Lok Sabha Question No. 916 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-07
Subject: Housing Facilities for Women Personnel
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: MANSHANKAR NINAMA, BHARAT SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †916

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH   FEBRUARY, 2017/ MAGHA 18, 1938 (SAKA) HOUSING FACILITIES FOR WOMEN PERSONNEL

†916.

SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA:

SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  women  police  personnels  in  the  country  at  present, State-wise;
- (b)  whether  housing  facilities  are  not  available  in  sufficient  number  for women police personnel in the country; and
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The number of women police personnel in the country, State-wise is annexed. (Annexure-I)

- (b) & (c): 'Police'  being  State  subject,  the  State  Governments  have  to implement  various  police  reforms  and  welfare  measures,  including housing facilities for women police personnel.

Further, police reform measures are also supported through the grants-inaid released to the State Governments under the Scheme for Modernisation  of  State  Police  Force  (MPF)  by  the  Ministry  of  Home Affairs. The Scheme, as originally approved, covers major items of Police infrastructure including construction of residential buildings for subordinate police.

## Annexure-I for LSUQ 916 for 7.2.2017

## Women Police Personnels in the Country, State-wise.

( As on 1.1.2016)

| Sl. No.         | States / UTs      | No. of Police   |
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 1.              | Andhra Pradesh    | 2101            |
| 2.              | Arunachal Pradesh | 793             |
| 3.              | Assam             | 1770            |
| 4.              | Bihar             | 6710            |
| 5.              | Chattisgarh       | 2742            |
| 6.              | Goa               | 378             |
| 7.              | Gujarat           | 2850            |
| 8.              | Haryana           | 2694            |
| 9.              | Himachal Pradesh  | 1707            |
| 10.             | Jammu &Kashmir    | 2266            |
| 11.             | Jharkhand         | 3024            |
| 12.             | Karnataka         | 4354            |
| 13.             | Kerala            | 2924            |
| 14.             | Madhya Pradesh    | 4294            |
| 15.             | Maharashtra       | 21249           |
| 16.             | Manipur           | 2040            |
| 17.             | Meghalaya         | 528             |
| 18.             | Mizoram           | 573             |
| 19.             | Nagaland          | 1463            |
| 20.             | Odisha            | 4882            |
| 21.             | Punjab            | 4057            |
| 22.             | Rajasthan         | 7692            |
| 23.             | Sikkim            | 367             |
| 24.             | Tamil Nadu        | 14280           |
| 25.             | Telangana         | 1484            |
| 26.             | Tripura           | 1066            |
| 27.             | Uttar Pradesh     | 7589            |
| 28.             | Uttarakhand       | 1519            |
| 29.             | West Bengal       | 6768            |
| 30.             | A&NIslands        | 451             |
| 31.             | Chandigarh        | 919             |
| 32.             | D &NHaveli        | 46              |
| 33.             | Daman &Diu        | 43              |
| 34.             | Delhi             | 7004            |
| 35.             | Lakshadweep       | 32              |
| 36.             | Puducherry        | 253             |
| All India Total | All India Total   | 122,912         |

Source: BPR&D