On 17th January 2019, Rajnath Singh, the Union Home Minister has approved the report of Task Force created by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to identify areas for use of Space Technology in improving Border Management. The task force was headed by the Joint Secretary Border Management (BM) and included members from BSF, Department of Space and BM Division, MHA. The task force consulted all stakeholders including Border Guarding Forces (BGF's), ISRO, National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and Ministry of Defence (MoD) to finalise the report. The space technology will now be used in the following areas of Border Management: Island development Border Security Communication and Navigation GIS and Operations Planning System Border Infrastructure Development