such as the Armed Forces Special Operations Division (AFSOD), and paramilitary organisations of the Central Armed Police Forces such as the Border Security Force, the Central Reserve Police Force, the Sashastra Seema Bal and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
Sashastra Seema Bal: 97,244 [9] Ministry of Home Affairs: India–Nepal border and India–Bhutan border [10] Border guard Special Frontier Force: 10,000 [9] Cabinet Secretariat [11] Covert operations: Special Protection Group: 3,000 [9] Cabinet Secretariat: Security of Prime Minister of India: Executive Protection: Total 1,065,445
On 3 February 2016, she was appointed as the Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal and was the first woman police officer to be officially appointed to lead a paramilitary force. [11] [12] [13] In July 2018, Archana was replaced by Rajni Kant Mishra as the new Director General of Sashatra Seema Bal division. [14]
This organisation used to be composed of Special Service Bureau (now Sashastra Seema Bal), Aviation Research Centre, Special Frontier Force and Chief Inspectorate of Armaments. Since the shifting of SSB and CIOA to the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2001, DGS consists of ARC and SFF only.