Indo-Tibetan Border Police
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Indo-Tibetan Border Police भारत-तिब्बत सीमा पुलिस बल |
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| Common name | Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force |
| Abbreviation | ITBPF |
| Motto |
Shaurya – Dridhata – Karm Nishtha Valour – Steadfastness and Commitment |
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| Formed | 24 October, 1962 |
| Employees | 89,430 Active personnel |
| Annual budget | ₹4,824.31 crore (US$720 million) (2016-17 est.) |
| Legal personality | Non government: Central Armed Police Forces |
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| Federal agency | IN |
| Governing body | Ministry of Home Affairs (India) |
| Constituting instrument | Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act, 1992 |
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| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
| Minister responsible | Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister |
| Agency executive | Krishna Chaudhary ,, Director General of ITBP |
| Parent agency | Central Armed Police Forces |
| Facilities | |
| Boats | 30 |
| Planes | 2 Helicopters |
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The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) (Hindi:भारत-तिब्बत सीमा पुलिस बल) is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of India, raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962. The ITBP was intended for deployment along India's border with China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
In September, 1996, the Parliament of India enacted the "Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act, 1992" to "provide for the constitution and regulation" of the ITBP "for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected therewith". The first head of the ITBP, designated Inspector General, was Balbir Singh, a police officer previously belonging to the Intelligence Bureau. The ITBP, which started with 4 battalions, has since restructuring in 1978 has undergone expansion to a force of 54 battalions as of 2016 with a sanctioned strength of 89,430.
The ITBP is trained in Civil Medical Camp, disaster management, and nuclear, biological and chemical disasters. ITBP personnel have been deployed abroad in UN peacekeeping missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Haiti, Western Sahara, Sudan, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Two battalions of ITBP are deputed to National Disaster Response Force.
ITBP, for the first two decades since its raising in 1962, till 1983, was headed by Inspector Generals of Police(IGs), all drawn from the IPS. In this period (1963–83), IGs had stable tenures, for instance B Chatterjee, IG, was head of the force from 02-06-1964 to 31-08-1974, and R N Sheopory, as IG, was head from 03-09-1974 to 22-12-1980. In 1983, the Indira Gandhi led Congress Government, upgraded ITBP head to Director General (DG). Since then, there has exponentially expansion of higher ranks, accompanied by volatility in the tenures of the head of ITBP. Instead of one IG as in 1983, ITBP now has 16 DG/IGs, and over 40 DIGs. The average tenure of DGs is about a year plus, and in some cases barely a few weeks, for instance B.B. Nandy, IPS, was DG (10-01-1997 to 03-04-1997), for just 28 weeks. Going by the trend of short tenures of DGs, it would appear that the Government is not overly concerned about command control, or in maintaining command continuity in the ITBP. The post of DG was again upgraded by the Manmohan Singh led UPA Government in 2008.
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