Why in the news?

  • October 24 marks the 64th raising day of ITBP.

Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP)

  • 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.
  • Function:
    • 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).