Lok Sabha Question No. 1616 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-06
Subject: Shortage of IPS Officers
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: JAYADEV GALLA, MANHOR UNTWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1616

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH  MARCH, 2018 /PHALGUNA 15, 1939 (SAKA)

## SHORTAGE OF IPS OFFICERS

1616. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA: SHRI MANOHAR UTAWAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is shortage of officers of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh;

(b) the existing strength, vacancies and requirement of the IPS officers, Statewise;

(c)  the  strength  of  IPS  officers  in  proportion  to  the  population  of  the  country and  the  proportion  thereof  in  comparison  to  the  proportion  in  neighbouring countries; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to fill the vacancies in all the States in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) & (b): As on 01.01.2017, 3905 IPS officers are in-position against authorised strength of 4843 officers. The State-wise figures including Andhra Pradesh are given at annexure- 'A'.

## L.S.US.Q NO. 1616 FOR 06.03.2018

(c): In  general,  the  police  population  ratio  is  calculated  only  on  the  total number  of  police  strength  and  not  on  the  number  of  IPS  officers.  As  regards comparative figures of police officers and population in neighbouring countries, it is mentioned that police structure in neighbouring countries is different from India and the concept of IPS is limited only to India

(d): To fill up the vacancies of IPS officers, 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.  Besides  the  above,  the  process  of  appointments  to  the Indian Police Service by  promotion  from  State  Police  Service  has  been accelerated.

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## L.S.US.Q NO. 1616 FOR 06.03.2018

## STATEWISE STRENGTH OF IPS OFFICERS AS ON 01.01.2017

## Annexure- 'A'

| 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 |