Lok Sabha Question No. 2515 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Condition of Police Stations
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2515

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  JANUARY, 2018/ PAUSHA 12, 1939 (SAKA)

CONDITION OF POLICE STATIONS

2515. SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the infrastructural conditions of a large percentile of the police stations in the country are so poor that efficient methods of prevention of crimes, detection of crimes and handling of law and order situations etc. are affected and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the sanctioned strength of the police personnel and the vacancies, cadre and State/UT-wise;
- (c)  the total number of police stations in the country functioning without telephones, VHF Sets and vehicles besides investigation kits;
- (d)  whether  the  Ministry  has  any  proposal  to  ensure  that  all  the  police stations in the country are well equipped with all these basic infrastructural facilities including investigation kits; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): No  Madam,  Police  is  a  state  subject  and  primary  responsibility, including  proper  infrastructural  facilities  in  the  Police  Stations,  lies  with the  State  Governments.    However,  the  State  Governments  under  the Modernisation  of  State  Police Forces (MPF) Scheme are supplemented by

## L.S.US.Q.NO.2515 FOR 02.01.2018

the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The major items of Police infrastructure for State Police supported under the Scheme are weapons, equipment, training infrastructure & police communication, computerization, forensic science,   police building/housing, mobility etc.

(b): The details of the sanctioned strength of the police personnel and the vacancies, cadre and State/UT-wise is annexed.

(c): As per Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) report, the total  number  of  police  stations  as  on  01.01.2017,  functioning  without telephones are 267, without VHF sets/wireless are 129 and police stations without vehicles are 273 in the country.

(d) & (e): Under the MPF Scheme the State Governments formulate their State Action Plan (SAP) as per their strategic priorities. The said SAP is approved by the High Powered Committee in the MHA and allocated funds are  directly  released  to  the  States/Ordnance  Factory  Board.  Equipment, including investigation forensic kits, to be procured under the MPF Scheme depends on  priorities of State Governments.

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## STATES/UTS WISE SANCTIONED & ACTUAL VACANCY STRENGTH WITH VACANCY OF TOTAL (CIVIL + ARMED) POLICE

FORCE- AS ON 1.1.2017

| Sl. No.         | States / UTs      | DGP/SPL. DGP   | DGP/SPL. DGP   | DGP/SPL. DGP   | Adl. DG     | Adl. DG   | Adl. DG   | IGP         | IGP     | IGP     | DIG         | DIG     | DIG      |
|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|---------|---------|-------------|---------|----------|
| Sl. No.         | States / UTs      | Sancti oned    | Act ual        | Vaca ncy       | Sancti oned | Act ual   | Vacan cy  | Sanction ed | Act ual | Vacancy | Sancti oned | Act ual | Vacan cy |
| 1               | 2                 | 3              | 4              | 5              | 6           | 7         | 8         | 9           | 1.      | 11      | 12          | 13      | 14       |
| 1               | Andhra Pradesh    | 8              | 8              | -              | 11          | 11        | -         | 28          | 28      | -       | 12          | 12      | -        |
| 2               | Arunachal Pradesh | 1              | 1              | -              | -           | -         | -         | 2           | 2       | -       | 6           | 3       | 3        |
| 3               | Assam             | 5              | 5              | -              | 14          | 13        | 1         | 14          | 8       | 6       | 15          | 9       | 6        |
| 4               | Bihar             | 3              | 5              | -2             | 8           | 6         | 2         | 22          | 21      | 1       | 23          | 15      | 8        |
| 5               | Chhattisgarh      | 1              | 2              | -1             | 3           | 2         | 1         | 8           | 7       | 1       | 10          | 4       | 6        |
| 6               | Goa               | 1              | 1              | -              | -           | -         | -         | 1           | -       | 1       | 2           | 1       | 1        |
| 7               | Gujarat           | 5              | 5              | -              | 20          | 18        | 2         | 32          | 26      | 6       | 25          | 20      | 5        |
| 8               | Haryana           | 7              | -              | 7              | 9           | 5         | 4         | 20          | 11      | 9       | 14          | 1       | 13       |
| 9               | Himachal Pradesh  | 1              | 9              | -8             | 7           | 5         | 2         | 20          | 16      | 4       | 14          | 10      | 4        |
| 10              | Jammu& Kashmir    | 4              | 2              | 2              | 4           | 4         | -         | 16          | 15      | 1       | 21          | 8       | 13       |
| 11              | Jharkhand         | 2              | 3              | -1             | 6           | 10        | -4        | 14          | 10      | 4       | 14          | 15      | -1       |
| 12              | Karnataka         | 7              | 8              | -1             | 21          | 20        | 1         | 28          | 25      | 3       | 19          | 13      | 6        |
| 13              | Kerala            | 8              | 8              | -              | 9           | 11        | -2        | 15          | 11      | 4       | 8           | 4       | 4        |
| 14              | Madhya Pradesh    | 5              | 10             | -5             | 15          | 41        | -26       | 30          | 29      | 1       | 22          | 23      | -1       |
| 15              | Maharashtra       | 6              | 6              | -              | 30          | 30        | -         | 44          | 44      | -       | 38          | 38      | -        |
| 16              | Manipur           | 1              | 1              | -              | 3           | 2         | 1         | 9           | 3       | 6       | 9           | 8       | 1        |
| 17              | Meghalaya         | 1              | 1              | -              | 6           | 3         | 3         | 6           | 2       | 4       | 6           | 3       | 3        |
| 18              | Mizoram           | 1              | 1              | -              | 1           | -         | 1         | 1           | 2       | -1      | 6           | 4       | 2        |
| 19              | Nagaland          | 1              | 1              | -              | 2           | 1         | 1         | 8           | 8       | -       | 12          | 10      | 2        |
| 20              | Odisha            | 7              | 7              | -              | 13          | 13        | -         | 29          | 22      | 7       | 19          | 8       | 11       |
| 21              | Punjab            | 3              | 2              | 1              | 11          | 11        | -         | 32          | 32      | -       | 14          | 11      | 3        |
| 22              | Rajasthan         | 2              | 5              | -3             | 9           | 31        | -22       | 23          | 31      | -8      | 18          | 10      | 8        |
| 23              | Sikkim            | 1              | 1              | -              | 2           | 4         | -2        | 3           | 3       | -       | 4           | 2       | 2        |
| 24              | Tamil Nadu        | 6              | 4              | 2              | 25          | 25        | -         | 44          | 35      | 9       | 35          | 23      | 12       |
| 25              | Telangana         | 3              | 3              | -              | 10          | 10        | -         | 28          | 28      | -       | 9           | 9       | -        |
| 26              | Tripura           | 1              | 1              | -              | 1           | 1         | -         | 4           | 1       | 3       | 7           | 4       | 3        |
| 27              | Uttar Pradesh     | 7              | 14             | -7             | 21          | 34        | -13       | 51          | 58      | -7      | 50          | 62      | -12      |
| 28              | Uttarakhand       | 1              | 2              | -1             | 2           | 2         | -         | 5           | 6       | -1      | 9           | 6       | 3        |
| 29              | West Bengal       | 10             | 10             | -              | 31          | 25        | 6         | 56          | 41      | 15      | 58          | 28      | 30       |
| 30              | A &NIslands       | -              | 1              | -1             | 1           | -         | 1         | 2           | 1       | 1       | 2           | -       | 2        |
| 31              | Chandigarh        | -              | -              | -              | -           | -         | -         | 1           | 1       | -       | 1           | -       | 1        |
| 32              | D &NHaveli        | -              | -              | -              | -           | -         | -         | -           | -       | -       | -           | -       | -        |
| 33              | Delhi             | 1              | 1              | -              | 12          | 15        | -3        | 20          | 19      | 1       | 19          | 2       | 17       |
| 34              | Daman &Diu        | -              | -              | -              | -           | -         | -         | -           | -       | -       | 1           | 1       | -        |
| 35              | Lakshadweep       | -              | -              | -              | -           | -         | -         | -           | -       | -       | -           | -       | -        |
| 36              | Puducherry        | 1              | 1              | -              | -           | -         | -         | 1           | 1       | -       | -           | -       | -        |
| All India Total | All India Total   | 111            | 129            | 18             | 307         | 353       | 46        | 617         | 547     | 70      | 522         | 367     | 155      |

Note: Negative value of vacancy indicates 'surplus'. Source: Data on Police Organizations (1.1.2017), Publisher: BPR&D

| Sl. No.   | States / UTs      | AIGP/SSP/SP   | AIGP/SSP/SP   | AIGP/SSP/SP   | Addl. SP   | Addl. SP   | Addl. SP   | ASP         | ASP    | ASP     |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|--------|---------|
|           |                   | Sanc.         | Actual        | Vacancy       | Sanct.     | Actual     | Vacancy    | Sanctione d | Actual | vacancy |
| 1         | 2                 | 15            | 16            | 17            | 18         | 19         | 20         | 21          | 22     | 23      |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 66            | 52            | 14            | 109        | 95         | 14         | 511         | 503    | 8       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 28            | 19            | 9             | 21         | 30         | -9         | 38          | 25     | 13      |
| 3         | Assam             | 117           | 114           | 3             | 94         | 79         | 15         | 408         | 353    | 55      |
| 4         | Bihar             | 47            | 67            | -20           | 55         | 53         | 2          | 449         | 302    | 147     |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 48            | 35            | 13            | 45         | 72         | -27        | 220         | 245    | -25     |
| 6         | Goa               | 14            | 14            | -             | -          | -          | -          | 32          | 21     | 11      |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 115           | 91            | 24            | -          | -          | -          | 376         | 362    | 14      |
| 8         | Haryana           | 64            | 23            | 41            | 21         | 7          | 14         | 230         | 116    | 114     |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 48            | 56            | -8            | 40         | 35         | 5          | 154         | 120    | 34      |
| 10        | Jammu& Kashmir    | 137           | 161           | -24           | -          | -          | -          | 335         | 335    | -       |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 46            | 51            | -5            | 40         | 31         | 9          | 380         | 281    | 99      |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 195           | 159           | 36            | 10         | 28         | -18        | 544         | 462    | 82      |
| 13        | Kerala            | 90            | 85            | 5             | 17         | 19         | -2         | 351         | 303    | 48      |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 65            | 22            | 43            | 266        | 215        | 51         | 1009        | 731    | 278     |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 294           | 294           | -             | -          | -          | -          | 848         | 615    | 233     |
| 16        | Manipur           | 22            | 22            | -             | 33         | 27         | 6          | 96          | 72     | 24      |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 37            | 36            | 1             | 25         | 11         | 14         | 99          | 71     | 28      |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 20            | 20            | -             | 19         | 18         | 1          | 48          | 44     | 4       |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 23            | 18            | 5             | 15         | 12         | 3          | 48          | 31     | 17      |
| 20        | Odisha            | 112           | 53            | 59            | 100        | 87         | 13         | 416         | 315    | 101     |
| 21        | Punjab            | 160           | 192           | -32           | -          | -          | -          | 294         | 294    | -       |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 163           | 95            | 61            | 299        | 240        | 59         | 573         | 393    | 180     |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 27            | 26            | 1             | 22         | 29         | -7         | 52          | 47     | 5       |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 142           | 166           | -24           | 128        | 106        | 22         | 802         | 771    | 31      |
| 25        | Telangana         | 52            | 45            | 7             | 72         | 40         | 32         | 220         | 192    | 28      |
| 26        | Tripura           | 28            | 32            | -4            | 17         | 9          | 8          | 139         | 192    | -53     |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 151           | 188           | -37           | -          | 304        | -304       | 26          | 718    | -692    |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 21            | 31            | -10           | 32         | 28         | 4          | 109         | 70     | 39      |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 131           | 112           | 19            | 55         | 52         | 3          | 432         | 416    | 16      |
| 30        | A &NIslands       | 5             | 11            | -6            | -          | -          | -          | 22          | 17     | 5       |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | 4             | 4             | -             | -          | -          | -          | 14          | 14     | -       |
| 32        | D &NHaveli        | 1             | 1             | -             | 1          | 1          | -          | 1           | 1      | -       |
| 33        | Delhi             | 51            | 56            | -5            | 34         | 23         | 11         | 296         | 262    | 34      |
| 34        | Daman &Diu        | 2             | 2             | -             | -          | -          | -          | 2           | 2      | -       |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 1             | 1             | -             | -          | -          | -          | 1           | 2      | -1      |
| 36        | Puducherry        | 3             | 3             | -             | -          | -          | -          | 21          | 21     | -       |

Note: Negative value of vacancy indicates 'surplus'. Source: Data on Police Organizations (1.1.2017), Publisher: BPR&D

| Sl. No.   | States / UTs               | Inspector   | Inspector   | Inspector   | S.I.       | S.I.      | S.I.      | A.S.I       | A.S.I     | A.S.I    |
|-----------|----------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|----------|
| Sl. No.   | States / UTs               | Sanc.       | Actual      | Vacancy     | Sanct.     | Actual    | Vacancy   | Sanctio ned | Actual    | vacancy  |
| 1         | 2                          | 24          | 25          | 26          | 27         | 28        | 29        | 30          | 31        | 32       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh             | 679         | 619         | 60          | 2623       | 2339      | 284       | 3195        | 2952      | 243      |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh          | 111         | 113         | -2          | 447        | 355       | 92        | 439         | 350       | 83       |
| 3         | Assam                      | 623         | 489         | 134         | 2927       | 2211      | 716       | 2178        | 2065      | 113      |
| 4         | Bihar                      | 1559        | 969         | 590         | 12418      | 7008      | 5410      | 9039        | 6098      | 2941     |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh               | 711         | 671         | 40          | 2085       | 1317      | 768       | 2775        | 1660      | 1115     |
| 6         | Goa                        | 75          | 68          | 7           | 370        | 250       | 120       | 201         | 197       | 4        |
| 7         | Gujarat                    | 1123        | 608         | 515         | 3725       | 1924      | 1801      | 9645        | 7990      | 1655     |
| 8         | Haryana                    | 826         | 675         | 151         | 2151       | 1120      | 1031      | 4887        | 3397      | 1490     |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh           | 208         | 184         | 24          | 494        | 416       | 78        | 921         | 836       | 85       |
| 10        | Jammu& Kashmir             | 771         | 766         | 5           | 2481       | 1910      | 571       | 3386        | 2966      | 420      |
| 11        | Jharkhand                  | 907         | 632         | 275         | 7557       | 2452      | 5105      | 7170        | 5473      | 1697     |
| 12        | Karnataka                  | 1376        | 1298        | 78          | 4067       | 2720      | 1347      | 9713        | 8980      | 733      |
| 13        | Kerala                     | 547         | 476         | 71          | 2850       | 2302      | 548       | 2195        | 1404      | 788      |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh             | 2293        | 1888        | 405         | 5850       | 4246      | 1604      | 9979        | 8648      | 1331     |
| 15        | Maharashtra                | 8391        | 8164        | 227         | 11032      | 8842      | 2190      | 18804       | 18214     | 590      |
| 16        | Manipur                    | 316         | 298         | 18          | 1183       | 999       | 184       | 1899        | 1222      | 677      |
| 17        | Meghalaya                  | 175         | 174         | 1           | 836        | 750       | 86        | 257         | 269       | -12      |
| 18        | Mizoram                    | 176         | 168         | 8           | 458        | 403       | 55        | 488         | 376       | 112      |
| 19        | Nagaland                   | 192         | 131         | 61          | 360        | 372       | -12       | 407         | 419       | -12      |
| 20        | Odisha                     | 1078        | 956         | 122         | 3462       | 1939      | 1523      | 4719        | 3832      | 887      |
| 21        | Punjab                     | 996         | 838         | 158         | 2559       | 2237      | 322       | 4560        | 4142      | 418      |
| 22        | Rajasthan                  | 1138        | 930         | 208         | 3973       | 2825      | 1148      | 5959        | 3914      | 2045     |
| 23        | Sikkim                     | 54          | 82          | -28         | 160        | 135       | 25        | 170         | 221       | -51      |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                 | 2784        | 3123        | -339        | 9725       | 6942      | 2783      | --          | --        | -        |
| 25        | Telangana                  | 819         | 738         | 81          | 2936       | 2523      | 413       | 2818        | 2440      | 378      |
| 26        | Tripura                    | 235         | 161         | 74          | 816        | 658       | 158       | 645         | 425       | 220      |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh              | 5760        | 2449        | 3311        | 42604      | 14395     | 28209     | ---         | --        | -        |
| 28        | Uttarakhand                | 225         | 169         | 56          | 1401       | 1223      | 178       | ---         | --        | -        |
| 29        | West Bengal                | 1714        | 1204        | 510         | 10804      | 7884      | 2920      | 14764       | 10960     | 3804     |
| 30        | A &NIslands                | 66          | 52          | 14          | 265        | 178       | 87        | 256         | 10        | 246      |
| 31        | Chandigarh                 | 55          | 55          | -           | 314        | 303       | 11        | 257         | 207       | 50       |
| 32        | D &NHaveli                 | 3           | 3           | -           | 18         | 16        | 2         | 8           | --        | 8        |
| 33        | Delhi                      | 1283        | 1278        | 5           | 6416       | 4805      | 1611      | 6498        | 6910      | -412     |
| 34        | Daman &Diu                 | 8           | 6           | 2           | 29         | 28        | 1         | 29          | 16        | 13       |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                | 10          | 6           | 4           | 38         | 4         | 34        | 43          | 19        | 24       |
| 36        | Puducherry All India Total | 68 37355    | 60 30501    | 8 6854      | 292 149726 | 149 88180 | 143 61456 | 104 128408  | 68 106683 | 36 21725 |

Note: Negative value of vacancy indicates 'surplus'. Source: Data on Police Organizations (1.1.2017), Publisher: BPR&D

| Sl. No.   | States / UTs      | H. CONSTABLE   | H. CONSTABLE   | H. CONSTABLE   | CONSTABLE   | CONSTABLE   | CONSTABLE   | TOTAL       | TOTAL   | TOTAL   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------|---------|
|           |                   | Sanc.          | Actual         | Vacancy        | Sanct.      | Actual      | Vacancy     | Sanction ed | Actual  | vacancy |
| 1         | 2                 | 33             | 34             | 35             | 36          | 37          | 38          | 39          | 40      | 41      |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 7967           | 7522           | 445            | 37562       | 29296       | 8266        | 52771       | 43437   | 9934    |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 1589           | 1197           | 392            | 5856        | 5535        | 321         | 8538        | 7630    | 908     |
| 3         | Assam             | 4130           | 3281           | 849            | 24138       | 19178       | 4960        | 34663       | 27805   | 6858    |
| 4         | Bihar             | 10944          | 4492           | 6452           | 57855       | 43565       | 14290       | 92422       | 62601   | 29821   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 5780           | 4717           | 1063           | 33792       | 31401       | 2391        | 45478       | 40133   | 5345    |
| 6         | Goa               | 1034           | 982            | 52             | 3900        | 3640        | 260         | 5630        | 5174    | 456     |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 15408          | 11862          | 3546           | 54002       | 35650       | 18352       | 84476       | 58556   | 25920   |
| 8         | Haryana           | 9710           | 6311           | 3399           | 41105       | 30914       | 10191       | 59044       | 42580   | 16464   |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 1727           | 1640           | 87             | 6972        | 6776        | 196         | 10606       | 10103   | 503     |
| 10        | Jammu& Kashmir    | 8376           | 7601           | 775            | 36694       | 35980       | 714         | 52225       | 49748   | 2477    |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 8118           | 6070           | 2048           | 38961       | 26219       | 12742       | 63215       | 41247   | 21968   |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 28072          | 26461          | 1611           | 58249       | 42139       | 16110       | 102301      | 82313   | 19988   |
| 13        | Kerala            | 9591           | 9362           | 229            | 38307       | 40087       | -1780       | 53988       | 54075   | -87     |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 18354          | 15888          | 2466           | 49478       | 45029       | 4449        | 87366       | 76770   | 10596   |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 84399          | 81671          | 2728           | 96240       | 91479       | 4761        | 220126      | 209397  | 10729   |
| 16        | Manipur           | 3639           | 3080           | 559            | 11317       | 6169        | 5148        | 18527       | 11903   | 6624    |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 645            | 626            | 19             | 5747        | 4775        | 972         | 7840        | 6721    | 1119    |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 745            | 645            | 100            | 1895        | 1455        | 440         | 3858        | 3136    | 722     |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 1895           | 1917           | -22            | 6123        | 7107        | -984        | 9086        | 10027   | -941    |
| 20        | Odisha            | 3135           | 2872           | 263            | 27314       | 25382       | 1932        | 40404       | 35486   | 4918    |
| 21        | Punjab            | 10059          | 8511           | 1548           | 50214       | 46070       | 4144        | 68902       | 62340   | 6562    |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 11193          | 7902           | 3291           | 65841       | 58573       | 7268        | 89191       | 74949   | 14242   |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 394            | 606            | -212           | 1593        | 1343        | 250         | 2482        | 2499    | -17     |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 92757          | 88296          | 4461           | 14720       | 26581       | -11861      | 121168      | 126072  | -4904   |
| 25        | Telangana         | 7414           | 7099           | 315            | 37693       | 26832       | 10681       | 52074       | 39959   | 12115   |
| 26        | Tripura           | 1647           | 1129           | 518            | 8997        | 7741        | 1256        | 12537       | 10354   | 2183    |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 80397          | 21105          | 59292          | 247942      | 133315      | 114627      | 377009      | 172642  | 204367  |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 2131           | 1639           | 492            | 12186       | 11644       | 542         | 16122       | 14820   | 1302    |
| 29        | West Bengal       | --             | --             | --             | 79722       | 54752       | 24970       | 107777      | 75484   | 32293   |
| 30        | A &NIslands       | 728            | 573            | 155            | 2400        | 2751        | -351        | 3747        | 3594    | 153     |
| 31        | Chandigarh        | 1275           | 1303           | -28            | 3873        | 3206        | 667         | 5794        | 5093    | 701     |
| 32        | D &NHaveli        | 87             | 86             | 1              | 235         | 230         | 5           | 354         | 338     | 16      |
| 33        | Delhi             | 19667          | 20152          | -485           | 40910       | 41596       | -686        | 75207       | 75119   | 88      |
| 34        | Daman &Diu        | 110            | 104            | 6              | 319         | 225         | 94          | 500         | 384     | 116     |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 108            | 69             | 39             | 361         | 303         | 58          | 562         | 404     | 158     |
| 36        | Puducherry        | 627            | 502            | 125            | 2188        | 2073        | 115         | 3305        | 2878    | 427     |
| All India | Total             | 453852         | 357273         | 96579          | 1204701     | 949011      | 255690      | 1989295     | 1545771 | 443524  |

Note: Negative value of vacancy indicates 'surplus'. Source: Data on Police Organizations (1.1.2017), Publisher: BPR&D

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