While the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) contingents will be part of the parade after two years, the Border Security Force (BSF) squad will return to the event after one year's gap.
As part of a new rotation policy of paramilitary forces' squads at the Republic Day parade, the contingents of two other forces--the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)-- have been taken out of the event this time, officials said.
"The paramilitary forces' headquarters have asked the home ministry to get this arrangement reviewed, but nothing concrete has taken place till now," a senior official privy to the development said.
This was the reason the border guarding forces of ITBP, SSB and BSF could not take part in the event in the recent past, he said.
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The BSF this time, amongst the CAPFs, will have the largest presence amongst the forces with its famed camel contingent, camel-mounted band team, marching squad of troops along with band and the bike-borne 'Janbaaz' (daredevils) team.
These five CAPFs function under the command of the Ministry of Home Affairs, and are tasked with various duties in the internal security domain.
While the CRPF is the lead anti-Naxal operation force of the country, the CISF is tasked to guard civil airports and strategic installations in the nuclear and aerospace domain apart from others.