Indo-Tibetan Border Police

About Indo-Tibetan Border Police:

• It is one of the Central Armed Police Forces of India.
• Background
  • It was raised in 1962, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962 for deployment along India's border with China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
  • ITBP was initially raised under the CRPF Act. However, in 1992, parliament enacted the ITBPF Act and the rules there under were framed in 1994.
  • In 2004, ITBP was declared as a full-fledged central armed police force under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
• The motto of the Force: “Shaurya-Dridhata-Karma Nishtha” (Valour – Determination – Devotion to Duty).
• This force guards the 3,488 km long India-China border through 197 BOPs situated at altitudes ranging from 9,000 ft to 18,750 ft from Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh.
• It is a specialized mountain force and most of the officers and men are professionally trained mountaineers and skiers.
• It is headed by a Director General under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Home Affair.
• Headquarter: New Delhi

Q1: What is the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)?

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is the premier central police force of the Union of India for internal security. It functions under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of the Government of India.

Source: HT