Govt to replace Assam Rifles with BSF on Myanmar border
New Delhi: In a major decision, government has decided to replace the Assam Rifles (AR) with BSF for guarding the porous Indo-Myanmar border notorious for movement of insurgents and smuggling of arms and narcotics. The
A decision in this regard has been pending for many years after the GoM on Kargil advocated the theory of ‘one border, one force'.
The new proposal entails the country's second largest paramilitary force to create posts right on the border as compared to AR posts which are much inside.
India's border with China is guarded by another force ITBP while the borders with Nepal and Bhutan are guarded by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
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