Lok Sabha Question No. 2310 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Recruitment of Women in Police
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Smt. Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2310

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  AUGUST, 2024/ SHRAVAN 15, 1946 (SAKA)

RECRUITMENT OF WOMEN IN POLICE

2310     SMT. POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  any  steps  have  been  taken  to  increase  the  recruitment  of women in the police, armed forces, and other non-conventional sectors;
- (b) if so, details thereof; and

(c) the details of women recruited in the police forces of each State/UT during the last three years, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (b): '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, 13.04.2022, 27.04.2023

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2310 FOR 06.08.2024

and  05.12.2023  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.

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 also provided to all the State Governments  for  construction  of  separate  toilet  facilities  for  male  and female, crèche etc.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2310 FOR 06.08.2024

(c): 'Police' being a State subject, the details of recruitment of women police personnel in the States/UTs is not maintained centrally. As per data on  Police  Organisations  compiled  by  Bureau  of  Police  Research  & Development  (BPR&D),  the  details  of  actual  strength  of  women  police personnel in the police forces of each State/UT during the last three years is at Annexure.

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## Annexure to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2310 for 06.08.2024

States/UTs wise details of actual strength of women police personnel in the police forces (Civil + District Armed Reserve + Armed + IRB) during the last three years

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs                               | As on 01.01.2021   | As on 01.01.2022   | As on 01.01.2023   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| (1)       | (2)                                      | (3)                | (4)                | (5)                |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                           | 3812               | 19299              | 18913              |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 1038               | 1290               | 1345               |
| 3.        | Assam                                    | 5070               | 4191               | 4894               |
| 4.        | Bihar                                    | 14447              | 19790              | 24295              |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh                             | 4225               | 4576               | 4903               |
| 6.        | Goa                                      | 861                | 835                | 842                |
| 7.        | Gujarat                                  | 14718              | 14681              | 14775              |
| 8.        | Haryana                                  | 4713               | 4829               | 5506               |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh                         | 2361               | 2404               | 2593               |
| 10.       | Jharkhand                                | 4200               | 3880               | 4611               |
| 11.       | Karnataka                                | 7750               | 8240               | 9081               |
| 12.       | Kerala                                   | 4013               | 4142               | 4472               |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh                           | 5927               | 7656               | 7452               |
| 14.       | Maharashtra                              | 28802              | 30432              | 32172              |
| 15.       | Manipur                                  | 2636               | 1962               | 1957               |
| 16.       | Meghalaya                                | 849                | 826                | 818                |
| 17.       | Mizoram                                  | 557                | 540                | 602                |
| 18.       | Nagaland                                 | 2953               | 2599               | 2588               |
| 19.       | Odisha                                   | 5847               | 5909               | 6108               |
| 20.       | Punjab                                   | 7005               | 7117               | 8167               |
| 21.       | Rajasthan                                | 8834               | 9996               | 10361              |
| 22.       | Sikkim                                   | 462                | 531                | 470                |
| 23.       | Tamil Nadu                               | 23006              | 22547              | 25334              |
| 24.       | Telangana                                | 4742               | 5349               | 5351               |
| 25.       | Tripura                                  | 1165               | 1164               | 1306               |
| 26.       | Uttar Pradesh                            | 29435              | 33425              | 33319              |
| 27.       | Uttarakhand                              | 2586               | 2602               | 2609               |
| 28.       | West Bengal                              | 9627               | 9558               | 9603               |
| 29.       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 539                | 548                | 543                |
| 30.       | Chandigarh                               | 1319               | 1275               | 1327               |
| 31.       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 104                | 104                | 104                |
| 32.       | Delhi                                    | 10138              | 10228              | 11930              |
| 33.       | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 2691               | 2598               | 4370               |
| 34.       | Ladakh                                   | 308                | 695                | 777                |
| 35.       | Lakshadweep                              | 28                 | 27                 | 26                 |
| 36.       | Puducherry                               | 258                | 258                | 268                |
|           | All India                                | 2,17,026           | 2,46,103           | 2,63,762           |

Source:BPR&D

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