Lok Sabha Question No. 5229 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Vacancies in State Police
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †5229

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27 TH  MARCH, 2018/ CHAITRA 6, 1940 (SAKA)

VACANCIES IN STATE POLICE

†5229. SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether a large number of posts are vacant in police departments in various States of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(c)  the  number  of  vacancies  in  police  department,  State  and  UT-wise including Maharashtra and other States affected by violence;

(d)  whether  the  Government has made any suggestion to the States and police departments in this regard;

(e) if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the States and police departments thereto; and

(f) the additional steps taken by the Government to fill all the vacancies in the States especially the States affected by communal violence, revolt and naxalism in a time bound manner?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Yes Madam. As per data compiled by Bureau of Police Research

& Development (BPR&D), as on 1.1.2017, there are 4,43,524 vacant posts in police departments in all the States and Union Territories, against the

total sanctioned strength of 19,89,295.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.5229 FOR 27.03.2018

The vacancies in the service are caused due to factors such as retirement, resignation, death etc. All these factors are recurring in nature.

(c): The details of the number of vacancies in police department, State and UT-wise is given at Annexure-I.

(d) to (f): As  'Police' is  a  State  subject  falling  in  List-II  of  seventh schedule of the Constitution of India, it is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments to fill all the vacancies posts in their respective State in time bound manner.  The Centre advises the States from time to time for taking requisite action in this regard.

Further, the issue of vacancies in police forces of 10 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected States is regularly monitored by the Government. Recently the  matter  has  been  reviewed  by  the  Cabinet  Secretary  as  well  as  the Union Home Minister and States have been advised to take suitable action for filling up the vacancies.

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## ANNEXURE-I L.S.US.Q.NO. 5229 FOR 27.03.2018

State/UT- wise Vacancies in Police Force- as on 1.1.2017

| Sl. No.   | States            |   Vacancy |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    |      9334 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh |       908 |
| 3.        | Assam             |      6858 |
| 4.        | Bihar             |     29821 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh      |      5345 |
| 6.        | Goa               |       456 |
| 7.        | Gujarat           |     25920 |
| 8.        | Haryana           |     16464 |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh  |       503 |
| 10.       | Jammu &Kashmir    |      2477 |
| 11.       | Jharkhand         |     21968 |
| 12.       | Karnataka         |     19988 |
| 13.       | Kerala            |       -87 |
| 14.       | Madhya Pradesh    |     10596 |
| 15.       | Maharashtra       |     10729 |
| 16.       | Manipur           |      6624 |
| 17.       | Meghalaya         |      1119 |
| 18.       | Mizoram           |       722 |
| 19.       | Nagaland          |      -941 |
| 20.       | Odisha            |      4918 |
| 21.       | Punjab            |      6562 |
| 22.       | Rajasthan         |     14242 |
| 23.       | Sikkim            |       -17 |
| 24.       | Tamil Nadu        |     -4904 |
| 25.       | Telangana         |     12115 |
| 26.       | Tripura           |      2183 |
| 27.       | Uttar Pradesh     |    204367 |
| 28.       | Uttarakhand       |      1302 |
| 29.       | West Bengal       |     32293 |
| 30.       | A &NIslands       |       153 |
| 31.       | Chandigarh        |       701 |
| 32.       | D &NHaveli        |        16 |
| 33.       | Delhi             |        88 |
| 34.       | Daman &Diu        |       116 |
| 35.       | Lakshadweep       |       158 |
| 36.       | Puducherry        |       427 |
| All India | Total             |    443524 |

Sources: BPR&D