Lok Sabha Question No. 1801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Vacancies in Police Department
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1801

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  JULY, 2019/ ASHADHA 11, 1941 (SAKA)

VACANCIES IN POLICE DEPARTMENT

1801. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that a large number of posts of police personnel are lying vacant in the country;

(b) if so, whether it is affecting the safety of citizens and various other works;

(c) whether the Government is likely to take quick decision for filling up these vacancies to curb the increasing crimes and provide police force as per requirement for providing more safety to people; and

(d)  the  number of police personnel and the requirement of the States, State-wise?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) to (d): As per data compiled by BPR&D, State-wise status of police personnel, as on 01.01.2018 is annexed.

'Police'  is  a  State  subject  falling  in  List-II  (State  List)  of  the  Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.  It is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments/UT Administrations to fill up the vacancies in the police  force  in  their  respective  States/UTs.  The  Centre  also  issues advisories to the States for filling up these vacancies in the States and to bring in the requisite reforms in the Police administration to meet the expectations of the people.

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State-wise status of police personnel - as on 1.1.2018

| Sl. No.           | States/UTs        | Sanctioned Strength   | Actual Strength   | Vacancy/Surplus   |
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 1.                | Andhra Pradesh    | 72,176                | 54,243            | 17,933            |
| 2.                | Arunachal Pradesh | 13,137                | 10,856            | 2,281             |
| 3.                | Assam             | 65,987                | 54,535            | 11,452            |
| 4.                | Bihar             | 1,28,286              | 77,995            | 50,291            |
| 5.                | Chhattisgarh      | 71,606                | 59,690            | 11,916            |
| 6.                | Goa               | 8,312                 | 6,941             | 1,371             |
| 7.                | Gujarat           | 1,09,337              | 88,267            | 21,070            |
| 8.                | Haryana           | 61,346                | 44,502            | 16,844            |
| 9.                | Himachal Pradesh  | 18,472                | 16,535            | 1,937             |
| 10.               | Jammu &Kashmir    | 87,882                | 77,838            | 10,044            |
| 11.               | Jharkhand         | 79,950                | 61,019            | 18,931            |
| 12.               | Karnataka         | 1,00,243              | 78,300            | 21,943            |
| 13.               | Kerala            | 54,046                | 44,570            | 9,476             |
| 14.               | Madhya Pradesh    | 1,15,731              | 93,376            | 22,355            |
| 15.               | Maharashtra       | 2,40,224              | 2,14,029          | 26,195            |
| 16.               | Manipur           | 33,080                | 24,843            | 8,237             |
| 17.               | Meghalaya         | 16,367                | 12,691            | 3,676             |
| 18.               | Mizoram           | 9,792                 | 7,062             | 2,730             |
| 19.               | Nagaland          | 21,292                | 22,233            | (-) 941           |
| 20.               | Odisha            | 66,973                | 56,651            | 10,322            |
| 21.               | Punjab            | 88,742                | 82,353            | 6,389             |
| 22.               | Rajasthan         | 1,06,232              | 88,229            | 18,003            |
| 23.               | Sikkim            | 6,080                 | 5,358             | 722               |
| 24.               | Tamil Nadu        | 1,24,130              | 1,01,710          | 22,420            |
| 25.               | Telangana         | 76,407                | 46,062            | 30,345            |
| 26.               | Tripura           | 27,378                | 23,425            | 3,953             |
| 27.               | Uttar Pradesh     | 4,14,492              | 2,85,540          | 1,28,952          |
| 28.               | Uttarakhand       | 21,124                | 20,556            | 568               |
| 29.               | West Bengal       | 1,40,904              | 91,923            | 48,981            |
| All India (Total) | All India (Total) | 23,79,728             | 18,51,332         | 5,28,396          |

(-) Negative value of vacancy indicates 'Surplus'

Sources: BPR&D

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