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ACC appointed Senior IPS officer Rajni Kant Misra as Director General of BSF
ACC appointed Senior IPS officer Rajni Kant Misra as Director General of BSF: Details, Career, Highlights
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed senior IPS officer Rajni Kant Misra as Director General of Border Security Force (BSF).
IPS Rajni Kant Misra has been tasked to head BSF for the period up to his superannuation on 31st August 2019.
IPS Rajni Kant Misra succeeded KK K Sharma, who will retire at the end of this month.
IPS Rajni Kant Misra is 1984-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Currently, he is serving as DG of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
About Border Security Force (BSF)
Border Security Force (BSF) is primary border guarding organisation of India and termed as First Line of Defence of Indian Territories. It is the sentinels of Indian borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
BSF came into existence on 1st December 1965 in the wake of 1965 Indo-Pak War or ensuring the security of borders of India and for matters connected there with.
BSF was created by merging various State Armed Police Battalions for achieving better-coordinated synergy between border guarding functions in peace time and fighting a war during eventuality on both Western and Eastern fronts.
BSF is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of the Union of India under the administrative control of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). It is mandated with guarding India’s land border during peace time and preventing transnational crime.
BSF currently stands as the world’s largest border guarding force.
