Question : KAMAL KUMAR COMMITTEE ON IPS

(a) the existing strength/requirement of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in the country, State-wise;

(b) whether the Kamal Kumar Committee has submitted its report titled `Recruitment Plan for Indian Police Service, 2009-20`;

(c) if so, the details of the recommendation made therein; and

(d) the action taken by the Government thereon?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI GURUDAS KAMAT)

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 1966 FOR 08.03.2011

(a): Statement as on 01.01.2011 is as per Annexure-“A”

(b): Yes Madam.

(c) & (d): The Kamal Kumar Committee made its recommendations, inter-alia on the process of determining the IPS cadre strength, Recruitment Plan, Filling up Promotion Quota Vacancies, Training and Change Management Needs and Requirement of IPS officers for CPOs. Significant recommendations made therein and action taken by the Government thereon are as follows:

Sl. No.	Significant recommendations of the	Action taken by the Government	Kamal Kumar Committee	of India
i)	Increase in annual rate of	Annual rate of recruitment to Direct	recruitment to Direct	Recruitment quota has been increased	cruitment quota into IPS.	from 130 to 150 from CSE, 2009.
ii)	Formulation of a Scheme of Limited	The Scheme of the Limited Competitive	Competitive Examination.	Examination proposing Recruitment of	80 Officers per year upto 2017 is	being pursued.
iii)	To mitigate the shortage of IPS	In order to mitigate the shortage of	Officers in the Central Police	IPS Officers in certain CPO/CPMFs,	Organizations/Central Paramilitary	options from IPS Probationers of	Forces, wide publicity of vacant	2009 batch at NPA, Hyderabad have	posts should be given and during	been taken. Wide publicity of existing	their one term of deputation in	vacancies and those arising in next 6	Central Police Organizations may	months is being made through website	be made mandatory for Directly	of this Ministry.	Recruited Officers.
iv)	Vacancies in promotion quota of	A proposal for filling up vacancies	IPS should be filled up in advance	on anticipation in promotion quota	and the UPSC should not take more	is being pursued.	than 3 months in completing the	selection process.
v)	The cadre review norms/guidelines	Norms/Guidelines governing the Cadre	should be revisited.	Review of IPS have been revised.