Border Management

There is a Secretary-level mechanism on border management and security related matters. Last meeting on the subject was held in New Delhi in November, 2016. There is also a Border District Coordination Meeting Mechanism between the bordering States and the Royal Government of Bhutan to facilitate coordination on border management and other related matters.

• India shares a 699 Km long border with Bhutan along Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
• To improve the security environment along this border, 12 battalion of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) have been deployed as the Border Guarding Force on this border.
• A Bilateral mechanism in the shape of an India-Bhutan Group on Border Management and Security has been regularly meeting. This mechanism has proved to be very useful in assessing threat perception to the two countries from groups attempting to take advantage of this open border and in discussing ways of improving the security environment in border areas.