(a) whether the Government has recently conducted any study on the
requirement of police personnel, police stations and improvement in the working of
police personnel in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the recommendations made on the basis of such study; and
(c) the follow-up action taken/being taken by the Government thereon?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN)
(a)to(c): “Police†is a State subject as per Entry 2 of List-II of VIIth Schedule to the Constitution of India.
As such, it is the primary responsibility of the State Governments to study the requirements of the police
personnel, set up the requisite number of police stations and improve the working conditions of police personnel.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has also been implementing a Scheme for Modernization of State Police Forces with
a view to supplement the efforts of the State Governments in tackling emerging challenges to internal security in
the form of terrorism, urban policing etc.
The components of the Scheme for Modernization of State Police Forces and the requirements of State Police
Forces are studied and reviewed from time to time and the Scheme is revised in the light of such studies.
Bureau of Police Research & Development has been entrusted with the task of carrying out such a study
in the month of January, 2014.