The director general of the Border Security Force (DG BSF) is the head of the Border Security Force (BSF), an Indian paramillitary wing under the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). The role of the director general is to oversee the day-to-day operations of the patrolling the borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh, and the activities of the sanctioned 2,70,000 personnels. The director reports to the Minister of Home Affairs.
Background In the wake of Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 and lack of inadequecy of state armed police in copying the armed aggression, the BSF was established in 1965. Later the Border Security Force Act, 1968 passed in Indian Parliament.
Term of office The director general of BSF is appointed by the Union Government, through Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). The ACC consists of the Prime Minister and the Home Minister of India. The director general can serve at the pleasure of the government but must retire at the age of 60. However, their term can be extended for up to two years. The director general must be a senior Indian Police Service officer in the rank of director general of police (DGP).
List of the director generals Name of the DGTerm startTerm endDuration of service1.Khusro Faramurz Rustamji21 July 196530 September 19742.Ashwini Kumar1 October 197431 December 19783.Sharawan Tandon1 January 197930 November 19804.K. Rama Murti1 December 198031 August 19825.Birbal Nath1 September 198230 September 19846.M. C. Misra1 October 198431 July 19877.H. P. Bhatnagar1 August 198731 July 19908.T. Ananthachary1 August 199031 May 19939.Prakash Singh9 June 199331 January 199410.D. K. Arya1 February 19943 December 199511.Arun Bhagat4 December 19952 October 199612.A. K. Tandon2 October 19964 December 199713.E. N. Rammohan4 December 199730 November 200014.Gurbachan Singh Jagat30 November 200030 June 200215.Ajay Raj Sharma1 July 200231 December 200416.Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary31 December 200426 February 200617.A. K. Mitra27 February 200630 September 200818.M. L. Kumawat1 October 200831 July 200919.Raman Srivastava1 August 200931 October 201120.U. K. Bansal1 November 201130 November 201221.Subhash Joshi19 December 201228 February 201422.D. K. Pathak8 March 201429 February 201623.K. K. Sharma1 March 201630 September 201824.Rajni Kant Mishra1 October 201831 August 201925.V. K. Johri1 September 201910 March 202026.Surjeet Singh Deswal11 March 202017 August 202027.Rakesh Asthana18 August 202028 July 2021(26)Surjeet Singh Deswal28 July 202131 August 202128.Pankaj Kumar Singh1 September 202131 December 202229.Sujoy Lal Thaosen1 January 202314 June 202330.Nitin Agarwal15 June 202331 July 202431.Daljit Singh Chaudhary1 August 202430 November 202532.Praveen Kumar1 December 2025Incumbent
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