Border Management
AGNI pp 79-106 Studies in International Strategic. Vol. XXIV, No. I January 2021 - April 2021 SECURITY CHALLENGES AND MANAGEMENT OF INDIA’S INTERNATIONAL BORDERS BY J.K. VERMA The effective management of international borders is important for India as it has a coastline of 7,516.6 km and land borders are 15,106.7 km. Further, India has two hostile neighbours, and our western neighbour has been waging a low-intensity war since long. The problems for Delhi are further aggravated as the country’s progress, which outstrips most of its neighbours, leads to the problem of mass infiltration, cross-border terrorism, left-wing radicalism, infiltration of armed terrorists, and smuggling of arms and narcotics. Foreign countries inimical to India assist secessionist movements and are involved in instigating minorities. The government has created a Department of Border Management to manage the complex land and maritime borders. Collection of intelligence has also become vital. A m