Lok Sabha Question No. 1479 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Sanctioned Posts in NIA
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Smt. Mala Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1479

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29 TH  JULY, 2025/ SRAVANA 7, 1947 (SAKA)

SANCTIONED POSTS IN NIA

1479.     SMT. MALA ROY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of sanctioned posts in National Investigation Agency (NIA);

(b) the number of posts are vacant as on 30.06.2025 with designation;

(c) the number of cases are registered by NIA as on 30.06.2025; and

(d) the conviction rate in this regard during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): At present, NIA has 1901 sanctioned posts in various ranks.

(b): As on 30.06.2025, a total of 541 posts were vacant in various ranks in NIA as per details mentioned below:

|   SI | Name of the post                    |   Vacancy as on 30.06.2025 |
|------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|    1 | Additional Director General         |                          1 |
|    2 | Inspector General                   |                          2 |
|    3 | Deputy Inspector General            |                          3 |
|    4 | Public Information Officer          |                          1 |
|    5 | Superintendent of Police            |                         12 |
|    6 | Additional Superintendent of Police |                         11 |
|    7 | Deputy Superintendent of Police     |                         20 |

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 1479 FOR 29.07.2025

| 8   | Inspector                                    |   77 |
|-----|----------------------------------------------|------|
| 9   | Sub-Inspector                                |   93 |
| 10  | Assistant Sub-Inspector                      |   54 |
| 11  | Head Constable                               |   12 |
| 12  | Constable                                    |   37 |
| 13  | Office Superintendent/ Section Officer       |    3 |
| 14  | Assistant                                    |   11 |
| 15  | Upper Division Clerk                         |   10 |
| 16  | Lower Division Clerk                         |   33 |
| 17  | Stenographer Grade-I                         |   20 |
| 18  | Stenographer Grade-II                        |   34 |
| 19  | Junior Translation Officer                   |    1 |
| 20  | Deputy Legal Advisor                         |    7 |
| 21  | Senior Public Prosecutor                     |    1 |
| 22  | Public Prosecutor                            |    1 |
| 23  | Senior System Analyst                        |    2 |
| 24  | Network Administrator                        |    2 |
| 25  | Assistant Programmer                         |   15 |
| 26  | Data Entry Operator                          |   40 |
| 27  | Assistant Director (Cyber Forensic)          |    1 |
| 28  | Cyber Forensic Examiner                      |   17 |
| 29  | Senior Scientific Assistant (Cyber Forensic) |    2 |
| 30  | Assistant Director (Ballistic)               |    1 |
| 31  | Ballistic Examiner                           |    1 |
| 32  | Senior Scientific Assistant (Ballistic)      |    2 |
| 33  | Technical Forensic Psychologist              |    3 |
| 34  | Explosive Expert                             |    2 |
| 35  | Fingerprint Expert                           |    2 |
| 36  | Crime Scene Assistant                        |    6 |
| 37  | Photographer                                 |    1 |
|     | Total                                        |  541 |

- (c): NIA has registered 677 cases for investigation till 30.06.2025.
- (d): During the last three years (i.e., 2022 onwards), judgements have been pronounced in 78 NIA cases with conviction rate of 97.43%.

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