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Something is not right about the article. He wants equipment similar to Army. And blames IPS. In his example of 1971 war, he doesn't mention Longewala.
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this is a bogus article... every force is tasked with a certain activity..BSF is for border security and is trained/equipped accordingly... so do u want BSF to have bofors, T 90 , AA guns etc? they are tasked with keeping the fence under observation, prevent drug smuggling etc. They did v well in CI ops in Kashmir and its Q ( intelligence) branch was v effective. I mean to expect BSF to fight like Army is really too much. Next u will ask Delhi Police to also get bofors !! hilarious. I can understand if the author had called for better training etc.
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would it be a good idea to embed/ rotate BSF units with IA infantry units??
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I do agree that the article goes overboard, but it is time the BSF gets rid of stuff firing pistol bullets like the Baretta sub machine guns, every Paki smuggler will have access to AK's etc. And better bunkers, night vision equipment, drones, ATGM's, Carl Gustafs, more 105mm , mortars, will keep Paki Rangers, PA from using BSF as soft target for cease fire violations and they should be networked well with the Army so a quick response to
a PA adventure in a BSF sector should be possible.
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BSF is along the IB...facing PAk Rangers .... else its PA vs IA ... i dont see in a peactime situation PA attacking BSF .... the issue is with IPS officers leading ... the less said the better about IPS where a posting in Agartala main city is considered a 'hardhsip posting' and they get a allowance for that.
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ramana wrote:Something is not right about the article. He wants equipment similar to Army. And blames IPS. In his example of 1971 war, he doesn't mention Longewala.
The writeup is bogus and the author is a jhola-wala. See his previous articles.
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The real question is - does BSF have wartime duties to engage TSPA ? If yes (and as per wiki, it does), then how well is it capable of doing it (not just the equipment but also the training) ? The author is saying it isn't trained. I'll take that up at face value (not knowing the motivations behind the article).

So, either the mandate is changed or the training is changed - but something needs to change.
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The BSF website also states the same, quoting it verbatim, "The BSF raised in 1965 with the specific purpose of manning the Indian border as the 'First Line of Defence' against infiltration, smuggling and military assault, can hardly be said to comprise an enviable job."

Given this, I do not think the author is off his mark here, his intentions not withstanding.
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Ammunition Factory Khadki in Pune sends first consignment of 40 mm UBGL ammunition to BSF

The Khadki Ammunition Factory in Maharashtra's Pune has sent the first consignment of 40 mm UBGL ammunition to the Border Security Force, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.

This ammunition is fired from a launcher fitted under the barrel of 5.56 mm Rifle (INSAS).

"Inspired by the Prime Minister’s clarion call for an Atmanirbhar Bharat, Ammunition Factory Khadki, Pune, wrote a new chapter on self-reliance and indigenization of 40 mm UBGL Ammunition production on 11 August 2020 by sending the first consignment to Border Security Force," the ministry said in a press release.

40 mm UBGL ammunition is designed and manufactured by Ammunition factory, Khadki with the components sourced from Indian Industries. It has various advantages over traditional hand grenade, including its lightweight and 400-metre range against the 30 metres of hand grenade.

It can be fired by the same equipment (INSAS) held by the soldier and is also safe for the personnel.

There are four varieties of this ammunition: 40 mm UBGL (Practice), 40 mm UBGL (HEAP), 40 mm UBGL (HEDP) and 40 mm UBGL (RP).

This ammunition is imported by Army and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) units and there was a perceived need to indigenise its design and manufacture, the Defence Ministry said.

MK Mohapatra, Sr General Manager, Ammunition Factory, Khadki had handed over the Inspection Note of the 40 mm UBGL (Practice) manufactured at AFK to BSF DIG Ashok Kumar Jha on August 4.

Hari Mohan, DGOF & Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board and MK Mohapatra, Sr GM Ammunition Factory, Khadki flagged off the First Consignment of 40 mm UBGL (Practice) to BSF in the presence of senior officers of OFB, AFK and Members of JCM, Works Committee and Unions & Associations on August 11.

With this event, Ammunition Factory Khadki joined the national endeavour to make India self-reliant in direction of defence production and save valuable foreign exchanges by way of import substitution, the ministry said.
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Awesome
I thought Trichy was making this ammo.

Was wrong
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BSF to undergo tech upgradation, to get 436 drones and new anti-drone systems.

With Rakesh Asthana taking over as full-time Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF), technological upgradation of the force has started with approval for 436 small and micro drones for border surveillance and anti-drone system being currently tested on India-Pakistan border to shoot down any drone carrying weapon-load for terrorists in Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir.

Under the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management (CIBM) plan, all 1923 border outposts manned by BSF on Pakistan and Bangladesh border will be equipped with sensors, CCTV and drone feeds from the sector headquarters with as many as 1,500 posts (as rest are in remote locations) being able to fly drone to recce the border and use anti-drone system to shoot any weapon pay-load transportation from across.

According to senior Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officials, while the cost of small and micro drone will come around Rs 88 crore, the BSF with the help of security agencies is currently testing an indigenous anti-drone system on the sensitive Punjab border with Pakistan. In the past one year, Pakistani deep state is using Chinese commercial drones to transport assault rifles, pistols and grenades to the Khalistani terrorists in Punjab as well as jihadis in Jammu and Kashmir.

By killing five Pakistani intruders carrying assault rifles and Afghan heroin on Friday morning, the new DG has made his intentions clear that the BSF will be pro-active on both the borders and will not allow any anti-India activity. It is understood that the BSF chief personally spoke to the company commander who carried out the successful operation in Taran Taran sector.

As Rakesh Asthana also holds the charge of DG, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the G Branch or the intelligence branch of the BSF is also being revived so that Afghan drugs do not make their way across the Pakistan border or the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. In this context, a common strategy will be adopted between the BSF and NCB to bring big cross border drug kingpins to book as the narcotic trade funds the cross border weapons smuggling and terrorism both in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. In the past decade, India has not only become the hub of drug transhipment but also a major consumer of narcotics like heroin and cocaine from Afghanistan.
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Ummn, the article says Gbranch will be revived

Had it been scrapped? IIRC, it was a stellar performer in J&K!
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I believe that there three CAPF organizations are large enough for them to have their own dedicated Officer Corp (I will call it CAPS - Central Armed Police Service). This cadre should be different from the IPS and recruited via different board.

This mixing of IPS into every possible Home affairs role is a huge mess. IPS can go for short 2 year deputations to CAPF's in a liason role & vice-versa but all Command roles should be with the CAPS (Central Armed Police Services) Cadre.

Also all Intel & Analyis roles can have their own service with capablity to be posted across organizations as required.

If some extra-ordinary talent manifests itself in any of these service which can be better utilized elese where there can be a one-time non-reversible transfer.
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47 new outposts, weapons upgrade, V-SAT systems: ITBP gets more teeth amid LAC row.

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), deployed along with the Army on Indo-China border, has got a weapons upgrade, V-SAT systems for better border communication, better vehicles, apart from bullet resistant jackets and helmets for its personnel, as part of its modernisation, ITBP Director General S S Deswal said on Saturday on the occasion of its Raising Day.

Minister of state G Kishan Reddy, in his address at the Raising Day event, added that the home ministry had, under the guidance of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and leadership of home minister Amit Shah, taken a slew of initiatives to empower the ITBP. This included grant of approval to ITBP
to establish 47 border outposts. This year alone, he said, 28 types of new vehicles had been provided to the force. He added that ITBP personnel in high-altitude areas had been given specialised clothing and mountaineering equipment.

“A budget of Rs 7,223 crore has been allocated for the ITBP and more than Rs 15 crore has been sanctioned for management,” ITBP broke myth that some countries have strong armies he said while praising the valour shown by ITBP men during the standoff with Chinese troops in Ladakh.

In his message to ITBP on its Raising Day, home minister Amit Shah tweeted: “The valour and courage of our ITBP personnel cannot be put in words. Their commitment to safeguard our motherland at world’s most difficult terrains is truly remarkable”.

Speaking earlier, Deswal said ITBP had sent a proposal regarding phase 2 of Indo-China border roads programme to the home ministry. Also, a high-level empowered committee was looking at another proposal for critical infrastructure — 18 foot tracks in Arunachal Pradesh — and the DG hoped construction of the same would start soon.

Deswal commended the ITBP jawans deployed in Ladakh for valiantly dealing with the recent border challenge, saying that he had honoured the personnel on the spot by visiting their border outposts, even as names of many personnel had been recommended for gallantry awards.

Raised on October 24, 1962 during India-China War, ITBP primarily guards the nation’s 3,488 kilometre long borders in the Himalayas at the BOPs located at altitudes ranging from 3,000 feet to 18,800 feet. The force is also deployed for anti-Maoist operations and other internal security duties.
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https://twitter.com/SpadeX95/status/135 ... 68128?s=20 ---> Want to take a bath in ITBP Way?

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Budget: Security forces guarding Pak, China receive more funds.

The central security forces guarding the India-Pakistan, Sino-Indian and other frontiers have received an increased amount of funds amidst continuous tension with India's western and northern neighbours.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has allocated a total of Rs 1,03,802.52 crore to the Central Armed Police Forces like the Border Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force and Indo-Tibetan Border Police. The amount is an increase of 7.1 per cent from the last year when the forces got Rs 92,848.91 crore.

Rs 20,729.54 crore has been allocated to the BSF in 2021-22, in comparison to Rs 19,377.83 crore allocated in 2020-21 -- an increase of 6.97 per cent.

The BSF guards country's borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh. Infiltration of militants and cross border firing from Pakistan have been regular features along the 3,323 km-long frontier of which, barring the 740 km-long Line of Control, all are guarded by the BSF.

The 4,096 km-long Indo-Bangladesh border, guarded by the BSF, also sees illegal infiltration, smuggling of cows, contraband and other items.

The air wing of the BSF received Rs 140.15 crore in comparison to Rs 54.75 crore received last year -- an increase of 155 per cent.

The ITBP, which guards 3,488 km-long Sino-Indian border, received Rs 6,567.17 crore in comparison to Rs 6,150.15 crore received last year -- an increase of 6.78 per cent.

The CRPF, which is deployed for internal security, maintenance of law and order and anti-militants operations in Jammu and Kashmir, received Rs 26,197.90 crore in comparison to Rs 24,788.28 crore allocated in 2020-21 -- an increase of 5.6 per cent.
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Govt okays 12 new SSB battalions for Nepal, Bhutan borders.

The government has sanctioned a dozen fresh SSB battalions, comprising over 13,000 personnel for the Nepal and Bhutan borders guarding force, to "fortify" defences along these fronts including the tri-junction area in Sikkim that adjoins Bhutan and Tibet, officials said.

Though the Union home ministry has denied creation of a new field frontier for the border force, it has allowed the SSB to create one out of three new sector -- responsible for the operations of about 5-6 battalions -- and it is expected to come up in the Delhi-NCR region.

The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), with an estimated strength of about 90,000 personnel, is the designated force to guard the open Indian fronts with Nepal (1,751 km) and Bhutan (699 km).

SSB Director General (DG) Kumar Rajesh Chandra told PTI that the 12 new battalions will be raised in phases, three units each over the next four years. "It is very supportive of the government to have given the sanction to raise new battalions and establishments for the SSB. The new manpower will ensure that border security is strengthened," the DG said.

The SSB chief added that the government has also sanctioned a total of 548 posts to the force for deployment at four ICPs (integrated check posts) along the Nepal border out of which two are already operational at Jogbani and Raxaul (both in Bihar). "We are thankful to the home ministry as these sanctions have come at a time when no new posts are being created. We are in the process to further implement the new approvals obtained," Chandra said.

As per an official proposal of the border force approved by the ministry of home affairs (MHA), the new battalions will be used to reduce inter-border outpost distance, strengthen trade and transit routes along Nepal and Bhutan and fortifying SSB' strength in the tri-junction area in Sikkim. The tri-junction area is the plateau between India, Bhutan and Tibet and the SSB is deployed just below it on the southern side as part of its mandate to guard the front with Bhutan.

The militaries of India and China had witnessed an over 70-day standoff in the Doklam at the tri-junction in 2017.

The new manpower will also help the SSB, as per the proposal, in upgrading the existing border posts at "strategically important" locations along the two fronts and providing armed security to the eight integrated check posts along these fronts.

Officials said the blueprint for sanction of new battalions and establishments for the force was drawn after Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the operations of the SSB in October, 2019 and directed it conduct a “vulnerability assessment and gap analysis” of the two borders it secures.

The SSB, after completing this task, informed the MHA that it would require 12 new battalions, a frontier headquarter and at least three sector headquarters that would be used to enhance logistical and administrative support to its border units and some of those deployed for internal security duties in the hinterland.

However, the home ministry, approved only a sector formation and 12 battalions to be raised in phases in view of the given financial space, officials said. A battalion has a strength of over 1,000 personnel.

The remaining two sectors and a frontier are also expected to be sanctioned by the home ministry in the next phase, they said.

A sector formation of a paramilitary or central armed police force (CAPF) is responsible for the operations of about 5-6 battalions and is headed by a deputy inspector general (DIG) rank officer. About two-four sectors form a frontier that is headed by an IG-rank officer.
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Great idea. Its outcome of Ladakh performance by SSB.
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CRPF's quick action team.
Amazing transformation in just 6-7 years. MHA has done a much better job than MoD and Army.
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That a Caucasian guy in combat gear. Unlikely to be the CRPF Quick action team.
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Vips wrote:That a Caucasian guy in combat gear. Unlikely to be the CRPF Quick action team.
It was tweeted by the official CRPF handle.
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The kit looks quite good. If only they get out of IPS orbit and into a separate and dedicated paramilitary leadership cadre, it'd be really good.
We really need the PMFs to handle all the COIN duties and allow Army to focus on external threats. It'd also allow PMFs to become a competent second rung light infantry.
Given all the insurgencies and Naxal issues facing us for past 60 years or so, I'm quite astonished that we still don't have dedicated leadership for PMFs.
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https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/natio ... ted-310333

taliban on mind, training module of security personnel to be reoriented
extracts from the above
The border guarding forces —BSF and SSB — as well as central and state police forces engaged in counterterrorism operations have been asked to prepare and reorient their training programme in view of the new security challenges, which are likely to be thrown up after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.

The Border Security Force deployed on the western and eastern frontiers with Pakistan and Bangladesh, respectively, the Sashastra Seema Bal guarding the borders with Nepal and Bhutan and the CRPF and Jammu & Kashmir Police engaged in the UT have been asked to prepare and administer a new training module on the Taliban and their modus operandi in view of the “emerging” scenario. Security sources said the developments in Afghanistan have a “serious bearing” on the security situation in India. Hence, the ground forces and their intelligence set-up have been asked to update and upgrade their strategy, tactics and combat mode to guard the country’s interests, both at the borders and in the hinterland.

The directives in the matter, issued a few days back, also talk about a scenario where infiltration from Pakistan on India’s west and illegal entry of terrorist operatives from open fronts in the east with Bangladesh and in the north with Nepal may increase.
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https://twitter.com/alpha_defense/statu ... 73698?s=20 ---> Six 8x8 WhAP with indigenous 7.62mm weapon system is under testing for Paramilitary Forces.

https://twitter.com/GODOFPARADOXES/stat ... 37891?s=20 ---> WhAP 8x8 with DRDO RCWS fitted with 7.62mm machine gun. IMO this configuration is under testing by the paramilitary forces.

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Why India needs a single agency to guard its borders.

For the last few years, along with usurping its neighbours’ territories, starting with Doklam and followed by the Galwan crisis, China has escalated armed activities resulting in enhanced cross-border infiltration and armed intrusions. Similarly, the continued Pakistan-backed infiltration of terrorists poses fresh challenges to India.

Two recent developments initiated by China have made our borders more vulnerable. China’s Land Border Law (LBL) will enhance Beijing’s aggressive posture and is aimed at resolving border disputes on its terms. Equally alarming is the move to build 628 “Xiaokang model border defence villages” along the 3,488 km Line of Actual Control (LAC), which is conceived as a tactic to consolidate Chinese claims over disputed areas and garner local support. Additionally, these villages are capable of acting as forward assembly and administrative areas during hostilities. Two villages have already come up in the disputed area across Arunachal Pradesh. These developments warrant a comprehensive review of border management to ensure the all-weather security of our borders.

India shares land borders with Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, which stretch approximately 15,106 km. In addition, we have an approximately 3,323 km-long LoC with Pakistan, which further extends to the rechristened 110 km stretch of “Actual Ground Position Line” (AGPL) dividing the Siachen glacier region. Further east, we have the 3,488 km LAC with China. We share maritime boundaries with Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar and Indonesia; we have a 7,683 km coastline and an approximately 2 million sq km exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

This makes India’s task more complex than most other countries. This complexity is accentuated by the fact that along with the army, we have multiple other security agencies — the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and the Paramilitary Forces (PMF) — sharing the responsibility. While the army is deployed along the LoC and AGPL, the Border Security Force (BSF) looks after the international border with Pakistan and Bangladesh. Guarding the LAC has been assigned to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Assam Rifles. The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) is responsible for guarding the borders with Nepal and Bhutan. The Assam Rifles looks after our border with Myanmar. In a nutshell, in addition to the army, we have four agencies guarding borders with six neighbours. Conversely, maritime borders are guarded by a single agency — the Coast Guard.

Most countries have raised specialised and dedicated armed bodies for border security. For example, Iran has the Border Guard Command, Italy has the Border Police Service, Russia has created a Border Guard Service, whereas in the US, it is under Homeland Security. Closer home, in China, it is the People’s Armed Police, while Pakistan has a Frontier Corps for its western border and the Rangers looking after the Indo-Pak Border. Most of these countries, based on threat perception and for better combat cohesion, have placed these organisations under the command of the armed forces.

In India, we have unwieldy arrangements. As a result, there is a lack of a coherent policy on training, planning and the conduct of guarding operations among various outfits. Overall coordination is also affected. Going by the instances along the western border, our adversary has often escalated violations by resorting to the prolonged use of military resources. Similarly, their modus operandi has also undergone a qualitative change whereby they have buttressed border security by co-opting military battle drills and sub-unit tactics such as sniping, launching raids and ambushes on the Loc/international border by deploying regular troops. Chinese provocations along the LAC are military operations. Clearly, the peace-time scenario is now by and large militarised.

In this scenario, India needs a single security agency adequately equipped, suitably armed and trained in advanced military drills and sub-unit tactics to guard our borders. The manpower and infrastructure should be created by pooling and merging the resources of the CAPF and Assam Rifles. Further, to augment the battle efficiency, a fixed percentage of manpower, including the officer cadre, should be drawn on deputation from the army. The proposed outfit, let’s call it the National Border Guard, (NBG), should have the explicit mandate to effectively retaliate against cross-border transgressions and stabilise the situation till the operations are taken over by the armed forces.

To ensure the desired training and operational standards, the NBG should be designated as a paramilitary force under the Ministry of Defence and operate under the army. Finally, a collateral spin-off — an opportunity to prune the bulky CAPF into a cohesive, lean and efficient force. The ITBP and the SSB should be fully merged into the new outfit; the BSF and CRPF still have important internal security duties and can be partially merged. The reorganised Assam Rifles too should retain its role of conducting counter-insurgency operations and act as a reserve for the army for conventional operations.
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I think author is trying to solve wrong problem.
As the constituents of 2.5 war change there will a requirement for more CAPF forces. Not some lean and trim commando force.
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And should read the 1965 and 1971 war histories for an account of CAPF role in the wars.
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https://twitter.com/Victorforce2/status ... 18371?s=20 ---> CRPF Valley QAT Operative equipped with:

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ramana wrote:I think author is trying to solve wrong problem.
As the constituents of 2.5 war change there will a requirement for more CAPF forces. Not some lean and trim commando force.
The quantity of CAPF forces would definitely need to be maintained or increased but it does seem worth discussing if we need to have a Seperate agency for each border

Would combining ITBP, SSB and Assam Rifles into one lead to a better governed, better equipped force to fight all manner of incursions on the Eastern border?

Would shifting from an IPS Cadre leadership to Army officer Cadre leadership result in a better management?
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All three have developed expertise in the areas they are deployed in. Making one force will change the deployments and lead to underperformance. SSB is not just a border force.
The writer has not thought through the suggestion.
Assam Rifles are funded by MHA and operate under Army in North East.
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https://twitter.com/RAFIndia_/status/14 ... 51712?s=20 ---> Cochin Shipyard Limited today delivered the second lot of three Floating Border Out-Post (FBOPs) vessels out of Nine FBOPs being built for the BSF. Three more vessels will be delivered in the coming months.

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Over 850 women cadets inducted into Assam Rifles.

At least 868 new Rifle women recruits marched in perfect rhythm during their passing out parade (POP) at the Assam Rifles Training Centre and School (ARTCS) at Shokhuvi in Dimapur district of Nagaland on Wednesday. The special attestation parade was to mark the completion of 44 weeks of gruelling training in battle craft, weapon handling, jungle lane shooting and other specialisation in counter-insurgency operations.

"This POP was unique as it had only Mahila recruits and the parade was led by Major Sita Shelke, a lady officer posted at ARTCS," an Assam Rifles official said. The newly passed out Rifle women will now join their respective units in all frontline duties, the official said.

The passing out parade was reviewed by Arunachal Pradesh Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Brig (Retd) Dr B D Mishra in the presence of Director General Assam Rifles Lt Gen P C Nair, and other senior officers of the Indian Army and Assam Rifles.

Addressing the recruits, the Governor recalled the rich history of the Assam Rifles as the oldest paramilitary force of the country and its diversified role in counter-insurgency in the Northeast region.

The Governor also called on the recruits to serve the nation with all sincerity besides asking them to keep pace with technology.

The Governor added that he was pleased to attend this unique POP in which there were only women and had perhaps the largest number of women recruits passing out from any academy or training centre anywhere in the country.
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First look into the training and tactics of SPG in public domain.
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From Prasar Bharati
eAwas: Portal for allotment of houses to Paramilitary personnel launched by HM Amit Shah

To increase the Housing Satisfaction Ratio (HSR), Union Home Minister Amit Shah today launched the ‘eAwas Portal’ for online registration and allotment of residential accommodation to Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles personnel.

The portal aims to bring transparency in the allotment process of vacant houses of one Force to the other desirous personnel of other Forces.

Speaking at the occasion, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “This is a key step towards PM Narendra Modi’s commitment to increasing the Housing Satisfaction Ratio among the paramilitary personnel.

Increasing Housing Satisfaction Ratio for Central Armed Police Forces personnel is a priority area of govt thus a common web portal by the name ‘CAPF eAwas’ for online allotment is being launched, the Union Minister further added.

To increase HSR, apart from construction of new houses, the existing house allotment policy of CAPFs has also been modified whereby vacant houses of one Force can be allotted to desirable personnel of other Forces.

Further, to operationalize the revised policy of allotment and to also bring transparency in the allotment process, ‘CAPF eAwas’ web portal for online allotment of Departmental Pool Residential Accommodation and Separated Family Accommodation (SFA) held by CAPFs and Assam Rifles, has been developed.

The platform enables online registration and allotment of residential quarters/SFAs to eligible personnel of all CAPFs & Assam Rifles.

Salient feature of eAwas

Developed on the lines of the online allotment system of ‘General Pool Residential Accommodation (eSampada)’, CAPF eAwas portal facilitates maintenance of an accurate inventory of ‘Residential Quarters/Separated Family Accommodation (SFA)’ held by CAPFs, along with their allotment through online process to eligible Force personnel.

The portal also has the provision for intimation to the applicant through SMS and e-mail at various stages of the allotment process. It would also facilitate planning for construction of new quarters based on demand-gap analysis.

Notable, the portal has a provision that if a house of any particular Force is not allotted for any reason for a period of four months, then any Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) can apply for the same vacant house online.

The portal provides a clear picture for vacant houses which are available for inter-Force allotment and would be visible to all CAPF personnel. This provision of inter-Force allotment will result in optimum utilization of available houses and thereby increasing the HSR.

The much needed initiative is a step towards the welfare of Force personnel by way of enabling inter-Force allotment of residential accommodation which will go a long way in meeting the housing needs of Force personnel.

CAPFs is a uniform nomenclature for the six Forces of the Union of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Forces include the Assam Rifles (AR), the Border Security Force (BSF), the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
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BSF procures 2 SUV-mounted jammers, 100 drones, over 1,400 thermal imagers.

The BSF has procured two SUV-mounted jammers, more than 1,400 hand-held thermal imagers and about 100 drones for surveillance and security activities along important Indian frontiers with Pakistan and Bangladesh, a senior officer said Wednesday.

The Border Security Force (BSF) has also identified a total of 635 "vulnerable patches" all along the 2,289-km-long international border with Pakistan and along West Bengal and Assam (as part of the India-Bangladesh border) for installing surveillance systems developed in-house by the force.

The force has procured two vehicle-mounted jammers, onboard Mahindra Scorpio vehicles, for protecting troops against remotely triggered IEDs during their movement in Jammu and Kashmir (from Jammu to Srinagar in convoys), the officer said.

A CRPF bus carrying 39 personnel, apart from one official on road opening duty, were killed when a terrorist rammed an explosive-laden vehicle in their convoy on February 14, 2019 while they were moving on the Jammu-Srinagar highway.

The BSF has also placed orders for procuring a total of 1,424 hand-held thermal imagers (HHTIs) for its border security units, he said. The gadget is used to detect movement of terrorists along the front during night time and foggy climate.

Almost 100 small and big drones have been procured by the force for watching the border areas and "we have also received a sanction from the Union home ministry for purchase of an equal number of more such drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)", the officer said.

The BSF, raised in 1965, has 193 battalions on ground at present and has an overall strength of 2.65 lakh personnel. It is primarily deployed for guarding Indian frontiers with Pakistan and Bangladesh apart from rendering a variety of duties in the internal security domain of the country.
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Silent revolution! I saw a news item that they have also procured DRDO developed ground-penetrating-radar units to detect tunnels
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