Land Ports Authority of India

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About Land Port Authority of India:

It is an authority constituted under the Land Ports Authority Act, 2010.
It was constituted for development and management of facilities for cross border movement of passengers and goods at designated points along the international borders of India.
Mandate: It is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing border infrastructure in India. It manages several Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) all across Borders of India.
Composition
- Chairperson and Members are appointed by the Central Government.
Tenure: Both Chairperson and Members have tenure for a period of five years from the date on which he assumes office and till he attains the age of sixty years, whichever is earlier.
Functions: It is mandated to develop, sanitize and manage the facilities for cross border movement of passengers and goods at designated points along the international borders of India.
Nodal ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs.

Key points about Petrapole

Petrapole is the largest land port in South Asia and it is a vital gateway for trade and commerce between India and Bangladesh.
It is also the eighth largest international immigration port of India, and facilitates the movement of over 23.5 lakh passengers annually between India and Bangladesh.

Q1: What is Immigration?

It is a process through which individuals become permanent residents or citizens of another country. Historically, the process of immigration has been of great social, economic, and cultural benefit to states.

News: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah inaugurates the Passenger Terminal Building and Maitri Dwar in Petrapole, West Bengal, built at a cost of ₹487 crore by the Land Port Authority of India (LPAI)