India's approach to border management : from barriers to bridges /
Pushpita Das.
- New Delhi : Knowledge World, 2021.
- xx, 366 pages : maps (black and white) ;
Copyright: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-356) and index.
List of tables and maps -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Security threats to India's borders -- 2. Guarding the borders -- 3. Border infrastructure: fences and equipment -- 4. Strategic roads and railways in the border areas -- 5. Regulating India's borders: cross border movement -- 6. Integrated check posts and land customs stations -- 7. Border Area Development Programme -- 8. Connectivity in border areas: a case of the Northeast -- 9. Cross-border connectivity -- 10. Border trade -- 11. Bilateral institutional mechanisms -- The next steps -- Bibliography -- Index.