Borders of India#ICP

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India does not have a National Border Policy. For the strategic national interest reasons, there are suggestions that India must define a National Border Policy to comprehensively deal with border related issues, not just the fencing of open borders but also to deal with the negative consequences of porous borders. For example, India-Nepal border is an open border with no fence, which has been misused by Pakistan's ISI to create trouble in India.[https://sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/india-urgently-needs-a-national-border-policy], Sunday Guardian, 11 Feb 2024

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{{ see also | Aravalli_Range#Wall | l1= Great Green Wall (India) | Inland_Customs_Line#Great_Hedge | l2= Great Hedge of India }}

India has constructed the fences along the following borders:[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/1643-km-indo-myanmar-border-to-be-fenced-a-patrol-track-to-be-built-amit-shah-101707231177832.html 1643 km Indo-Myanmar border to be fenced, a patrol track to be built: Amit Shah], Hindustan Times, 6 Feb 2024.

• India-Bangladesh border barrier
• India–Myanmar border barrier
• India-Pakistan border barrier

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{{see also | Disputed territories of India | Indian subcontinent | Greater India | Indosphere }}

India shares land borders with six sovereign nations. The state's Ministry of Home Affairs also recognizes a {{convert|106|km|mi}} land border with a seventh nation, Afghanistan, as part of its claim on the Kashmir region; however, this is disputed and the region bordering Afghanistan has been administered by Pakistan as part of Gilgit-Baltistan since 1947 (see Durand Line).{{Cite web |title=India Department of Border Management Intro |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/BMIntro-1011.pdf}}

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India co-hosts the joint ceremonies with the neighbouring nations at the following border crossings. The most attended and emotionally charged among these is the one at Wagha-Attari Border near Amritsar-Lahore.

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{{ see also | Exclusive economic zone of India }}

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Maritime borders of India are the maritime boundary recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea entails boundaries of territorial waters, contiguous zones, and exclusive economic zones. India, with its claim of a {{convert|12|NM|adj=on}} territorial maritime zone and {{convert|200|NM|adj=on}} exclusive economic zone, has a more than {{convert|7000|km|adj=on}} maritime border shared with seven nations.

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The [http://www.mdoner.gov.in/zoomimzgemap/zoom-imagemap.php?map=Look%20East%20Policy map of ICP and LCS].

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{{see also | Transport between India and Pakistan | Transport between India and Bangladesh }}

India has 7 functional ICPs, and plans are underway to upgrade 13 more LCS to ICP, including 7 at borders taking total of border ICP to 14, at the cost of {{INRconvert|3005|c}}(56 Australian Dollars as of May 2025)(c. June 2024 ).[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/centre-plans-13-new-integrated-check-posts-to-encourage-engagement-with-neighbours-4895820/], Indian Express, Oct 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/world/south-asia/2017/10/18/india-plans-to-construct-7-integrated-check-posts-on-bangladesh-border/|title=India plans to construct 7 integrated check posts on the border with Bangladesh|date=October 18, 2017|website=Dhaka Tribune}} Designated Integrated Check Posts (ICP), with both customs and immigration facilities are:{{Cite web|url=https://mdoner.gov.in/index.php|title=Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, North East India|website=mdoner.gov.in}}

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{{see also | India-Bangladesh Border Haat }}

This is incomplete list of designated border markets, also called bazaars and haats, established by the efforts of Ministry of External Affairs.

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India-Bhutan Border Haat on India-Bhutan border are in operation, such as the Gelephu-Hatisar border market road entry point,[https://www.sadf.eu/working-paper-20-an-ethnographic-insight-on-border-markets-reflections-from-the-indo-bhutan-border/ An Ethnographic Insight on Border-Markets: Reflections from the Indo-Bhutan Border], sadf.eu, accessed 23 October 2024. Phuntsholing to its west and Samdrup Jongkhar to its east are two other border market road entry points into Bhutan.

India–Myanmar border Haats are.[https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/closer-economic-ties-with-neighbours-vital/article27060646.ece Closer economic ties with neighbours vital], The Hindu, 7 May 2019.[http://www.mdoner.gov.in/node/1485 Border haats of India]

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Pradeep Damodaran's book Borderlands: Travels Across India's Boundaries chronicles all land borders of India.[https://scroll.in/article/830499/what-will-you-see-if-you-visit-the-precise-point-where-india-ends-and-sri-lanka-begins What will you see if you visit the precise point where India ends and Sri Lanka begins?], Scroll.in, 1 March 2017. The Bollywood director J. P. Dutta has specialised in making Hindi movies with India's border as a key element of the theme, his movies are Border, Refugee, LOC: Kargil, Paltan, etc.Adrian M. Athique, 2010, [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00856400802441920?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=csas20 A Line in the Sand: The India–Pakistan Border in the Films of J.P. Dutta], Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland, Pages 472-499.

International border at Wagah - evening flag lowering ceremony.jpg|Border ceremony at Attari–Wagah border.

NATHULA.JPG|Nathu La border in Sikkim.

Lowering of Flag.JPG|Indian and Bangladeshi soldiers at Benapole–Petrapole border ceremony.

Indian customs.jpg|Signage board at Bhitthamore border.

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• [http://www.mdoner.gov.in/sites/default/files/silo2_content/Look%20East%20Policy/RIS%20Border%20Trade%20Report%20-%20final.pdf MDoNER Northeast India and SAARC Trade Assessment report]
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