Question: Recently Senior IPS officer Rina Mitra has been appointed as the new Additional Director General of which of the following forces?
(a) Border Security Force
(b) Indo-Tibetan Border Force
(c) Sashastra Seema Bal
(d) Railway Protection Force
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 2 August 2016 Senior IPS officer Rina Mitra has been appointed as the new Additional Director General of the Border Security Force.
- She is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
- She will retire in August, 2019.
- The Border Security Force (BSF) is the primary Border guarding force of India.
- It is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of the Union of India; it was raised in the wake of the 1965 War on 1 December 1965, “for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected there with”.
Reference:
http://mha1.nic.in/pdfs/IPSApptRinaMitra_030816.pdf
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bsf-gets-woman-ips-officer-as-adg-116080201694_1.html