CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Madhukar Gupta Committee on border protection has submitted its report to the Union Ministry Home Affairs (MHA). The Committee was constituted to suggest recommendations for strengthening border protection and addressing the issue of gaps and vulnerability in border fencing along India-Pakistan Border.

Detailed explanation-2: -Seventy-five years ago, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer, was commissioned to draw the borders that would divide British-ruled India into two new, independent nations: Hindu-majority India and mainly Muslim Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 17 August 1947, the borderline that separated India from Pakistan, known as the Radcliffe Line was revealed. The Radcliffe line is spread through the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat to the international border in Jammu in Jammu & Kashmir, dividing India and Pakistan into two different countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Committee has given its recommendations broadly on the issues of Threats and Border Protection, assessment of force level, deployment on the border, infrastructure and technology issues for protection of border and administrative issues.

Detailed explanation-5: -The BSF has grown exponentially from 25 battalions in 1965, to 192 battalions with a sanctioned strength of 270, 363 personnel including an expanding air wing, Marine wing, an artillery regiment, and specialized units. It currently stands as the world’s largest and powerful border guarding force.