Shortage of Personnel in ITBP There is no shortage of personnel in Indo-Tibetan Border Police to man the 3,488 Km. long border with China stretching from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh. However, there are some routine vacancies arising due to retirements, resignations, new raising etc. Timely action is taken to fill up the vacancies by direct recruitment, by promotion or by deputation as per the Recruitment Rules. At present, there is no proposal from ITBP to enhance its reserves in the Ladakh Sector or the deployment of additional personnel along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the aforesaid sector. However, in 2011, Government has approved raising of 13 additional Battalions, 35 additional Border out Posts and enhanced the strength of the ITBP Battalions from 04 coy to 06 coy. This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to a question by Shri Ravi Prakash Verma in the Rajya Sabha today.
