Lok Sabha Question No. 4823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-23
Subject: Best Policing Practices
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4823

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 23 RD  JULY, 2019/ SHRAVANA 1, 1941 (SAKA )

BEST POLICING PRACTICES

4823. SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  any  State  Police  has  decided  to  institutionalize  the  best policing practices currently followed and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether  India's  current  ratio  of  police  personnel  is  below  the  United Nation's recommendation and if so, the details thereof; and (c) whether there is an urgent need for implementation of police reforms, mooted by the Supreme Court and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The best and most effective police practices are constantly evolving as new challenges emerge. The Bureau of Police Research & Development has  the  mandate  for  systemic  study  of  such  problems  and  creates awareness for the adoption of best police practices. The Bureau of Police Research  &  Development  has  also  published  a  Compilation  on  Best Practices & Smart Policing Initiatives in 2015.

(b): The organisational structure of the Police Forces varies from country to country as do the functions & tasks assigned to them.  Many countries do not  also  have Central Armed Police Forces.  In addition, the number of policemen required is dependent on several variables like volume of crime, societal  structures,  use  of  technology  and  local  problems.  There  are  no universal standards to assess the optimal level of police force in a country.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 4823 FOR 23.07.2019

(c): 'Police' is a State subject falling in List-II (State List) of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India and it is, therefore, the responsibility of the State Governments/UT Administrations to fill up the vacancies in the police force and to bring in the requisite reforms in the functioning of the Police.

The Central Government has set up various Commissions/Committees on police reforms and reviewed their recommendations from time to time to make  police  more  efficient,  effective,  responsive  to  the  needs  of  the people  and  accountable  to  the  rule  of  law.  The  Supreme  Court  has  also been monitoring the status of implementation of Police Reforms.

Further,  to  encourage  implementation  of  police  reforms,  since  the  year 2018-19, under the scheme of 'Assistance to States for Modernisation of Police', incentive funds are provided to the State Governments, which are implementing  the  police  reforms  vigorously.  For  the  year  2018-19,  ten States,  namely,  (1)  Andhra  Pradesh,  (2)  Gujarat,  (3)  Madhya  Pradesh,  (4) Odisha, (5) Punjab, (6) Rajasthan, (7) Tamil Nadu, (8) Telangana, (9) Uttar Pradesh  and  (10)  Uttarakhand  have  been  assessed  eligible  for  award  of incentives and grants of Rs. 7.69 crore each, out of total incentive grant of Rs.  76.90  crores.  For  the  year  2019-20,  the  incentive  grant  has  been enhanced and an amount of Rs.158.26 crore has been earmarked for this purpose.

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