ITBP became first CAPF to have supplies from KVIC
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- Indo Tibetan Border Police, ITBP became the first Central Armed Police Force CAPF to have supplies from the Khadi & Village Industries Commission, KVIC.
- An agreement was signed between the ITBP and the KVIC in New Delhi between Chairman, KVIC, Vinay Kumar Saxena and Senior officers of Provisioning Directorate, ITBP.
- It was decided during a meeting of the Directors General of the CAPFs held at Home Ministry that use of Terry Khadi Uniform and other items of swadeshi origin should be made available to the CAPFs.
Source: AIR
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Central Armed Police Forces
- The Central Armed Police Forces refers to uniform nomenclature of security forces in India under the authority of Ministry of Home Affairs.
- General nature: Federal law enforcement
- Parent agency: Ministry of Home Affairs
- Agency executive: Ajay Kumar Bhalla, IAS, Home Secretary
- Child agencies: AR; BSF; CRPF; CISF; ITBP; NSG; SSB
- Minister responsible: Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
Indo-Tibetan Border Police
- The Indo-Tibetan Border Police is India's primary border patrol organization with its border with Tibet.
- It is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of India, raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.
- Headquarters location: New Delhi
- Motto: Shaurya – Dridhata – Karm Nishtha
- Founder: Government of India
- Founded: 24 October 1962
- Governing body: Ministry of Home Affairs (India)