Indian Coast Guard will celebrate its 46th Raising Day tomorrow. The Indian Coast Guard, ICG has grown into a formidable force with 158 ships and 70 aircraft in its inventory. Defence Ministry said, as the fourth largest Coast Guard in the world, it has played a significant role in securing the Indian coasts and enforcing regulations in the maritime zones of India. The ICG has saved over one thousand two hundred lives at sea in the last one year and more than 11 thousand since its inception.
One of the primary duties of the Indian Coast Guard is prevention of smuggling through maritime routes in its area of responsibility. In the last one year, it has seized drugs and contraband worth nearly four thousand crore rupees.