Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised ITBP personnel for courage, discipline and devotion to duty, highlighting work in harsh climates and disaster relief.
- Home Minister Amit Shah greeted the force and saluted martyrs, lauding service in merciless terrain and unforgiving weather.
- Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan called the ITBP the first line of defence along India’s Himalayan frontiers.
- Raised on October 24, 1962, the ITBP now guards roughly 3,488 km of the India–China LAC from the Karakoram Pass to Jachep La.
- Border posts sit between about 9,000 and 18,800 feet with temperatures down to minus 45°C, and the force trains in mountaineering and skiing while also handling internal security, including duties in Chhattisgarh.