Lok Sabha Question No. 2033 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-14
Subject: Strength of Women Personnel
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: PARASURAMAN K., B.N. CHANDRAPPA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2033

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 TH  MARCH, 2017/ PHALGUNA 23, 1938 (SAKA) STRENGTH OF WOMEN PERSONNEL

2033. SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the current strength of women personnel in the State Police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) separately, force, rank and State-wise;
- (b) whether there is shortage of women personnel in the State police and CAPFs and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  to  increase  the number  of  women  personnel  in  State  Police  and  Central  Armed  Police Forces (CAPFs); and
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reaction  of  the  Government  in  this regard;
- (e)  whether the  Government has formed women commando forces and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)  the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  strength  of women personnel in the State Police and CAPF?

## ANSWER

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

(a): As per data compiled by Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), the strength of total women police is 1,22,912 in States/UTs and 22,882 in  CAPFs  as  on  01.01.2016.  The  actual  strength  of  women  police force  personal  in  States/UTs  and  Central  Armed  Police  Forces  (CAPFs) separately, rank-wise is annexed.  (Annexure-I & II)

## L.S.US.Q.NO.2033 FOR 14.3.2017

- (b): As on 01.01.2016, the actual strength of women police personnel is 7.10 % at all India level, while the percentage of women police personnel in CAPFs is 2.36%.
- (c) to (e): Information pertaining to State Governments is not maintained centrally. As far as CAPFs are concerned, vide order dated 05.01.2016, it has been decided to reserve 33% posts at Constable level for being filed up  by  women  in  CRPF  and  CISF  to  begin  with  and  14-15%  posts  at Constable level in border guarding forces i.e. BSF, SSB & ITBP.
- (f): 'Police Order' and 'Police' are 'State subject' as per entry 2 of the list II  of  the  VII  schedule  of  the  Constitutions  of  India.  Therefore,  it  is responsibility of the State Governments/UTs  Administration to give adequate representation to women in the State Police Forces. However, Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  issued  advisories  dated  04.09.2009  and 22.4.2013  to  all  State/UT  Governments  to  increase  of  women  police  to 33% of the total strength.

In  CRPF,  02  GD  Male  Battalions  have  been  converted  into  02  Mahila Battalions for the year 2015-16 and 2016-17. In CISF vacancies are being notified separately for the woman candidates in the recruitment of SI/Exe, ASI/Exe & constable/GD and women personnel are recruited in ASI/Steno & HC/Min. etc.

Details  of  the  Steps  taken  to  encourage  women  to  join  CAPFs  and  to improve the facilities  for  women  personnel  in  CAPFs  is  enclosed  as  per Annexure-III.

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## Annexure-I L.S.US.Q.NO.2033 FOR 14.3.2017

## STATES/UTS WISE  ACTUAL STRENGTH OF WOMEN POLICE (RANK-WISE)-AS ON 1.1.2016

| Sl.No.          | States/Uts        | DGP/ Spl/D G/   | ADG P   |   IGP | DIG   |   AIGP /SSP/ SP/C OM |   Addl.S P/Dy. Com. |   ASP/D y SP/Ass t. Com | Insp.   |   S.I. |   ASI | H.Const .   |   Const. |   Total |
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------|-------|-------|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|---------|--------|-------|-------------|----------|---------|
| 1.              | 2.                | 3.              | 4. 5.   |     6 |       |                    7 |                   8 |                       9 | 10. 11. |     12 |    13 |             |       14 |      15 |
| 1.              | Andhra Pradesh    | 0               | 2       |     1 | 0     |                    4 |                   8 |                      28 | 17      |     44 |   167 | 311         |     1518 |    2101 |
| 2.              | Arunachal Pradesh | 0               | 0       |     0 | 0     |                    1 |                   0 |                       1 | 6       |     39 |    17 | 10          |      719 |     793 |
| 3.              | Assam             | 0               | 0       |     1 | 0     |                    8 |                  10 |                      23 | 3       |     91 |    18 | 31          |     1585 |    1710 |
| 4.              | Bihar             | 0               | 1       |     3 | 2     |                    9 |                   0 |                      14 | 21      |    170 |   119 | 82          |     6289 |    6710 |
| 5.              | Chhattisgarh      | 0               | 0       |     0 | 1     |                    3 |                   8 |                      31 | 61      |     84 |    55 | 170         |     2329 |    2742 |
| 6.              | Goa               | 0               | 0       |     0 | 6     |                    2 |                   0 |                       4 | 4       |     13 |    21 | 123         |      211 |     378 |
| 7.              | Gujarat           | 1               | 1       |     0 | 1     |                    0 |                  12 |                      21 | 5       |    183 |   291 | 576         |     1758 |    2850 |
| 8.              | Haryana           | 0               | 0       |     2 | 2     |                    4 |                   0 |                      17 | 24      |     94 |   170 | 422         |     1959 |    2694 |
| 9.              | Himachal Pradesh  | 0               | 0       |     0 | 1     |                    7 |                   1 |                       4 | 5       |     16 |    20 | 84          |     1569 |    1707 |
| 10.             | Jammu& Kashmir    | 1               | 1       |     0 | 0     |                   12 |                   0 |                      25 | 49      |     86 |    28 | 358         |     1707 |    2266 |
| 11.             | Jharkhand         | 1               | 0       |     3 | 1     |                    4 |                   1 |                       9 | 11      |     86 |    92 | 397         |     2419 |    3024 |
| 12.             | Karnataka         | 0               | 0       |     1 | 1     |                    5 |                  12 |                      18 | 32      |    166 |   340 | 331         |     3448 |    4354 |
| 13.             | Kerala            | 0               | 2       |     0 | 1     |                    3 |                   0 |                       2 | 23      |     67 |     0 | 124         |     2702 |    2924 |
| 14.             | Madhya Pradesh    | 1               | 3       |     4 | 1     |                   99 |                  40 |                      71 | 196     |    476 |   196 | 468         |     2829 |    4294 |
| 15.             | Maharashtra       | 1               | 2       |     1 | 0     |                   31 |                   0 |                      40 | 220     |   1060 |   273 | 1197        |    18424 |   21249 |
| 16.             | Manipur           | 0               | 0       |     0 | 1     |                    6 |                  11 |                      16 | 1       |     84 |    77 | 311         |     1533 |    2040 |
| 17.             | Meghalaya         | 0               | 0       |     0 | 0     |                    4 |                   0 |                       7 | 10      |     66 |    10 | 23          |      408 |     528 |
| 18.             | Mizoram           | 0               | 0       |     0 | 0     |                    0 |                   1 |                      12 | 52      |    110 |    90 | 163         |      145 |     573 |
| 19.             | Nagaland          | 0               | 0       |     0 | 0     |                    5 |                  16 |                       7 | 12      |     46 |    38 | 278         |     1061 |    1463 |
| 20.             | Odisha            | 0               | 1       |     4 | 2     |                    6 |                   1 |                      11 | 165     |    331 |   138 | 40          |     4183 |    4882 |
| 21.             | Punjab            | 0               | 0       |     5 | 0     |                    4 |                   0 |                      26 | 31      |    230 |    95 | 254         |     3412 |    4057 |
| 22.             | Rajasthan         | 0               | 1       |     4 | 2     |                   15 |                  17 |                      39 | 23      |    257 |    45 | 115         |     7174 |    7692 |
| 23.             | Sikkim            | 0               | 0       |     0 | 0     |                    1 |                   5 |                      10 | 19      |     13 |     4 | 35          |      280 |     367 |
| 24.             | Tamil Nadu        | 1               | 2       |     1 | 5     |                   29 |                  21 |                      26 | 369     |   1249 |     0 | 0           |    12577 |   14280 |
| 25.             | Telangana         | -               | -       |     0 | 0     |                    0 |                   0 |                       0 | 17      |     34 |    58 | 261         |     1114 |    1484 |
| 26.             | Tripura           | 0               |         |     0 | 0     |                    3 |                   1 |                       9 | 5       |     51 |    34 | 69          |      894 |    1066 |
| 27.             | Uttar Pradesh     | 1               | 4       |     3 | 2     |                   15 |                  14 |                      45 | 51      |    456 |     0 | 206         |     6792 |    7589 |
| 28.             | Uttarakhand       | 0               | 0       |     0 | 0     |                   11 |                   6 |                       4 | 0       |    160 |     0 | 50          |     1288 |    1519 |
| 29.             | West Bengal       | 0               | 1       |     1 | 2     |                   10 |                   2 |                      25 | 27      |    208 |   152 | 0           |     6340 |    6768 |
| 30.             | A &NIslands       | 0               | 0       |     0 | 0     |                    2 |                   0 |                       0 | 9       |     19 |     7 | 43          |      371 |     451 |
| 31.             | Chandigarh        | 0               | 0       |     0 | 0     |                    0 |                   0 |                       2 | 16      |     12 |     7 | 67          |      815 |     919 |
| 32.             | D &NHaveli        | 0               | 0       |     0 | 0     |                    0 |                   0 |                       0 | 0       |      2 |     0 | 99          |       35 |      46 |
| 33.             | Daman &Diu        | 0               | 0       |     0 | 0     |                    1 |                   0 |                       0 | 0       |      0 |     3 | 4           |       35 |      43 |
| 34.             | Delhi             | 1               | 1       |     2 | 0     |                    7 |                   2 |                      15 | 100     |    580 |   649 | 792         |     4855 |    7004 |
| 35.             | Laksha dweep      | 0               | 0       |     0 | 0     |                    0 |                   0 |                       0 | 0       |      1 |     0 | 8           |       23 |      32 |
| 36.             | Puducherry        | 0               | 0       |     0 | 0     |                    0 |                   0 |                       2 | 1       |     12 |     3 | 8           |      227 |     253 |
| All India Total | All India Total   | 07              | 22      |    38 | 25    |                  221 |                 189 |                     564 | 1585    |   6596 |  3217 | 7420        |    19884 |  122912 |

Sources: BPR&D

## ACTUAL STRENGTH OF WOMEN POLICE IN CENTRAL ARMED POLICE FORCES(CAPFs) AS ON 1.1.2016 (RANK-WISE)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Central Armed Police Forces   | Total No. of batt-alions                                                                                                             | DGP / SPL DG   | A dd l D G   | IG P   | DI G   | AIGP/ SSP/ comm   | AD SP/D YCom m   | ASP/ DySP/ ACom   | Others Gr. A&B   | INSP.   | SI.   | ASI   | H/CT.     | CT. Othe rs   | Total   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|--------------|--------|--------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|---------|-------|-------|-----------|---------------|---------|
| 1)        | 2)                                        | 3)                                                                                                                                   | 4) 5)          | 6)           |        | 7)     | 8)                | 9) 10)           | 11)               | 12)              | 13)     | 14)   | 15)   | 16)       | 17)           | 18)     |
| 1.        | Assam Rifles (AR)                         | 102                                                                                                                                  |                |              |        |        | 2                 | 5                | 2                 | 15               |         | 26    | 4     | 1 201     | 336           | 592     |
| 2.        | Border Security Force (BSF)               | 186 Bns. (Incl. 03 NDRF Bns.)                                                                                                        |                |              |        |        | 23                | 27               | 43                | 6                | 44 279  |       | 155   | 182 3385  | 35            | 4179    |
| 3.        | Central Industrial Security Force(CISF)   | 10 Res. Bns. 2DM Bns. & 375 Units. Formation                                                                                         |                |              | 2      | 6      | 11                | 3                | 21                | 12               | 129     | 751   | 417   | 302       | 4851          | 6505    |
| 4.        | Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)       | 235                                                                                                                                  |                |              | 1      | 8      | 15                | 55               | 224               | 25               | 203     | 584   | 682   | 1198 3359 |               | 6354    |
| 5.        | Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force(ITBP)    | 62                                                                                                                                   |                |              |        | 1      |                   | 4                | 18                | 66               | 74      | 143   | 55    | 223 1068  | 12            | 1664    |
| 6.        | National Security Guard(NSG)              | There are no battalions in SDG, as NSG does not work on battalions pattern                                                           |                |              |        |        |                   | 2                | 6                 |                  | 20      |       |       | 15        |               | 43      |
| 7.        | Railway Protection Force(RPSF/ RPF)       | 19                                                                                                                                   |                |              | 1      | 2      | 4                 | 1                | 1                 |                  | 1       | 127   | 43    | 246 1915  |               | 2341    |
| 8.        | Sashastra Seem Anal (SSB)                 | 69 Battalions (65 Bns. fully functional & 04 Bns. under raising) out of which 02 Battalions have been converted into NDRF Battalions |                |              | 1      |        | 1                 | 1                | 7                 | 18               |         | 57    | 2     | 42        | 866 209       | 1204    |
| All India | All India                                 |                                                                                                                                      |                |              | 5      | 17     | 56                | 98               | 322               | 142              | 471     | 1967  | 1358  | 2209      | 15645 592     | 22882   |

Sources: BPR&D

## Steps  taken  to  encourage  women  to  join  CAPF  and  to  improve  the facilities for women personnel in CAPFs

1. All female candidates have been exempted from payment of application fee.
2. There are relaxation in Physical Standard Test (PST) and Physical Efficiency Test (PET) for all female candidates for recruitment in CAPFs in compression to male candidates.
3. Creches and day care centre have been provided by the CAPFs to women employees.  A  new  head  of  Account  for  crèche  facilities  in  CAPFs  under Grant No. 54-Police for the year 2011-12 has also been opened in CAPFs, vide MHA letter No. 9/8/2011-Bdt.-I dated 20.01.2012.
4. Separate accommodation for women  personnel with basic amenities, including separate toilets, has been provided.
5. Vehicles fitted with mobile toilets for women personnel during movement from one place to another and during picketing duties.
6. Facilities  already  available  under  the  Central  Government  like  Maternity Leave, Child Care Leave are also applicable to CAPFs women personnel.
7. Medical facilities with special care the pregnant women. Lady Doctors are available to provide medical coverage.
8. One  female  member  is  detailed  as  member  of  the  board  for  making recruitment of women personnel.
9. Committees have been constituted at all levels to check sexual harassment and  to  expeditiously  deal  with  the  complaints  of  women  personnel.  All CAPFs  have  included  the  Non  Government  Organizations  (NGOs)  in  the complaint committee to enquire into complaints of sexual harassment.
10. Women personnel are given equal opportunity in their career progression i.e. promotion/seniority as per the RRs at par with male counter parts.

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