Overview
- ITBP Director General Praveen Kumar announced the all-women posts during the force’s 64th Raising Day parade.
- The first two posts will be established at Lukung in Ladakh and Thangi in Himachal Pradesh, with eight more to follow.
- Forward-deployed border outposts now total 215, up from 180 under the post-2020 forwardisation plan.
- The force plans 41 additional forward bases to strengthen security and coordination along the India–China frontier.
- A 2023 approval for seven new battalions and a sector office—about 9,400 personnel—supports the expansion, alongside reorganised training and five new skilling modules including mountain warfare and tactical survival.