Lok Sabha Question No. 4266 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Women in Police Force
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: HARI BABU KAMBHAMPATI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4266

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2017/ CHAITRA 7, 1939 (SAKA)

WOMEN IN POLICE FORCE

4266.

DR. KAMBHAMPATI HARIBABU:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the current strength of women personnel in Police Forces, rank and Statewise;
- (b) whether the representation of women personnel is very low in the country and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to increase the strength of women personnel in police force;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to launch Mahila Police Volunteers in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof including the roles and responsibilities of Mahila Police Volunteers?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : The current strength of women personnel in police forces rank and Statewise is given at Annexure-I .
- (b): As on 01.01.2016, the representation of women police personnel is 7.10 % at all India level.

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/UT Administrations to make adequate representation of women

## LS.US.Q.No.4266 FOR 28.03.2017

in  the  State  Police  Forces.  However,  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  issued advisories  dated  04.09.2009  and  22.4.2013  to  all  the  State  Governments/UT Administrations to increase the strength of women police upto 33% of the total strength.

All  the  State  Governments have been requested to create additional posts of women constables/SIs by converting the vacant posts of male constables into the posts of women constables. It has also been aimed that each police station should have at least 3 women sub-inspectors and 10 women police constables. (c) & (d): Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) in collaboration with the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  envisaged  engagement  of  Mahila  Police Volunteers  (MPV)  in  States/UTs  who  will  act  as  a  link  between  police  and community and help women in distress. All the Chief Secretaries of States/UTs were requested to adopt this initiative in their respective States. The MPV will encourage women to come forward with complaints of violence and discrimination,  provide  information  to  them  on  remedies  for  this,  and  assist them in taking their cases to police authorities. MPV will serve as an example to  the  village  and  courage  a  woman  friendly  environment  both  within  and outside the police station. Any empowered woman from the community, who is of 21 years of age and is at least 12 th  pass can be selected to be a MPV.

## LS.US.Q.No.4266 FOR 28.03.2017

Haryana  has  become  the  first  state  to  operationalise  the  Mahila  Police Volunteer  scheme.  It  was  launched  jointly  by  the  Ministry  of  WCD  and Government of Haryana at Karnal on 14 th   December, 2016 for the districts of Karnal  and  Mahendragarh.  A  Proposal  from  Andhra  Pradesh  has  also  been sanctioned  for  implementation  of  Mahila  Police  Volunteers  (MPVs)  in  two districts namely Anantapur and Kadapa on pilot basis under Nirbhaya Fund.

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## Annexure-I of LSUS Q. No. 4266 for 28.3.2017

## Strength of Women Police  (Rank and State-wise)- as on 1.1.2016.

| Sl.No.             | States/Uts         | DGP/ Spl/D G/      | ADG P   | IGP   | DIG   | AIGP /SSP/ SP/C   | 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.    | OM                | 8. 9.               | 10.                     | 11.     | 12.    |    13 |          14 |          |      15 |
| 1.                 | Andhra Pradesh     | 0                  | 2       | 2     | 0     | 4                 | 8 28                | 17                      | 44      |        |   167 |         311 | 1518     |    2101 |
| 2.                 | Arunachal          | 0                  | 0       | 0     | 0     | 1                 | 0                   | 1 6                     |         | 39     |    17 |          10 | 719      |     793 |
| 3.                 | Pradesh 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             | 0                  | 0       | 0     | 0     | 0                 | 0                   | 0                       | 0       | 1      |     0 |           8 | 23       |      32 |
| 36.                | dweep Puducherry   | 0                  | 0       | 0     | 0     | 0                 | 0                   | 2                       | 1       | 12     |     3 |           8 | 227      |     253 |
| All India Total 07 | All India Total 07 | All India Total 07 | 22      | 38    | 25    | 221               | 189                 | 564                     | 1585    | 6596   |  3217 |        7420 | 19884    |  122912 |

Sources: BPR&D