MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(DEPARTMENT OF BORDER MANAGEMENT)

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INTRODUCTION

Indo-Afghanistan
(106 km)

International border/
IndoChina
(3488 km)

Indo-Pak
(3323 km)

Indo-Bhutan(699 km)
Indo-Nepal
(1751 km)
Indo-Myanmar(1643 km)

Indo-Bangladesh
(4096.7 km)

Coastline-7516.6 km.

India has 15106.7 Km of land border running through 92 districts

in 17 States and a coastline of 7516.6 Km touching 13 States and Union
Territories (UTs). India also has a total of 1197 islands accounting for
2094 Km of additional coastline. In fact, barring Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Delhi and Haryana, all other States in the
country have one or more international borders or a coastline and can be
regarded as frontline States from the point of view of border
management. The length of Indias land borders with neighbouring
countries is as under :
Name of the country
Bangladesh
China
Pakistan
Nepal
Myanmar
Bhutan
Afghanistan
Total

Length of the border

(in Km)
4,096.7
3,488
3,323
1,751
1,643
699
106
15,106.7

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These borders comprise a vast variety of terrain encompassing

deserts, plains, hills, mountains, high altitude and riverine areas. Many of
borders are very porous due to the terrain and ethnic affinities of
population on both sides of the borders. Illegal migration, infiltration of
anti-national elements, smuggling of arms/explosives and drug trafficking
are some of the pressing problems. All this underscores the need for
utmost vigilance on the borders and strengthening of the Border Guarding
Forces.
Department of Border Management was created in the Ministry of
Home Affairs in January, 2004 to pay focused attention to the issues
relating to management of international land and coastal borders,
strengthening of border policing & guarding, creation of infrastructure
like roads, fencing & flood lighting of borders and implementation of
Border Area Development Programme.
As a part of the strategy to secure the borders as also to create
infrastructure in the border areas of the country, several initiatives have
been undertaken by the Department of Border Management. These
include expeditious construction of fencing, floodlighting & roads along
Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh borders, development of Integrated
Check Posts (ICPs) at various locations on the International Borders of
the country, construction of strategic roads along India-China, Indo-Nepal
& Indo-Bhutan borders. In addition, various developmental works in the
border areas have been undertaken by the Department under the Border
Area Development Programme as a part of the comprehensive approach
to border management.

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