Editing Border Security Force (section)

{{Short description|Indian border force for Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh Borders}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox law enforcement agency
| agencyname        = Border Security Force
| nativenamer       = ''Sīmā Surakṣā Bala''
| commonname        = 
| logo              = BSF Logo.png
| logocaption       = [[Emblem]] of the Border Security Force
| flag              = [[File:BSF Flag.svg|150px]]
| flagcaption       = Flag of the Border Security Force
| abbreviation      = BSF
| imagesize         = 
| motto             = "जीवन पर्यन्त कर्तव्य"<br/>{{transliteration|sa|ISO|Jīvana Paryanta Kartavya}} <small>''[[ISO 15919|ISO]]''</small> <br> {{Translation|"Duty Unto Death"}}
| formed            = {{Start date and age|df=y|1965|12|1}}
| legalpersonality  = 
| country           = Republic of India
| federal           = 
| governingbody     = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]
| constitution1     = [https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/bsfAct&Rules_2.pdf Border Security Force Act, 1968]
| speciality1       = 
| headquarters      = [[New Delhi]]
| electeetype       = Minister
| minister1name     = [[Amit Shah]]
| minister1pfo      = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]]
| chief1name        = [[Daljit Singh Chaudhary]], [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Daljit Singh Chawdhary takes over as BSF director general. 5 things to know about him &#124; Latest News India - Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/daljit-singh-chawdhary-takes-over-as-bsf-director-general-5-things-to-know-about-him-101722701003453-amp.html}}</ref>
| chief1position    = [[Director General of the Border Security Force|Director General]]
| parentagency      = 
| website           = {{URL|www.BSF.gov.in}}
| budget            = {{INRConvert|28231.27|c|1}} <small>(2025–26)</small><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 Feb 2025 |title=DEMAND NO. 51, Demands for Grants, 2025-2026, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS |url=https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/eb/sbe51.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=1 Feb 2025 |website=IndiaBudget.gov.in |pages=5 |format=PDF |publication-place=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref>
| employees         = 270,000 active personnel
}}
{{Politics of India}}
The '''Border Security Force''' ('''BSF''') is a [[Central Armed Police Forces|central armed police force]] in [[India]] under the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]. It is responsible for guarding [[Border guard|India’s borders]] with [[India–Pakistan border|Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh–India border|Bangladesh]]. It was formed in the wake of the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1965|Indo-Pak War of 1965]] to ensure the security of India’s borders and for related matters.<ref name="BSF Act">{{cite web |last1=Government of India |date=2 September 1968 |title=The Border Security Force Act, 1968 No. 47 of 1968 |url=http://bsf.nic.in/doc/bsfActRules.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017063459/http://bsf.nic.in/doc/bsfActRules.pdf |archive-date=17 October 2014 |access-date=8 September 2014 |publisher=Ministry of Law (Legislative Department ) |pages=1–2 |language=en, hi |df=dmy}}</ref><ref name="Border Security Force">{{cite web |last1= |title=Role of the BSF |url=http://bsf.nic.in/en/introduction1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908224637/http://bsf.nic.in/en/introduction1.html |archive-date=8 September 2014 |access-date=8 September 2014 |website= |publisher=Border Security Force, Ministry of Home Affairs, India |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The BSF has grown from 25 battalions in 1965, to 193 [[battalion]]s with a sanctioned strength of 270,000 personnel including an expanding air wing, [[Border Security Force (Water Wing)|water wing]], an [[Regiment of Artillery (India)|artillery regiment]] and specialised units.<ref name="air wing, BSF">{{cite web |title=BSF Air Wing |url=http://bsf.nic.in/en/air-wing.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820142102/http://www.bsf.nic.in/en/air-wing.html |archive-date=20 August 2014 |access-date=8 September 2014 |website= |publisher=Border Security Force |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MHA Annual Report 2016-2017 |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808200948/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/EnglAnnualReport2016-17_17042017.pdf |archive-date=8 August 2017 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> It is currently the world's largest border security force. BSF has been termed the ''First Line of Defence'' of Indian territories.<ref>{{cite news |date=22 May 2015 |title=BSF is first Wall of Defence of India, says Home Minister Rajnath Singh at 13th Investiture Ceremony |publisher=Biharprabha News |agency=ANI |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2015/05/union-home-minister-rajnath-singh-at-13th-bsf-investiture-ceremony/ |url-status=live |access-date=22 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522155318/http://news.biharprabha.com/2015/05/union-home-minister-rajnath-singh-at-13th-bsf-investiture-ceremony/ |archive-date=22 May 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>