border management
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BORDER MANAGEMENT
SCOPE
AGENCIES
ISSUES
...to meet the common challenge of facilitating the movement of legitimate people and goods while maintaining secure borders and meeting national legal requirements.
Border with Pakistan 3323 kms
Border with Afghanistan 106 kms
Border with China 3488 kms
Border with Nepal 1751 kms
Border with Myanmar 3323 kms
Border with Bangladesh 4096.7 kms
Coastline 7516.6 kms
Border with Bhutan 699 kms
Source:Annual report of the MHA 2007-08. Ch III, pg 28
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INDIA's National Boundaries
Islands - 1197 with 2094 km additional coastline.
CONCERNED AGENCIES
MEA Diplomatic front
MOD Defence against aggression and border management of disputed areas (LC & CFL).Indian Army land (J&K, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal)
IAF - air
Coast Guard & IN - sea
MHA Defence of IB, ISIB with Pakistan & Bangladesh BSF
IB with China ITBP
IB with Nepal SSB
IB in NE with China, Myanmar Assam & Manipur Rifles
India's Coast Guard
Border States of India
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal West Bengal.
ISSUES
Security of the BorderBorder Fence, roads, infrastructure, fencing, floodlighting, defenses
High tech surveillance
Piracy
Migration
Smuggling
Trade & Transit
Water
Fencing & floodlighting constructed along Indo-Pakistan border
Guarding a high-tech secirity fence
ISSUES
Maritime securityIndia's maritime boundary
UNCLOS
EEZ
Piracy
Fishing, poaching & smuggling
Belligerent naval threats
Ring around India view
ISSUES
Cartographic aggressionPakistanMaps
Mountaineering expeditions
Ceded territory in J&K to China
ChinaMaps
Visa issues
Water problems
BangladeshNew Moore Island
The Jammu & Kashmir Issue
Border Area Development Program
MHA Initiative, National level Empowered Committee, under the guidelines framed by the Planning Commission from 7th Plan (1985-1990) onwards.
Covers 358 border blocks of 94 districts of seventeen (17) States.
Objective - to meet the special developmental needs of the people living in remote and inaccessible areas situated near the International border.
Schemes:construction/maintenance of roads,
Water supply, education, sports,
filling gaps in infrastructure, security,
organisation of early childhood care and education centre, education for physically handicapped and backward sections, etc.