Land Ports Authority of India

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)