Question : Schemes for Wellness of Police Personnel

(a) whether there exists any central scheme for wellness of policemen’s mental health and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether personnel from the lowest ranks of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)have access to the Central Government’s employed counsellors and if so, the details of ratio of the personnel to counsellors;

(c) whether States have schemes to help policemen of ranks lower than inspector rank to recover from posttraumatic stress disorders developed while performing their duty and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether the Central Government has any data on suicides committed by policemen of ranks lower than the inspector rank for unidentified reasons and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) & (c): No, Madam. Further, as “Police” is a State subject falling in List-II (State List) of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, it is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments/UT Administrations to take various measures for wellness of their police personnel.
(b): In so far as Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) are concerned, various measures are taken by the Central Government for the wellness of police personnel as per Annexure.
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(d): No such data on suicides committed by police personnel of ranks lower than the Inspector rank for unidentified reasons is maintained centrally. However, as per data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau, a total number of 165, 167 and 157 suicides were committed by police personnel in the States/UTs in the years 2014, 2015 & 2016, respectively.
Further, in so far as CAPFs are concerned, 09 suicide cases out of 60 suicides committed by CAPFs personnel were registered under unidentified reasons in various police stations of States/UTs in 2015.
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