Border Infrastructure & Management

On 21^st February, 2022, the government approved the continuation of the Central Sector Umbrella Scheme of “Border Infrastructure and Management” (BIM) over the 15^th Finance Commission Cycle from 2021-22 to 2025-26.

• The government has been adopting various initiatives to create infrastructure in the border areas of the country as part of its strategy to secure the frontiers.

Need for Continuation: India's border with Pakistan is 3,323 km long, including about 775 km of the Line of Control.

• The length of border is 4,096 km with Bangladesh, 3,488 km with China, 1,751 km with Nepal, 699 km with Bhutan, 1,643 km with Myanmar.
• So, considering the border population as a strategic asset for the country, it is important to maintain border security in order to provide all-weather facilities to the border population so that they remain there round the year during the hostile climatic conditions.

Impact: Strengthening Border Infrastructure: It will help in the creation of infrastructure such as construction of border fence, border flood lights, technological solutions, border roads and Border Outposts (BOPs)/Company Operating Bases (COBs) to secure the Indo-Pakistan, Indo-Bangladesh, Indo-China, Indo-Nepal, Indo-Bhutan and Indo-Myanmar borders.