Lok Sabha Question No. 3755 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-18
Subject: RPF Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3755

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2024

## RPF STATIONS

## 3755. SHRI TEJASVI SURYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of personnel employed with the RPF, division-wise and designation-wise;
- (b) the number of RPF stations across the country, State-wise;
- (c) whether  the  number  of  RPF  personnel  is  sufficient  to  handle grievances and complaints regarding rail travel, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the number of complaints, incidents reported and the status of the same, during the years 2023 and 2024 division-wise; and
- (e) whether additional training and skill development is being considered for RPF personnel and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  to  (e):  Occurrence  and  filling  up  of  vacancies  due  to  retirements, promotions, deaths, resignations, etc. in Railway Protection Force is a continuous and an ongoing process in Indian Railways. The same are filled up through open recruitment and departmental promotions as per the existing rules.

At present, there are more than 6.31 lakh personnel working in Railway Protection Force ranging from Constable to IG rank officers. It is also submitted  that  to  fill  the  existing  vacancies  in  RPF/RPSF,  RRB  has issued  notifications  for  the  recruitment  process  of  452  posts  of  SubInspectors  and  4208  posts  of  Constables  and  recruitment  is  under process.

State  wise  details  of  RPF  Post/Out  Post  across  the  country  are  as under:

| State/UT          |   No. of open line RPF Post |   No. of open line RPF outpost |
|-------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                          43 |                             32 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                           0 |                              1 |
| Assam             |                          29 |                             26 |
| Bihar             |                          53 |                             44 |
| Chandigarh        |                           1 |                              0 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                          21 |                              5 |
| Delhi             |                          18 |                             15 |
| Goa               |                           2 |                              0 |
| Gujarat           |                          43 |                             35 |
| Haryana           |                          18 |                             16 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                           0 |                              2 |
| J & K             |                          23 |                              9 |
| Jharkhand         |                          34 |                              9 |
| Karnataka         |                          24 |                             26 |
| Kerala            |                          16 |                              9 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                          42 |                             44 |
| Maharashtra       |                         104 |                             49 |
| Nagaland          |                           1 |                              0 |
| Odisha            |                          33 |                             15 |
| Punjab            |                          20 |                             23 |
| Pondicherry       |                           1 |                              0 |
| Rajasthan         |                          40 |                             62 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                          55 |                             32 |
| Telangana         |                          19 |                             19 |
| Tripura           |                           2 |                              0 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                         118 |                             88 |
| Uttarakhand       |                           7 |                              5 |
| West Bengal       |                         106 |                             52 |
| Grand Total       |                         873 |                            618 |

'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  under  the  Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India and, as such, State Governments are responsible for prevention, detection, registration and investigation of crime and maintaining law and order etc. on Railways through their law enforcement agencies viz. Government Railway Police (GRP)/District Police. However, Railway Protection Force (RPF) supplements  the  efforts of GRP/District Police to provide better protection  and  security  of  passenger  area  and  passengers  and  for matters connected therewith.

Receipt and disposal of security related complaints is also a continuous process in Indian Railways.  During the year 2023 and 2024 (up to November), total 275585 and 263381 security related complaints respectively  have  been  received  and  appropriately  attended  by  the RPF.

Further, in FY 2022-23, 99.99% of grievance were resolved. In FY 202324, 99.98 % of grievance were resolved. In addition to this, during FY 2022-23  and  FY  2023-24  assistance  were  provided  to  1,43,728  and 2,29,966 passengers respectively through Rail Madad.

The RPF (Railway Protection Force) personnel undergo comprehensive training  throughout  their  career,  starting  with  rigorous  initial  training focused on law enforcement, safety, Security and railway operations. This  is  followed  by  periodic  refresher  courses  to  update  their  skills, Promotional training  to  enhance  leadership  capabilities  while  various specialized  trainings  (i.e.  Commando  Course,  Anti  Human  Trafficking, Intelligence  &  Digital  Forensic,  Extremiss-LWE,  Gendre  Sensitization, Health Wellness, Disaster Management, Crowd Management, Procurement, Personnel Development & Emerging Training) are provided for various roles, ensuring constant professional growth.

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