IPS Rakesh Asthana appointed as DG of Border Security Force

IPS officer Rakesh Asthana has been appointed as the new Director General of Border Security Force, BSF.  According to a Personnel Ministry order issued, he will be in the post up to 31st July, 2021, the date of his superannuation.

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Mr Asthana is at present working as the Director General of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, BCAS. He will continue to hold the additional charge of DG, Narcotics Control Bureau.

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.

BSF 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.

Border Security Force (BSF) is one of the 7 recognized Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), the other 6 being Assam Rifles (AR), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Security Guard (NSG) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).