New Delhi, May 16: The Chinese Army has transgressed the Sino-India border more than 500 times in the last two years, Rajya Sabha was informed Wednesday.
 Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran said there were 228 cases of transgression of Indo-China border by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in 2010, 213 cases in 2011 and 64 cases till April 2012.
 “There are cases of transgression due to the perception of Line of Actual Control,” he said.
 The Minister, however, said no intrusion has been reported or taken place on Indo-China border during the last two years and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has been deployed along the Indo-China border as border guarding force.
 Meanwhile, replying to another question in Rajya Sabha on Chinese intrusions into Indian territory, Defence Minister AK Antony said; “The number of incidents of Chinese transgression beyond our perception of LAC during the last five years have generally been as per the established pattern.”
 There is no commonly delineated Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China and there are few areas along the border where India and China have differing perceptions of the LAC, Antony said, adding that both sides undertake patrol upto their respective perceptions of the LAC.
 “Indian security forces patrol up to all areas that fall within the Indian perception of LAC. Specific incidents of transgression due to differences in perception of LAC are taken up with the Chinese side through established mechanism such as hot lines, flag meetings, border personnel meetings and normal diplomatic channels”, he said.
 On steps taken to prevent incidents of transgression, the Defence Minister said; “Effective border management is carried out through surveillance and regular patrolling by forces to prevent transgression from the Chinese side”.

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