GS3 · 10 marks · 150 words

With the Line of Actual Control (LAC) remaining tense after the Galwan and Yangste incidents and both India and China ramping up infrastructure in the border areas, discuss the role that ITBP plays in the region.

Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2023–2025

Syllabus: Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate.

How toppers approached it

From all 4 answers · about 120 words · 75% drew a diagram.

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Body

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Close

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The toppers’ answers

Animesh PradhanAIR 2 · CSE 2023 · 71 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening

Even after sharing treaty on Peace & tranquility in 1994 and Strategic Partnership in 2004, India-china borders remain vulnerable by external attacks, thus necessitating institutional arrangements.

Body · points and prose

Diagram
- Role of ITBP in LAC region: - Act as deterant against foreign attacks and aggressions - Constant patrolling & monitoring - Partnership with local citizens, similar to Operation Pehal in J&K. - participate in Vibrant village Programme to improve the infrastructural gaps in neighbornty areas - Capacity Building - ex use of AI to translate Mandarin to Hindi

→ Information dissemination for intelligence network and swift decision making → Border protection and reinforcement of technology interventions to make border infrastructure stronger.

Diagram
- Central Node: shortcomings in ITBP & overall management - Arrows to: - lack of Theatrisation as recommended by Shetkatkar committee - scope of use of modern technology for capacity buildig (Madhukar Gupta committee) - lack of strength and training - Geographical terrains and harsh climate - lack of maintainance of border infrastructure (Points to: Parliamentary standing Committee noted that most expenditure on Border Area Development on infrastructure → no education/health.)

Close · a summary

Hence, the borders of the country is being protected by the grit of organisations like ITBP that keeps India sailing new heights.

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