Why in the news?

• The Indo-Tibetan Border Police is establishing 10 all-woman border posts along Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China

Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP)

• What is it?: Indo-Tibetan Border Police is one of the Central Armed Police Forces of India.
• Origin: It was raised in 1962, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962 for deployment along India’s border with China’s Tibet Autonomous Region.
• Nodal Ministry:  Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Functions:
  • It is a specialized mountain force and most of the officers and men are professionally trained mountaineers and skiers.
  • Guard the Indo-China border.
  • Involvement in Anti-Naxal operations.
• Status: ITBP was initially raised under the CRPF Act. However, in 1992, parliament enacted the ITBP Act and the rules there were framed in 1994.
• Motto of the force: “Shaurya-Dridhata-Karma Nishtha” (Valour – Determination – Devotion to Duty).