India is Initiating Smart Border Management

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India has been advancing the integration of new technologies in smart border management. Securing and managing the borders requires to keep a balance between openness of borders for the legitimate movement of goods and people and borders’ non-porousness for all illegal activities. 

Minister of State for Home Affairs, Govt of India, G Kishan Reddy, said that the government has, for the first time, initiated a Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) to cover areas where physical fencing is not feasible. “The recorded date and information can be shared with all intelligence and security forces,” said Mr Reddy.

He added that the technology is planned to cover all non-visible gaps and vulnerable structures along the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh borders. 

“CIBMS includes integration of manpower, sensors, networks, intelligence, and command and control solutions to improve situational awareness at different levels of hierarchy to facilitate prompt and informed decisions and a quick response to emerging situations,” he added.

According to FICCI-EY report, India’s Smart Border Management should aim at facilitating efficient and secure movement of people and goods between India and other countries while controlling the menace of illegal activities without increasing the burden on the border guarding forces. This can be achieved by using smarter electronic surveillance systems to effectively detect, categorize, identify, prevent and deter threats. 

Also needed are improved tools and processes for the forces to respond quickly and effectively to any potential threat, and enhanced coordination between multiple agencies and stakeholders for an integrated and sophisticated smart border management, according to indiaeducationdiary.in.