{"id":32569,"date":"2023-02-12T11:34:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T06:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=32569"},"modified":"2025-04-19T14:04:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T08:34:28","slug":"ramping-up-border-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ramping-up-border-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramping Up Border Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Why border management is needed for India?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What are the strategies for border management in India?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What are the various schemes for border management?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>News Summary: Govt. is ramping up border infrastructure<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Recently, at an unscheduled briefing during Parliament session, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar released details of the government\u2019s projects on border infrastructure and connectivity.<\/li>\n<li>It focused on initiatives in the north and east along India\u2019s 3,488 km border with China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why border management is needed for India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>India&#8217;s internal security challenges are invariably linked with the security of the country&#8217;s borders due to the hostile attitude of some of India&#8217;s neighbours and their tendency to exploit India&#8217;s persistent national challenges.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The challenge of long-standing boundary and territorial disputes, coupled with steep terrain, extreme climatic conditions and porosity of borders, has rendered India&#8217;s Borders vulnerable.<\/li>\n<li>This has made efficient and effective border management a foremost priority for the Indian Government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the strategies for border management in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Approach and practices of border management vary from one border to another, based on the security perceptions and relationship with the neighbouring country.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is responsible for border management<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The strategy to deal with border security challenges involves:\n<ul>\n<li>The management of international land &amp; coastal borders<\/li>\n<li>Strengthening of border policing &amp; guarding<\/li>\n<li>Creation of border infrastructure such as roads, fencing &amp; floodlighting of the borders as well as the strengthening of coastal security infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>Development of Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) on the land borders of the country<\/li>\n<li>Implementation of the Border Area Development Programme (BADP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the various schemes for border management?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Border Infrastructure and Management (BIM) Scheme<\/strong>:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>It is a Central Sector Scheme comprising of projects aimed at infrastructure development of India\u2019s international borders.\n<ul>\n<li>It is being implemented by Border Management-I Division under MHA.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The scheme aims to enhance the security along the borders of the country and involve implementing a number of projects for the development of border infrastructure.\n<ul>\n<li>E.g., Border Fence, Border Roads, Border Floodlights, Border Out Posts (BOPs), Helipads and foot tracks along the international borders of the country.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It also involves deployment of technological solutions in such patches of the borders, which are not feasible for physical fence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS)<\/strong>:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>CIBMS has been conceptualized to integrate manpower, sensors, networks, intelligence and command control solutions.<\/li>\n<li>It aims to improve situational awareness at different levels of hierarchy to facilitate prompt and quick response to emerging situations along the India-Pakistan Border (IPB) and India-Bangladesh Border (IBB).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>News Summary: Govt. is ramping up border infrastructure<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What was the purpose of the briefing?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>There have been successive skirmishes with the Chinese People\u2019s Liberation Army in Chumar in 2014, Doklam in 2017 and the ongoing standoff along the entire LAC since April 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Since April 2020, the Chinese army amassed troops along the border, which resulted in the Galwan clashes, the first such violent incident in 45 years.<\/li>\n<li>Against this backdrop, the purpose of the briefing was to provide update on the India-China situation during the parliamentary session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What initiatives did the briefing outline?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A multi-pronged approach was highlighted during the briefing which include:\n<ul>\n<li>improving connectivity to the LAC through roads, bridges and tunnels;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>improving cross-border connectivity to neighbouring countries via highways, bridges, inland waterways, railroads, electricity lines and fuel pipelines;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>modernising and constructing integrated check posts (ICPs) at all the border crossings to smooth trade; and\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>funding and constructing infrastructure projects in neighbouring countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The briefing claimed that 6,806 km of roads were constructed in the China border areas in the period from 2014 to 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What about neighbourhood projects?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The report lists dozens of projects in the neighbourhood that have been planned, financed or constructed. These include:\n<ul>\n<li>Railway links to Nepal and Bangladesh,\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The Mahakali motorable bridge and the Maitri Setu between Tripura and Bangladesh,\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP) which includes a 158 km waterway, the Sittwe port project and road to Mizoram.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It also speaks of:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>South Asia\u2019s first cross-border petroleum products pipeline &#8211; between Motihari in India and Amlekhgunj in Nepal;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Another High-Speed Diesel pipeline with Bangladesh that will reduce petrol prices and road congestion; and\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>A Bhutanese dry port in Pasakha bordering West Bengal being developed under an Indian government grant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1)<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>What is cross border infrastructure?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Cross-border infrastructure means infrastructure that crosses the administrative boundaries of regions or countries, and therefore serves mostly to facilitate movement of goods and people across regions rather than within regions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q2)<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Which agency is responsible for constructing border roads in India?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) develops and maintains road networks in India&#8217;s border areas and friendly neighboring countries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/explained-how-is-govt-ramping-up-border-infrastructure\/article66498281.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Explained | How is govt. ramping up border infrastructure?<\/u><\/a>\u00a0 <strong>|<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mha.gov.in\/en\/divisionofmha\/border-management-i-division#:~:text=The%20scheme%20aims%20to%20enhance,international%20borders%20of%20the%20country.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>MHA<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India is boosting border infrastructure and connectivity in the north and east along India\u2019s border with China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":32570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}