The Border Security Force (BSF), will soon undertake a massive modernisation project worth over Rs 6,000 crore which will see recruitment of additional 30,000 men and procurement of new aircraft, among others.
As per the modernisation plan of the force, a total of Rs 6,016 crore is to be spent in the next five years.
"The force is going on for a massive modernisation ahead. The total expenditure for the same in the next five years is pegged at Rs 6,016 crore," BSF Director General M L Kumawat said.
The five-year plan will also see the construction of 509 new border posts along the Indo-Pak and Indo-Bangla border, nine new sectors and three more frontier headquarters.
The government has already sanctioned an amount of Rs 360 as part of its modernisation process in the first phase.
The force will also procure eight 'Dhruv' Advanced Light Helicopters from Hindustan Aeronautics and one large transport plane and two small aircraft from abroad within this fiscal to transport men and material in case of emergencies.