Lok Sabha Question No. 3017 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-14
Subject: IAS and IPS Officers
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Richard Hay, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, George Baker, RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY, ANIL SHIROLE

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3017

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2018)

## IAS AND IPS OFFICERS

## 3017.   PROF. RICHARD HAY:

SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN:

SHRI ANIL SHIROLE:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  number  of  IAS/  IPS  officers  working  across  the  country,  State/UTwise;
- (b) whether there is a dearth of these officers, at present, within the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to meet this scarcity

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a)  to  (c):      Sanctioned,  in  position  and  vacancy  position  in  IAS  and  IPS  as  on  01.01.2017 including Kerala is annexed at Annexure- 'A' and Annexure-'B' respectively.
- (d):     With regard to IAS, the Government has increased annual intake of IAS officers to 180 in the  Civil  Services  Examination  (CSE)  during  last  five  years.  While  distributing  the  vacancies among  various  cadres/joint  cadres  of  IAS,  deficit  in  various  cadres  is  also  considered.  With regard to IPS, the batch-size of IPS (direct recruit) has been increased from 88 to 103 from CSE, 2005, to 130 from CSE, 2008 and to 150 from CSE, 2009. Further, the process of filling up of vacancies  by  appointments  to  IAS/IPS  by  promotion  from  State  Civil  Service/State  Police Service has been accelerated.

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## Annexure-'A'

## STATEWISE STRENGTH OF IAS OFFICERS AS ON 01.01.2017

| Sl. No.   | State            |   Sanctioned strength |   In position |   Posts vacant |
|-----------|------------------|-----------------------|---------------|----------------|
| 01.       | Andhra Pradesh   |                   211 |           170 |             41 |
| 02.       | AGMUT            |                   337 |           279 |             58 |
| 03.       | Assam-Meghalaya  |                   263 |           221 |             42 |
| 04.       | Bihar            |                   342 |           243 |             99 |
| 05.       | Chhattisgarh     |                   193 |           154 |             39 |
| 06.       | Gujarat          |                   297 |           241 |             56 |
| 07.       | Haryana          |                   205 |           155 |             50 |
| 08.       | Himachal Pradesh |                   147 |           115 |             32 |
| 09.       | Jammu &Kashmir   |                   137 |            91 |             46 |
| 10.       | Jharkhand        |                   215 |           144 |             71 |
| 11.       | Karnataka        |                   314 |           215 |             99 |
| 12.       | Kerala           |                   231 |           150 |             81 |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh   |                   439 |           341 |             98 |
| 14.       | Maharashtra      |                   361 |           313 |             48 |
| 15.       | Manipur          |                   115 |            91 |             24 |
| 16.       | Nagaland         |                    94 |            67 |             27 |
| 17.       | Odisha           |                   237 |           178 |             59 |
| 18.       | Punjab           |                   221 |           182 |             39 |
| 19.       | Rajasthan        |                   313 |           243 |             70 |
| 20.       | Sikkim           |                    48 |            37 |             11 |
| 21.       | Tamil Nadu       |                   376 |           289 |             87 |
| 22.       | Telangana        |                   208 |           130 |             78 |
| 23.       | Tripura          |                    96 |            76 |             20 |
| 24.       | Uttarakhand      |                   120 |            87 |             33 |
| 25.       | Uttar Pradesh    |                   621 |           515 |            106 |
| 26.       | West Bengal      |                   359 |           277 |             82 |
|           | Total            |                  6500 |          5004 |           1496 |

Annexure-'B'

STATEWISE STRENGTH OF IPS OFFICERS AS ON 01.01.2017

| Sl. No.   | State            |   Sanctioned strength |   In position |   Posts vacant |
|-----------|------------------|-----------------------|---------------|----------------|
| 01.       | Andhra Pradesh   |                   144 |           120 |             24 |
| 02.       | AGMUT            |                   295 |           255 |             40 |
| 03.       | Assam-Meghalaya  |                   188 |           157 |             31 |
| 04.       | Bihar            |                   231 |           189 |             42 |
| 05.       | Chhattisgarh     |                   103 |            95 |              8 |
| 06.       | Gujarat          |                   195 |           171 |             24 |
| 07.       | Haryana          |                   137 |           107 |             30 |
| 08.       | Himachal Pradesh |                    94 |            74 |             20 |
| 09.       | Jammu &Kashmir   |                   147 |            89 |             58 |
| 10.       | Jharkhand        |                   149 |           117 |             32 |
| 11.       | Karnataka        |                   215 |           149 |             66 |
| 12.       | Kerala           |                   172 |           129 |             43 |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh   |                   305 |           265 |             40 |
| 14.       | Maharashtra      |                   302 |           253 |             49 |
| 15.       | Manipur          |                    89 |            65 |             24 |
| 16.       | Nagaland         |                    70 |            54 |             16 |
| 17.       | Odisha           |                   188 |           117 |             71 |
| 18.       | Punjab           |                   172 |           147 |             25 |
| 19.       | Rajasthan        |                   215 |           192 |             23 |
| 20.       | Sikkim           |                    32 |            29 |              3 |
| 21.       | Tamil Nadu       |                   263 |           221 |             42 |
| 22.       | Telangana        |                   139 |            97 |             42 |
| 23.       | Tripura          |                    65 |            51 |             14 |
| 24.       | Uttar Pradesh    |                   517 |           424 |             93 |
| 25.       | Uttarakhand      |                    69 |            60 |              9 |
| 26.       | West Bengal      |                   347 |           278 |             69 |
|           | Total            |                  4843 |          3905 |            938 |