Installation of GPS

As part of the efforts to deploy advance communication technologies in border-guarding, 6346 Nos. of hand held GPS equipment have been provided to the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel deployed on the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh borders, 665 Nos. of hand held GPS equipment have been provided to indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel deployed on the Indo-China border, 61 Nos. of hand held GPS equipment have been provided to Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel deployed on Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan borders and 1785 Nos. of hand held GPS equipment have been provided to Assam Rifles personnel deployed on the Indo-Myanmar border.

This was stated by Shri Mullappally Ramachandran, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs in written reply to a question by Shri Arjun Meghwal in the Lok Sabha  on 11.12.12