Indo-Tibetan Border Police:
The Prime Minister greeted the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Himveers and their families on the occasion of ITBP Raising day. ITBP is a Central Armed Police Force functioning under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- It was raised on 24th October, 1962 during the India-China War and is a border guarding police force specialising in high altitude operations.
- In 2004, based on the center’s “One Border One Force” recommendation, the entire 3,488 km India-China border from Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh was assigned to the ITBP.
- The ITBP then took over border guarding duties from the Assam Rifles in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
- Motto: “Shaurya-Dridhata-Karma Nishtha”.
- Currently, it is posted in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh.
- ITBP also conducts relief and rescue operations as ‘First Responders’ for natural calamities in the Himalayan region.
