The women, who are currently undergoing training at the BSF establishment in Khatka, Punjab, will participate in the passing out parade on July 29.
Setting a milestone, the Border Security Force will induct about 1,000 women personnel for combat duties for the first time by the end of this month.
The women, who are currently undergoing training at the BSF establishment in Khatka, Punjab, will participate in the passing out parade on July 29, which will be attended by Union home minister P Chidambaram.
"It would be a proud day for us when women will work shoulder-to-shoulder with men," BSF director general ML Kumawat said.
These personnel have been imparted training in weapon handling, intelligence, border management, sports, unarmed combat frisking and guard duties.
The women, along with their male counterparts, will carry out search and frisking at check posts, immigration points and trade routes along the borders which the force guards.
"The women component is essentially needed for the force as our duty of guarding borders involves frisking women travellers besides other relevant duties," Kumawat said. The first batch will be deployed in Punjab sector.
The newly trained personnel will be inducted for the posts of constables and the BSF also expects to get women officers in the post of assistant commandants and higher ranks.
The women battalion will be part of the 29 battalions sanctioned by the ministry of home affairs for the BSF as part of its expansion plan. Around 35,000 personnel will be inducted by the paramilitary force for these 29 battalions in the next four years.
"Around 10,000 personnel are being recruited by BSF this year and they will be ready for deployment by March 2010," Kumawat said.
While women personnel in central forces like CRPF, CISF and SSB are already performing ground duties, this is for the first time that BSF will deploy women on ground.
The BSF guards the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and the country's 6,622 kms borders with Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
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