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Abbreviation | BSF |
Motto | जीवन पर्यन्त कर्तव्य jeevan paryanta kartavya ISO transl. "Duty Unto Death" |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1965 |
Employees | 2,70,000 active personnel |
Annual budget | ₹22,718.45 crore (US$2.7 billion) (2024–25)[1] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | India |
Governing body | Ministry of Home Affairs (India) |
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Operational structure | |
Headquarters | New Delhi |
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Parent agency | Central Armed Police Forces |
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The Border Security Force (BSF) is the Border Service branch of the Central Armed Police Force of India. It is a paramilitary responsible for guarding the border, particularly India’s borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is under the command of the Ministry of Home Affairs 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.[3][4]
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, water wing, an artillery regiment and specialised units.[5][6] It is currently the world's largest border security force. BSF has been termed the First Line of Defence of Indian territories.[7]
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