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The SSB and ITBP are the Border Guarding Forces under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The exercise took place in the wake of the India-China tensions entering into its fourth year. There have been multiple intrusions that have been reported by the Chinese PLA. This has led to India deploying a wide array of artillery weapons along the Line of Actual Control.
Last month the Army and Indian Air Force had conducted drills for multi-mode rapid insertion of Special Forces as well as specially-designated and equipped units into the easter theatre by strategic airlifts like the C-17 Globemaster-IIIs and the Chinooks as well as the Mi-17 helicopters.