India, May 30 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah has launched a sweeping plan to overhaul India's border security, unveiling a new "quadrangular security grid" to achieve zero infiltration. Shah said the Government may expand BSF's role, assigning new sectors and emphasising 'territorial security' with border protection. The BSF now guards the borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh.

The new framework will be launched during the BSF's 60th anniversary as part of the Smart Border Security Project with major investments. In the quadrangular model, four stakeholders share border protection responsibilities within a coordinated grid: the BSF will focus on frontline border guarding; the Army will provide military backup in sensitive areas; the civ...