Department of Border Management is a Department of which one of the following Union Ministries?

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Q: 139 (IAS/2008)
Department of Border Management is a Department of which one of the following Union Ministries?

question_subject: 

Polity

question_exam: 

IAS

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{'border management': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'department': [1, 0, 13, 12], 'ministry': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'defence': [5, 0, 4, 15], 'highways': [0, 0, 3, 2], 'road transport': [0, 1, 4, 2], 'forests': [3, 0, 2, 0]}

The Department of Border Management is part of the Ministry of Home Affairs, which is why option 2 is the correct answer.

Option 1, the Ministry of Defence, is incorrect as it oversees defense sectors such as the army, navy and air force of the country and not the management of borders.

Option 3, the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, is also not responsible for border management. Its mandate is primarily to oversee and regulate India`s road and maritime transportation infrastructure.

Option 4, the Ministry of Environment and Forests, is responsible for planning, promoting, coordinating, and overseeing the implementation of environmental and forestry policies in the country. Managing borders is not part of their functions.

So, the Department of Border Management, which is in charge of the country`s border affairs, is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Home Affairs.