Senior IPS officer Daljit Singh Chaudhary has been appointed as New Director General of Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB) as per the order released by the Personnel Ministry on 18 January 2024.

The Cabinet Committee of Appointments approved his appointment as the DG, SSB.

About Daljit Singh Chaudhary

He is a 1990 Batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre. He currently holds the post of Special Director of the General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

He replaced Anish Dayal Singh (extra charge) who was given charge after former DG Rashmi Shukla became the first DG of Maharashtra Police.

About Sashatra Seema Bal

Sashatra Seema Bal was incepted in 1963 in the wake of the Indo-China War of 1962.

Its motto is Service Security Brotherhood.
It is one of the Central Armed Police Forces under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Incumbent Minister of Home Affairs is Amit Shah.
Sashatra Seema Bal was created as Special Service Body in 1963 which was renamed as Special Service Bureau in 1966 and later in 2003 it was renamed as Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB).
Sashatra Seema Bal guards the Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan border.

Other Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)

Assam Rifles (AR)
Border Security Force (BSF)
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
National Security Guard (NSG)

Name of CAPF	Establishment	Motto	Posted	Head
Assam Rifles (AR)	1835	Friends of the Hill People	Indo-Myanmar	Lt. Gen PC Nair
Border Security Force (BSF)	1965	Duty Unto Death	Indo-Pakistan and Indo- Bangladesh	IPS Nitin Agarwal
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)	1939	Tejsvi Navdhitmastu	Assist police force	IPS Anish Dayal
Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)	1962	Valour, Steadfastness, and Commitment to Duty	Indo-China	IPS Rahul Rasgotra
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)	1969	Protection and Security	Public property like airports, railways etc	IPS Nina Singh
National Security Guard (NSG)	1986	Sarvatra Sarvottam Suraksha	Counter Militancy	IPS MA Ganapathy