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Border Security Force
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Common name	Border security force
Abbreviation	BSF
Motto	जीवन पर्यन्त कर्तव्य^[1]
Agency overview
Formed	1 December, 1965
Employees	265,000 active personnel^[2]
Annual budget	₹25,027.52 crore (US$3.1 billion) (2024–25)^[3]
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	India
Operations jurisdiction	India
Governing body	Ministry of Home Affairs (India)
Constituting instrument	Border Security Force Act, 1968
General nature	Federal law enforcement
Operational structure
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Minister responsible	Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs
Agency executive	Nitin Agarwal , IPS, Director General^[4]
Parent agency	Ministry of Home Affairs
Facilities
Boats	500+
Aircraft	24
Animals	Dogs, Camels, Horses
Website
bsf.gov.in

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The Border Security Force (BSF) is India's border guarding organisation at its borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) of India, and was formed in the wake of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 "for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for connected matters therewith".^[5]^[6]

It has various active roles during an outbreak of war. CAPF facilitates a navy, air wing and an artillery regiment. It is under the control of the Ministry of Home Affairs. However, the BSF has a small force of officers or "Cadre". Notably, the head designated Director-General (DG), has been an Indian Police Service officer since its establishment.^[6] The BSF has grown from 25 battalions in 1965, to 192 battalions with a sanctioned strength of 270,000 personnel including an expanding air wing, navy, an artillery regiment and specialised units.^[7]^[8] It is currently the world's largest border security force. BSF has been termed the First Line of Defence of Indian territories.^[9]

^ "DG BSF's Message on Occasion of Raising Day 2014". Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
^ "Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs Annual Report 2016–17" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
^ "Rs 1.85 lakh crore allocation to MHA in budget". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^ "Pankaj Kumar Singh appointed new BSF DG, Sanjay Arora to head ITBP". The Financial Express. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^ Government of India (2 September 1968). "The Border Security Force Act, 1968 No. 47 of 1968" (PDF) (in English and Hindi). Ministry of Law (Legislative Department ). pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Role of the BSF". Border Security Force, Ministry of Home Affairs, India. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
^ "BSF Air Wing". Border Security Force. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
^ "MHA Annual Report 2016-2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2017.
^ "BSF is first Wall of Defence of India, says Home Minister Rajnath Singh at 13th Investiture Ceremony". Biharprabha News. ANI. 22 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.