<p>Taking a cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's advise to his ministers on use of social media, the country's largest border guarding force BSF, has asked its personnel to write emails or blogs about the problems and grievances faced by them.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The first of its kind initiative for a 2.5-lakh strong force is aimed to connect the bordermen posted in far-flung areas with the higher echelons of the paramilitary force and its headquarters in the national capital.<br /><br />BSF chief D K Pathak, who initiated the plan by banking on the strong intranet facility of the force spread to the last border outpost, said suggestions and ideas have started trickling in the inboxes of the headquarters' servers here.<br /><br />"We call this initiative e-suggestion. Our personnel who serve in difficult areas have many things to share. They understand the areas of their operation and its challenges better than anyone else.<br /><br />"So we decided to tap this potential of our men and women to find better solutions for accomplishing the challenges of our task," Pathak, who took over the reins of the force two months back, told PTI.<br /><br />The Director General said once they have a bank of some good suggestions and the experiment is found to be successful, the jawans and officers of the force will be encouraged to write 'blogs' for the benefit of all.<br /><br />According to this new initiative, a jawan or an officer posted in border areas can write down his or her suggestions and ideas and hand it over to the nearest centre which is connected with the intranet service.<br /><br />The new system is essentially aimed to generate an idea pool so that the small issues and difficulties faced by BSF personnel could be solved by deploying some home-grown ideas and solutions rather than using the usual circuitous channel of service procedures.<br /><br />BSF guards two important borders of Pakistan and Bangladesh on the western and eastern flanks of the country and the force has developed an online service portal called 'Intranet Prahari' to communicate with all its formations on the ground.<br /><br />"In this age of communication, we felt it was the best idea to take the word directly from our troops. After we see that a particular issue is being flagged by a number of our personnel, we will setup a time-bound action team to address the problem with the help of suggestions provided in the emails or blogs," Pathak said.<br /><br />A senior official involved in the new project said the idea was mooted by Pathak after he attended a number of 'Sainik Sammelans' during his recent tours to the border areas and found that the personnel had so much to share.</p>
<p>Taking a cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's advise to his ministers on use of social media, the country's largest border guarding force BSF, has asked its personnel to write emails or blogs about the problems and grievances faced by them.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The first of its kind initiative for a 2.5-lakh strong force is aimed to connect the bordermen posted in far-flung areas with the higher echelons of the paramilitary force and its headquarters in the national capital.<br /><br />BSF chief D K Pathak, who initiated the plan by banking on the strong intranet facility of the force spread to the last border outpost, said suggestions and ideas have started trickling in the inboxes of the headquarters' servers here.<br /><br />"We call this initiative e-suggestion. Our personnel who serve in difficult areas have many things to share. They understand the areas of their operation and its challenges better than anyone else.<br /><br />"So we decided to tap this potential of our men and women to find better solutions for accomplishing the challenges of our task," Pathak, who took over the reins of the force two months back, told PTI.<br /><br />The Director General said once they have a bank of some good suggestions and the experiment is found to be successful, the jawans and officers of the force will be encouraged to write 'blogs' for the benefit of all.<br /><br />According to this new initiative, a jawan or an officer posted in border areas can write down his or her suggestions and ideas and hand it over to the nearest centre which is connected with the intranet service.<br /><br />The new system is essentially aimed to generate an idea pool so that the small issues and difficulties faced by BSF personnel could be solved by deploying some home-grown ideas and solutions rather than using the usual circuitous channel of service procedures.<br /><br />BSF guards two important borders of Pakistan and Bangladesh on the western and eastern flanks of the country and the force has developed an online service portal called 'Intranet Prahari' to communicate with all its formations on the ground.<br /><br />"In this age of communication, we felt it was the best idea to take the word directly from our troops. After we see that a particular issue is being flagged by a number of our personnel, we will setup a time-bound action team to address the problem with the help of suggestions provided in the emails or blogs," Pathak said.<br /><br />A senior official involved in the new project said the idea was mooted by Pathak after he attended a number of 'Sainik Sammelans' during his recent tours to the border areas and found that the personnel had so much to share.</p>