The Department of Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs has been implementing the Border Area Development Programme (BADP) through the State Governments as part of a comprehensive approach to Border Management.
The programme aims to meet the special development needs of the people living in remote and inaccessible areas situated near the international border and to saturate the border areas with the essential infrastructure through convergence of Central/State/BADP/Local schemes and participatory approach.
BADP was initiated in the border areas of the western region during that Seventh Five Year Plan period for ensuring balanced development of border areas through the development of infrastructure and promotion of a sense of security among the border population.
The programme now covers 394 border blocks of 111 border districts in 17 States.
The program is being started in four border districts of Rajasthan in 1993-94.