RAJNI KANT MISHRA

Sept. 28, 2018

Union Government appointed Rajni Kant Mishra as the Director-General of the Border Security Force (BSF) in place of K.K. Sharma, who is superannuating on September 30.

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.

Source : The Hindu

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