India, June 10 -- In the national Capital on Tuesday, diplomacy and infrastructure converged through two parallel moves that underscore India's renewed focus on its 4,096-km eastern frontier with Bangladesh. As the 57th Director General-level Border Coordination Conference between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) enters its second day (June 8-11), Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Land Port Management System (LPMS), a flagship digital platform designed to overhaul land border management at India's 13 operational land ports.

Official statements described the LPMS launch as a "step towards modern, technology-enabled smart border management."

The system brings together real-time data analytics, ...