Lok Sabha Question No. 2572 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Number of IAS/IPS Officers
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Pratima Bhoumik

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2572

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2021)

## NUMBER OF IAS/IPS OFFICERS

## 2572. MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any data with regard to the IAS and IPS presently in service and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has any data with regard to the departmental complaint/cases registered  against  IAS/IPS  during  the  last  five  years  (including  financial  and  criminal cases);
- (c) if so, the State and UT-wise details of last five years thereof along with the action taken by the Government against the guilty officials; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a):   The  cadre-wise Total Authorized Strength of IAS and IPS (as on 01.01.2020) along with officers in service is given at Annexures  'A' and 'B' respectively.
- (b):    In  respect  of  IAS  officers,  the  data  relating  to  number  of  complaints  State-wise  is  not maintained centrally.  However, the total number of complaints against IAS officers received by the Central Government during last five years is as under:

|   S.No. | Year                                 |   Number of complaints received against IAS officers |
|---------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | 2015-16                              |                                                  380 |
|       2 | 2016-17                              |                                                  484 |
|       3 | 2017-18                              |                                                  623 |
|       4 | 2018-19                              |                                                  643 |
|       5 | 2019-20                              |                                                  753 |
|       6 | 2020-2021 (01.04.2020 to 28.02.2021) |                                                  581 |

In respect of IPS, as per information received  from  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs, consolidated data on the complaints received is not maintained centrally.

Further, as per information received from Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the total number of cases registered against IAS and IPS officers during last five years is as under:

| Year             |   IAS | IPS   |
|------------------|-------|-------|
| 2016             |     2 | -     |
| 2017             |     8 | 7     |
| 2018             |    11 | 1     |
| 2019             |    20 | -     |
| 2020             |     2 | 4     |
| 2021 (till date) |     1 | -     |

(c) & (d):  In terms of AIS (D&A) Rules, 1969, if at the time of misconduct, the officer was serving under the State Government, State Government concerned is the authority competent to take  departmental  action  against  an  IAS/IPS.  If  at    the  time  of  misconduct  the  officer  was serving  under  the  Central  Government,  action  against  him  is  taken  by  the  concerned  cadre controlling authorities viz Ministry of Home Affairs for IPS and Department of Personnel & Training for IAS.

The  total  number  of  cases,  for  the  last  five  years,  where  Central  Government  has  taken various actions against the guilty officers is as under:

| Penalty                         | IAS   | IPS   |
|---------------------------------|-------|-------|
| Prosecution Sanctions           | 26    | 3     |
| Dismissal from Service          | 2     | 2     |
| Compulsory Retirement           | 1     | 1     |
| Reduction to Lower Stage of Pay | -     | 1     |
| Cut in Pensions                 | 2     | 10    |
| Withholding of Pension          | 11    | -     |
| Censure                         | 1     | -     |

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## Annexure - 'A'

## STATE WISE DETAILS OF IAS OFFICERS AS ON 01.01.2020

| S.No.   | Cadre            |   Authorized Strength |   In Position |
|---------|------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh   |                   239 |           192 |
| 2       | AGMUT            |                   403 |           287 |
| 3       | Assam-Meghalaya  |                   263 |           193 |
| 4       | Bihar            |                   342 |           240 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh     |                   193 |           161 |
| 6       | Gujarat          |                   313 |           248 |
| 7       | Haryana          |                   215 |           182 |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh |                   153 |           115 |
| 9       | Jammu &Kashmir   |                   137 |            66 |
| 10      | Jharkhand        |                   215 |           156 |
| 11      | Karnataka        |                   314 |           249 |
| 12      | Kerala           |                   231 |           153 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh   |                   439 |           373 |
| 14      | Maharashtra      |                   415 |           315 |
| 15      | Manipur          |                   115 |            88 |
| 16      | Nagaland         |                    94 |            60 |
| 17      | Odisha           |                   237 |           179 |
| 18      | Punjab           |                   231 |           191 |
| 19      | Rajasthan        |                   313 |           247 |
| 20      | Sikkim           |                    48 |            34 |
| 21      | Tamil Nadu       |                   376 |           319 |
| 22      | Telangana        |                   208 |           164 |
| 23      | Tripura          |                   102 |            66 |
| 24      | Uttarakhand      |                   120 |            95 |
| 25      | Uttar Pradesh    |                   621 |           525 |
| 26      | West Bengal      |                   378 |           307 |
|         | TOTAL            |                  6715 |          5205 |

## STATE WISE DETAILS OF IPS OFFICERS AS ON 01.01.2020

| S.No.   | Cadre            |   Authorized Strength |   In-Position |
|---------|------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh   |                   144 |           115 |
| 2       | AGMUT            |                   309 |           279 |
| 3       | Assam-Meghalaya  |                   195 |           157 |
| 4       | Bihar            |                   242 |           217 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh     |                   142 |           114 |
| 6       | Gujarat          |                   208 |           169 |
| 7       | Haryana          |                   144 |           118 |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh |                    94 |            83 |
| 9       | Jammu &Kashmir   |                   147 |            71 |
| 10      | Jharkhand        |                   149 |           121 |
| 11      | Karnataka        |                   215 |           178 |
| 12      | Kerala           |                   172 |           126 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh   |                   305 |           261 |
| 14      | Maharashtra      |                   317 |           259 |
| 15      | Manipur          |                    89 |            64 |
| 16      | Nagaland         |                    75 |            56 |
| 17      | Odisha           |                   195 |           123 |
| 18      | Punjab           |                   172 |           138 |
| 19      | Rajasthan        |                   215 |           193 |
| 20      | Sikkim           |                    32 |            32 |
| 21      | Tamil Nadu       |                   276 |           237 |
| 22      | Telangana        |                   139 |           105 |
| 23      | Tripura          |                    69 |            54 |
| 24      | Uttarakhand      |                    73 |            65 |
| 25      | Uttar Pradesh    |                   517 |           447 |
| 26      | West Bengal      |                   347 |           292 |
|         | TOTAL            |                  4982 |          4074 |