Why in news?

• Border Security Force celebrated its 57th Raising Day on December 1, 2021.

About BSF

• The Border Security Force (BSF) is India’s border guarding organisation on its border with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
• It is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of India, and was raised in the wake of the 1965 War on 1 December 1965, “for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected there with”.
• The moto of BSF is ‘Duty unto Death’.