Question : Shortage of Police Personnel

(a) whether there is shortage of police personnel in the country, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(b) the details of the sanctioned and existing strength, vacant posts and requirement of State police personnel and IPS Officers in the country, rank and State-wise;

(c) whether the Government has undertaken any root cause analysis to identify the reasons for the deficiency and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government has enrolled the help of other national intelligence agencies to train new and existing personnel at all level in the police to handle cyber terror and crime along with the use of modern sophisticated technology to track miscreants and if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government has any proposal to increase the number of police personnel in the country and if so, the details thereof; and

(f) whether the Government has any proposal to conduct special recruitment drive to fill the vacant posts and if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a): As per data compiled by the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), as on 1.1.2017, against total sanctioned strength of 19,89,295 Police personnel in all the States and Union Territories, 15,45,771 personnel were in position leading to a shortfall of 4,43,524 personnel.


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(b): The details of the sanctioned and existing strength, vacant posts and requirement of State police personnel including IPS Officers in the country, rank and State-wise is annexed.
(c) to (f): Recruitment is continuous process. So far as the shortage of police personnel is concerned, the vacancies in the service are caused due to factors such as retirement, resignation, death, removal from service etc. All these factors are recurring in nature. The training of police personnel is an ongoing process by the Government to handle specific requirements. Various sensitization programmes and refresher courses including training to handle cyber crimes, are regularly organized by the Government agencies.
As per rule 4(2) of IPS Cadre Rules, 1954, the central Government, ordinarily at the interval of every five years, reviews the strength and composition of each such cadre in consultation with the State Governments concerned and revises the authorized strength of the IPS for each Cadre. In order to mitigate the shortage in Indian Police Service, the Limited Competitive Examination(LCE) was introduced as a third mode of recruitment of IPS officers in the year 2009.
Further, as ‘Police’ is a State subject, under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, it is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments to conduct special recruitment drives to fill the vacant posts. The Centre advices the States from time to time to bring the requisite reforms in Police administration.



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