Establishment of ITBP

Hello sir I want to know the establishment year of ITBP as it came in my exam so please provide me information about this type of police.

[Pathak]

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of India, raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.

About the establishment of ITPB

The ITBP was intended for deployment along India's border with Chinese-occupied Tibet.

In September, 1996, the Parliament of India enacted the "Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act, 1992" to "provide for the constitution and regulation" of the ITBP "for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected therewith".

The ITBP, which started with 4 battalions, has since restructuring in 1978 has undergone expansion to a force of 45 battalions with 4 more being raised as of 2013.

The ITBP is trained in Civil Medical Camp, disaster management, and nuclear, biological and chemical disasters.

ITBP personnel have been deployed abroad in UN peacekeeping missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Haiti, Western Sahara, Sudan, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Two battalions of ITBP are deputed to National Disaster Response Force.

Indo-Tibetan Border Police

Common name Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force

Motto Shaurya – Dridata – Karm Nishtha

Formed 24 October, 1962

Employees 72,000 Active Troops

Legal personality Non government: Central Armed Police Forces
Jurisdictional structure

Governing body Ministry of Home Affairs (India)

Constituting instrument Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act, 1992

General nature

Federal law enforcement
Civilian agency

Specialist jurisdictions

Paramilitary law enforcement, counter insurgency, armed response to civil unrest, counter terrorism, special weapons operations.

National border patrol, security, and integrity