Lok Sabha Question No. 4485 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Police Public Ratio
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandrani Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4485

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2023/ CHAITRA 7, 1945 (SAKA)

POLICE PUBLIC RATIO

4485.      MS. CHANDRANI MURMU:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the police public ratio in the country State-wise;

(b) whether there is a need to increase the number of police personnels in the country, if so, the details thereof along with the reasons of deficit; and

(c) whether the Government has any proposal to increase the police force in the country; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a): As  per  data  on  Police  Organisations  compiled  by  Bureau  of  Police Research  &  Development  (BPR&D),  the  ratio  as  on  01.01.2022  of  police personnel  per  lakh  persons  is  196.23  as  per  sanctioned  strength  and 152.80 as per actual strength.  The State-wise details of police-public ratio is at Annexure.

(b) to (d): 'Police'  is  a  State  subject  falling  in  List-II  (State  List)  of  the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. Recruitment is a continuous  process.  So  far as the shortage  of police personnel  is concerned, the vacancies in the service are caused due to factors such as retirement, resignation, death, removal from service etc. It is primarily the responsibility  of  the  State  Governments  to  fill  up  the  vacancies  in  the police force in their respective States.   The Centre also issues advisories to the States from time to time for filling up these vacancies and to bring in  the  requisite  reforms  in  the  police  administration  to  meet  the  lawful expectations of the people.

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States/UTs wise police- population ratio- as on 01.01.2022

| Sl.No.          | States/UTs                            | Total Police personnel per lakh of population   | Total Police personnel per lakh of population   |
|-----------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.No.          | States/UTs                            | Sanctioned 200.54                               | Actual                                          |
| 1. 2.           | Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh      | 992.66                                          | 167.67 785.71                                   |
| 3.              | Assam                                 | 231.90                                          | 175.57                                          |
| 4.              | Bihar                                 | 115.08                                          | 75.16                                           |
| 5.              | Chhattisgarh                          | 265.04                                          | 217.47                                          |
| 6.              | Goa                                   | 687.72                                          | 505.63                                          |
| 7.              | Gujarat                               | 174.39                                          | 127.82                                          |
| 8.              | Haryana                               | 280.82                                          | 198.95                                          |
| 9.              | Himachal Pradesh                      | 260.28                                          | 231.06                                          |
|                 | Jharkhand                             |                                                 |                                                 |
| 10.             |                                       | 213.75                                          | 162.73                                          |
| 11.             | Karnataka                             | 164.95                                          | 142.37                                          |
| 12.             | Kerala                                | 172.81                                          | 149.60                                          |
| 13.             | Madhya Pradesh                        | 147.23                                          | 121.76                                          |
| 14.             | Maharashtra                           | 186.36                                          | 136.45                                          |
| 15.             | Manipur                               | 1104.09                                         | 900.63                                          |
| 16.             | Meghalaya                             | 500.24                                          | 420.25                                          |
| 17.             | Mizoram                               | 925.55                                          | 619.74                                          |
| 18.             | Nagaland                              | 1212.39                                         | 1189.33                                         |
| 19.             | Odisha                                | 147.76                                          | 122.59                                          |
| 20.             | Punjab                                | 280.21                                          | 237.12                                          |
| 21.             | Rajasthan                             | 139.81                                          | 120.39                                          |
| 22.             | Sikkim                                | 1038.68                                         | 862.94                                          |
| 23.             | Tamil Nadu                            | 171.95                                          | 154.25                                          |
| 24.             | Telangana                             | 218.47                                          | 165.88                                          |
| 25.             | Tripura                               | 723.86                                          | 537.65                                          |
| 26.             | Uttar Pradesh                         | 181.75                                          | 133.86                                          |
| 27.             | Uttarakhand                           | 195.05                                          | 177.25                                          |
| 28.             | West Bengal                           | 160.76                                          | 97.66                                           |
| 29.             | A &NIslands                           | 1266.33                                         | 1080.05                                         |
| 30.             | Chandigarh                            | 576.95                                          | 485.84                                          |
| 31.             | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 123.32                                          | 104.15                                          |
| 32.             | Delhi                                 | 453.12                                          | 382.14                                          |
| 33.             | Jammu &Kashmir                        | 677.33                                          | 590.15                                          |
| 34.             | Ladakh                                | 1102.68                                         | 822.82                                          |
| 35.             | Lakshadweep                           | 472.06                                          | 385.29                                          |
| 36.             | Puducherry                            | 280.10                                          | 212.81                                          |
| All India Total | All India Total                       | 196.23                                          | 152.80                                          |

Sources: BPR&D