Border Security Force (BSF):
- The Border Security Force (BSF) is the primary Border guarding force of India and has been termed as the First Line of Defence of Indian Territories.
- It was raised in the wake of the 1965 War on 1 December 1965.
- It is a Union Government Agency under the administrative control of Ministry of Home Affairs.
- The BSF has its own cadre of officers but its head, designated as a Director-General (DG), since its raising has been an officer from the Indian Police Service.
