New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday announced that the center will roll out a major ‘smart border’ project over the next year to strengthen security along India’s nearly 6,000-kilometer borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Addressing the annual Rustamji Memorial Lecture organized by the Border Security Force (BSF) in New Delhi, Shah said that the government is determined to make the borders “impenetrable” through advanced technology and a stronger security network.
The Home Minister said the ambitious project will be launched as the BSF completes 60 years of service and will focus on deploying modern surveillance systems across vulnerable stretches of the border.
“I want to assure BSF troops that we will launch this smart border project in the 60th year of its raising and make the Pakistan and Bangladesh borders impenetrable,” Shah said during his address.
According to the minister, the new border security model will include the use of drones, radars, smart cameras, and technology-driven monitoring systems to detect infiltration attempts and improve real-time surveillance.
Amit Shah noted that the Modi government has decided to establish a “strong security grid” along both borders within the next year to curb illegal infiltration and cross-border activities.
BSF के संस्थापक एवं प्रथम सीमा प्रहरी श्री के.एफ. रुस्तमजी की स्मृति में आयोजित रुस्तमजी स्मृति व्याख्यान से लाइव… https://t.co/S5atbMAsbQ
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 22, 2026
Shah also stressed that the government remains committed to identifying every infiltrator living illegally in the country and ensuring their deportation.
Referring to demographic concerns in border states, the Home Minister urged BSF personnel to remain vigilant and defeat what he described as attempts to “artificially change the demography” of certain regions through illegal infiltration.
He emphasized that the BJP-led governments in Tripura, West Bengal, and Assam support a strict policy against cross-border infiltration and said the Union Home Ministry will soon hold a meeting with the chief ministers of these states to further strengthen coordination on border security.
Shah further revealed that the Centre will shortly announce a high-powered demography mission aimed at addressing demographic and security-related concerns in border regions.
The annual memorial lecture honors K. F. Rustamji, the founding Director General of the BSF, which was established in 1965 following the India-Pakistan conflict.
