Lok Sabha Question No. 3025 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Women Participation in Police Forces
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Bhavana Gawali (Patil), Krupal Balaji Tumane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3025

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH  AUGUST, 2023/ SRAVANA 17, 1945 (SAKA)

WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN POLICE FORCES

†3025. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether any initiative has been taken by the Government to encourage more women to join the police forces;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)  the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government to encourage more women personnel to join the police forces and boost their morale;

(d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  use  discretionary  grants  as  a mechanism to encourage more women personnel to join the police forces;

(e) if so, the details thereof;

(f)  whether any study has been undertaken by the Government to assess the undue hurdles faced by women personnel in promotion to higher posts; and

(g)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  details  of  women  working  in police forces at all the levels State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f): '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/Union Territory (UT) Administrations to recruit more women  police personnel including improvement of gender balance. The Centre also issues advisories to the States/UTs  for  increasing  number  of  women  in  the  police  forces.  The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued advisories dated 22.04.2013, 21.05.2014, 12.05.2015, 21.06.2019, 22.06.2021 and 13.04.2022 to all the State  Governments/UT  Administrations  to  increase  the  representation  of women police to 33% of the total strength. All the State Governments/UTs Administrations have been requested to create additional posts of women Constables/Sub-Inspectors by converting the vacant posts of Constables/Sub-Inspectors.  The  aim  is  that  each  police  station  should have at least 3 women Sub-Inspectors and 10 women police Constables, so that a women help desk is manned round the clock.

States  have  also  been  advised  to  strengthen  welfare  measures  for women  police  personnel  and  ensure  their  safety  and  a  conducive  work environment such as provision of housing, medical and rest room facilities for women police personnel in Police Stations to attract women to join the Police Force. 'Police' being a State subject, it is responsibility of the State Governments/UT  Administrations  to  ensure  promotions  of  women  police personnel in various grades in terms of their extant rules.

Further,  under  the  scheme  of  'Assistance  to  States  &  UTs  for Modernization  of  Police'  [erstwhile  scheme  of  Modernisation  of  State Police  Forces(MPF)],  central  assistance  is  provided  to  all  the  State Governments for weapons, Information Technology equipment, communication equipment, training equipment, forensic equipment, cyber policing equipment, etc.  The construction of separate toilet facilities for male and female, crèche etc. are also supported under the scheme.

(g): As  per  data  on  Police  Organisations  compiled  by  Bureau  of  Police Research & Development (BPR&D), the details of women police personnel at each level in the States/UTs is at Annexure.

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States/UTs wise details of women police personnel at each level as on 01.01.2022

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs                               | DGP/ Spl. DGP   | Addl. DGP   | IGP   | DIG   | AIGP/ SSP/SP/ Comdt.   | Addl. SP/Dy. Comdt.   | ASP/Dy. SP/Asstt. Comdt.   | Inspr./ RI   | SI/ RSI   | ASI/ ARSI   | Head Const.   | Const.   | Others If any   | Total No. of women police   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|-----------------|-------------|-------|-------|------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|--------------|-----------|-------------|---------------|----------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
| (1)       | (2)                                      | (3)             | (4)         | (5)   | (6)   | (7)                    | (8)                   | (9)                        | (10)         | (11)      | (12)        | (13)          | (14)     | (15)            | (16)                        |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                           | 1               | 2           | 0     | 2     | 7                      | 13                    | 15                         | 33           | 242       | 232         | 328           | 2844     | 15580           | 19299                       |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 0               | 0           | 0     | 0     | 4                      | 1                     | 3                          | 26           | 25        | 4           | 61            | 1046     | 120             | 1290                        |
| 3.        | Assam                                    | 0               | 0           | 1     | 1     | 9                      | 17                    | 28                         | 45           | 270       | 22          | 51            | 3724     | 23              | 4191                        |
| 4.        | Bihar                                    | 1               | 1           | 1     | 3     | 15                     | 0                     | 32                         | 26           | 1615      | 224         | 130           | 17660    | 82              | 19790                       |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh                             | 0               | 0           | 0     | 2     | 5                      | 28                    | 63                         | 105          | 172       | 278         | 506           | 3399     | 18              | 4576                        |
| 6.        | Goa                                      | 0               | 0           | 0     | 0     | 0                      | 0                     | 4                          | 9            | 63        | 97          | 116           | 426      | 120             | 835                         |
| 7.        | Gujarat                                  | 0               | 1           | 2     | 1     | 16                     | 0                     | 31                         | 110          | 434       | 890         | 1170          | 12026    | 0               | 14681                       |
| 8.        | Haryana                                  | 0               | 2           | 1     | 1     | 7                      | 10                    | 12                         | 89           | 267       | 660         | 800           | 2980     | 0               | 4829                        |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh                         | 0               | 0           | 0     | 1     | 5                      | 0                     | 9                          | 18           | 29        | 47          | 116           | 2179     | 0               | 2404                        |
| 10.       | Jharkhand                                | 0               | 2           | 1     | 1     | 3                      | 1                     | 11                         | 44           | 249       | 220         | 449           | 2643     | 256             | 3880                        |
| 11.       | Karnataka                                | 0               | 1           | 2     | 1     | 39                     | 0                     | 30                         | 74           | 639       | 213         | 1467          | 5769     | 5               | 8240                        |
| 12.       | Kerala                                   | 0               | 0           | 1     | 1     | 8                      | 0                     | 1                          | 22           | 81        | 0           | 107           | 3898     | 23              | 4142                        |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh                           | 1               | 3           | 1     | 3     | 10                     | 55                    | 152                        | 356          | 1023      | 504         | 588           | 4074     | 886             | 7656                        |
| 14.       | Maharashtra                              | 0               | 2           | 1     | 2     | 52                     | 0                     | 83                         | 316          | 1570      | 290         | 3025          | 24549    | 542             | 30432                       |
| 15.       | Manipur                                  | 0               | 0           | 1     | 1     | 10                     | 10                    | 3                          | 14           | 118       | 36          | 271           | 1498     | 0               | 1962                        |
| 16.       | Meghalaya                                | 1               | 0           | 0     | 0     | 5                      | 1                     | 10                         | 12           | 92        | 8           | 35            | 659      | 3               | 826                         |
| 17.       | Mizoram                                  | 0               | 0           | 0     | 0     | 2                      | 0                     | 7                          | 64           | 119       | 65          | 142           | 141      | 0               | 540                         |
| 18.       | Nagaland                                 | 0               | 0           | 1     | 2     | 10                     | 4                     | 11                         | 23           | 84        | 46          | 473           | 1934     | 11              | 2599                        |
| 19.       | Odisha                                   | 0               | 1           | 2     | 0     | 4                      | 3                     | 75                         | 275          | 485       | 331         | 153           | 4580     | 0               | 5909                        |
| 20.       | Punjab                                   | 0               | 4           | 0     | 0     | 27                     | 2                     | 37                         | 108          | 397       | 144         | 392           | 5512     | 494             | 7117                        |
| 21.       | Rajasthan                                | 1               | 4           | 5     | 3     | 14                     | 38                    | 59                         | 127          | 299       | 113         | 555           | 8778     | 0               | 9996                        |
| 22.       | Sikkim                                   | 0               | 0           | 2     | 0     | 4                      | 5                     | 14                         | 15           | 7         | 22          | 83            | 378      | 1               | 531                         |
| 23.       | Tamil Nadu                               | 1               | 0           | 4     | 15    | 29                     | 20                    | 37                         | 1169         | 1110      | 0           | 5934          | 13767    | 461             | 22547                       |
| 24.       | Telangana                                | 0               | 6           | 0     | 1     | 26                     | 17                    | 8                          | 43           | 433       | 249         | 284           | 4282     | 0               | 5349                        |
| 25.       | Tripura                                  | 0               | 0           | 0     | 1     | 2                      | 0                     | 11                         | 1            | 71        | 22          | 53            | 987      | 16              | 1164                        |
| 26.       | Uttar Pradesh                            | 1               | 3           | 2     | 4     | 17                     | 25                    | 59                         | 279          | 1296      | 170         | 1282          | 29328    | 959             | 33425                       |
| 27.       | Uttarkhand                               | 0               | 0           | 0     | 3     | 4                      | 8                     | 15                         | 23           | 272       | 0           | 78            | 2199     | 0               | 2602                        |
| 28.       | West Bengal                              | 1               | 2           | 1     | 2     | 11                     | 10                    | 45                         | 57           | 468       | 492         | 0             | 8469     | 0               | 9558                        |
| 29.       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 0               | 0           | 0     | 0     | 2                      | 0                     | 0                          | 13           | 17        | 25          | 47            | 406      | 38              | 548                         |
| 30.       | Chandigarh                               | 0               | 0           | 0     | 0     | 1                      | 0                     | 6                          | 16           | 11        | 14          | 120           | 1107     | 0               | 1275                        |
| 31.       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 0               | 0           | 0     | 0     | 0                      | 0                     | 0                          | 0            | 9         | 0           | 11            | 82       | 2               | 104                         |
| 32.       | Delhi                                    | 0               | 3           | 2     | 3     | 11                     | 1                     | 30                         | 109          | 1086      | 618         | 725           | 7402     | 238             | 10228                       |
| 33.       | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 0               | 0           | 0     | 0     | 5                      | 0                     | 6                          | 56           | 67        | 14          | 551           | 1482     | 417             | 2598                        |
| 34.       | Ladakh                                   | 0               | 0           | 0     | 0     | 0                      | 0                     | 1                          | 3            | 14        | 2           | 40            | 261      | 374             | 695                         |
| 35.       | Lakshadweep                              | 0               | 0           | 0     | 0     | 0                      | 0                     | 0                          | 0            | 0         | 0           | 6             | 21       | 0               | 27                          |
| 36.       | Puducherry                               | 0               | 0           | 0     | 0     | 4                      | 0                     | 0                          | 0            | 12        | 0           | 47            | 195      | 0               | 258                         |
|           | All India                                | 8               | 37          | 31    | 54    | 368                    | 269                   | 908                        | 3680         | 13146     | 6052        | 20196         | 180685   | 20669           | 2,46,103                    |

Source: BPR&D