• Nitin Agarwal has been appointed as the new director general of the Border Security Force (BSF).
• The post of BSF chief has been vacant for more than five months after Pankaj Kumar Singh retired on December 31, 2022.
• CRPF DG Sujoy Lal Thaosen has been handling the charge of BSF in an additional capacity since then.
• Nitin Agarwal, an IPS officer of the 1989 Kerala cadre, currently holds the position of Additional Director General of Operations at the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
• He attained the rank of ADG in 2014 while serving with the
• The BSF is India’s leading security agency responsible for safeguarding the 4,096-kilometer-long international borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
• In addition, it carries out various responsibilities in the realm of internal security. The BSF comprises a workforce of over 2.65 lakh personnel serving in diverse roles.

ABOUT BSF

• BSF is primary border guarding organisation of India and termed as First Line of Defence of Indian Territories.
• It is the sentinels of Indian borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
• It came into existence on 1st December, 1965.
• It was created by merging various State Armed Police Battalions for achieving a better coordinated synergy between the border guarding functions in peace time and fighting the war during the eventuality on both Western and Eastern fronts.
• BSF is deployed on Indo-Pakistan International Border, Indo-Bangladesh International Border, Line of Control (LoC) along with Indian Army and in Anti-Naxal Operations.