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IRCTC & BSF signs MoU to ensure safety and security of booking data, other facilities

The Border Security Force (BSF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to ensure the safety and security of booking data under its air e-ticket service for the troops of India’s border guarding force. The pact will ensure the facility of extra baggage, lounge, cargo and less cancellation or reschedule charges for authorised BSF personnel.

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The facility of the new service:

  • This service will provide a dedicated online portal with a credit facility of 60 days.
  • This in-house Air booking system will ensure the safety and security of booking data with extra baggage, lounge, and cargo facility and less cancellation or reschedule charges for authorised BSF personnel.
  • The MoU is significant in terms of providing better facilities to the personnel of the BSF, which guards 3,323km of India-Pakistan and 4,096km India-Bangladesh borders.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

  • Border Security Force Director General: Pankaj Kumar Singh;
  • Border Security Force Founded: 1 December 1965;
  • Border Security Force Headquarters: New Delhi, India.

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Sumit Arora

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