Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

About Indo-Tibetan Border Police:

• Indo-Tibetan Border Police is one of the Central Armed Police Forces of India.
• It is a specialized mountain force and most of the officers and men are professionally trained mountaineers and skiers.
• Origin: It was raised in 1962, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962 for deployment along India's border with China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
• Status:ITBP was initially raised under the CRPF Act. However, in 1992, parliament enacted the ITBPF Act and the rules there under were framed in 1994.
• The motto of the Force: “Shaurya-Dridhata-Karma Nishtha” (Valour – Determination – Devotion to Duty).
• Nodal Ministry:Ministry of Home Affairs.