RAW´s Special Secretary VK Johri Appointed as New BSF DG. The order has been issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) that is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has Home Minister Amit Shah as its member.
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Johri, a 1984-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, is presently serving as the Special Secretary in the external intelligence agency RAW, under the Cabinet Secretariat.
He will take over the charge of the Border Security Force from incumbent Rajni Kanti Mishra, who retires on August 31. The order also stated that Johri has been appointed as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Union home ministry with “immediate effect.”
Johri will attain superannuation in September, 2020, the order stated.
The BSF, with a present strength of about 2.5 lakh personnel, is country’s largest border guarding force and is tasked to secure two of India’s most important and sensitive fronts with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The two other border guarding forces are ITBP (China) and SSB (Nepal and Bhutan).
About VK Johri
Johri, a 1984-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre
He is presently serving as the Special Secretary in the external intelligence agency RAW under the Cabinet Secretariat.
The order also stated that Johri appointed as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Union home ministry.
He will attain superannuation in September, 2020, the order stated.
About Border Security Force (BSF)
The BSF with a present strength of about 2.5 lakh personnel
It is the country’s largest border guarding force and is tasked to secure two of India’s most important and sensitive fronts with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The two other border guarding forces are ITBP (China) and SSB (Nepal and Bhutan).
About RAW
The Research and Analysis Wing is the foreign intelligence agency of India. It was established in 1968 following the intelligence failures of the Sino-Indian War, which persuaded the Government of India.
Wing executive: Samant Goel, IPS, Secretary
Headquarters: New Delhi
Minister responsible: Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
Founded: 21 September 1968
Subsidiaries: National Technical Research Organisation, MORE
Founders: R. N. Kao, Indira Gandhi
