The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is a central armed police force in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is responsible for guarding India’s border with Tibet . It was formed in the aftermath of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.

ITBP is a specialized Armed Police Force of the Nation which trains its personnel in various disciplines including mountaineering and skiing apart from intensive tactical training, thereby creating a distinctive image of the Force. ITBP also conducts relief and rescue operations as 'First Responders' for natural calamities in the Himalayan region.

2011年7月18日 · ITBP conducts long range and short range patrols to keep an effective vigil on inaccessible and unmanned areas on the border, so does the Army. As part of its modernisation plan, the force is now getting thermal imagers, long-range observation systems, night-vision devices and sensors, the Army already has such equipment deployed as a part of ...

2022年9月26日 · Raised in 1962 exclusively for guarding the borders with Tibet and China, the ITBP is under the MHA’s operational control but works closely with the Army. All LAC patrols are carried out by a joint team of the Army and the ITBP. At times, the Army takes the lead role while ITBP, too, assumes the lead role when it comes to patrolling.

This commentary looks at why air support through wet-leasing is important for the ITBP, the sole Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) entrusted with safeguarding India’s border with China under ...

2022年9月15日 · The Ministry of Home Affairs is considering a move to make the Indo-Tibetan Border Police the primary force manning the Line of Actual Control with China. This will take away the Army from its frontline positions and replace it with ITBP troops.

2020年6月29日 · The ITBP, which guards the 3,488km China frontier which passes along Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, is the first line of defence on the LAC and the army remains behind it.

ITBP is a multi-dimensional force and is tasked with: Vigil on northern borders, detection and prevention of border violation, and promotion of sense of security among the local populace. Check...

2006年10月12日 · ITBP was conceived on 24 Oct, 1962. Presently ITBP is deployed on Border Guarding Duties from Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Diphu La in Arunachal Pradesh covering 3488 KM of India-China Border and manning Border Outposts on altitudes ranging from 9000’ to 18500’ in the Western, Middle & Eastern Sector of the India-China Border.

2019年4月3日 · The Chandigarh frontier of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was shifted to Jammu and Kashmir’s Leh, in a move seen to counter the Chinese military build-up in Ladakh sector. Tasked to guard the India-China border in peace times, the North West (NW) frontier of the ITBP is headed by an Inspector General (IG) of Police-rank officer.