ITBP Sports Constable Recruitment 2026 — 126 Vacancies

ITBP Sports Constable Recruitment 2026: Overview

Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP), under the Ministry of Home Affairs, is recruiting sportspersons as Constables in General Duty. These are Group C, non-gazetted, non-ministerial appointments through the sports quota, described as temporary posts likely to become permanent. The notice retains the label Sports Quota 2025, while its application window falls in 2026.

Your application relates to a specific sporting discipline and event within this recruitment. The notice covers individual and team sports, and its event list identifies the categories available to men and women. Check the relevant event carefully, especially in weightlifting, where a later amendment changes the allocation between men and women.

Posts and Disciplines

• Athletics and aquatic sports: Track events, triple jump, swimming strokes and water polo feature in the advertised event list.
• Team sports: Basketball, football, handball, ice hockey, hockey, kho-kho and volleyball are included. Some sports specify playing positions.
• Combat sports: Boxing, judo, pencak silat, taekwondo, wrestling and karate use the events or weight categories identified in the notice.
• Precision and racket sports: Archery, sports shooting, badminton and table tennis form part of the same Constable recruitment.
• Other disciplines: Equestrian sport, gymnastics, powerlifting, skiing, weightlifting, canoeing, kayaking, rowing and mountain biking complete the advertised sporting groups.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Posting liability: You may serve anywhere in India or abroad. Joining through a sports quota does not restrict the appointment to your home state or a preferred sports centre.
• Service rules: Appointees come under the ITBPF Act and Rules, along with other rules that apply to the force. The sports-quota route leads to a force appointment with those service obligations.
• Changes to openings: ITBP may revise the advertised openings. If suitable applicants are unavailable in a discipline or event, it may move those openings to another advertised sporting category.
• Recruitment changes: ITBP may change the order of recruitment activities or postpone or cancel the exercise for administrative reasons. Updates will appear on its recruitment website.
• Provisional candidature: Permission to continue in recruitment does not settle doubts about a certificate. ITBP can check authenticity with the relevant sports bodies and cancel candidature if the evidence is not genuine.
• Sports record: The assessment uses your strongest qualifying achievement, rather than adding together every medal you hold. The qualifying trial does not contribute to the final merit score.

Corrigenda and Notices

• Corrigendum dated 1 October 2026: ITBP revised the male and female allocation in the weightlifting events. The overall size of the recruitment is unchanged, and the revised distribution is reflected in the structured vacancy information. All other terms remain as stated in the main advertisement.