Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have to perform duties in snow-bound areas, in desert tracts and in jungle terrain, depending on the border they are deployed at. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel are over-stretched and on the move most of the time. A haphazard expansion of the central forces has also meant that while manpower was raised, there were deficiencies in infrastructure. About 95 per cent of the force remains deployed throughout the year; this affects both training and the discipline and morale of the forces. The writer is a former director general of the Border Security Force

Source: Indian Express January 22, 2017 20:56 UTC