Lok Sabha Question No. 363 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Mahila Police Stations
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 363

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  DECEMBER, 2023/ AGRAHAYANA 14, 1945 (SAKA)

MAHILA POLICE STATIONS

363.     SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of Mahila Police Stations currently and before 2014 in the country, State-wise;

(b)  whether the  number of women police personnel has increased in the last decade and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the number of women police personnel serving in senior positions like Sub-Inspector level and above, category-wise;

(d)  the  number  of  women  police  personnel  serving  as  Constables  and below;

(e) the measures including financial assistance provided by the Government, to set up Mahila Police Stations and also to encourage the recruitment of more women in police forces during the last nine years; and

(f) the details thereof including the extent of financial support provided if any?

ANSWER

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

(a):  As  per  data  on  Police  Organisations  compiled  by  Bureau  of  Police

Research & Development (BPR&D), the details of number of Mahila Police Stations in the States/UTs is at Annexure-I.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 363 FOR 05.12.2023

(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.  As  per  data  on  Police  Organisations compiled by BPR&D, the detail of number of women police personnel in the last decade is at Annexure-II.

(c) and (d): As per data on Police Organisations compiled by BPR&D, the details  of  women  police  personnel  at  each  level  in  the  States/UTs  is  at Annexure-III.

(e)  and  (f):  The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  issued  advisories  dated 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  provide  a  conducive  work environment such as provision of housing, medical and rest room facilities for  women police personnel in Police Stations to attract more 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  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.

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## Annexure-I to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 363 for 05.12.2023

| Sl. No.   | States/UT                                | Number of Women Police Station as on 01.01.2014   | Number of Women Police Station as on 01.01.2022   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                           | 32                                                | 18                                                |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 1                                                 | 6                                                 |
| 3.        | Assam                                    | 1                                                 | 1                                                 |
| 4.        | Bihar                                    | 40                                                | 40                                                |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh                             | 4                                                 | 4                                                 |
| 6.        | Goa                                      | 1                                                 | 1                                                 |
| 7.        | Gujarat                                  | 32                                                | 39                                                |
| 8.        | Haryana                                  | 2                                                 | 33                                                |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh                         | --                                                | 11                                                |
| 10.       | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 2                                                 | 10                                                |
| 11.       | Jharkhand                                | 22                                                | 33                                                |
| 12.       | Karnataka                                | 10                                                | 36                                                |
| 13.       | Kerala                                   | 4                                                 | 14                                                |
| 14.       | Madhya Pradesh                           | 9                                                 | 52                                                |
| 15.       | Maharashtra                              | --                                                | --                                                |
| 16.       | Manipur                                  | 9                                                 | 9                                                 |
| 17.       | Meghalaya                                | 7                                                 | 11                                                |
| 18.       | Mizoram                                  | --                                                | 1                                                 |
| 19.       | Nagaland                                 | --                                                | 11                                                |
| 20.       | Odisha                                   | 6                                                 | 6                                                 |
| 21.       | Punjab                                   | 7                                                 | 9                                                 |
| 22.       | Rajasthan                                | 40                                                | 41                                                |
| 23.       | Sikkim                                   | --                                                | 2                                                 |
| 24.       | Tamil Nadu                               | 199                                               | 202                                               |
| 25.       | Telangana                                | --                                                | 16                                                |
| 26..      | Tripura                                  | 3                                                 | 7                                                 |
| 27.       | Uttar Pradesh                            | 71                                                | 77                                                |
| 28.       | Uttrakhand                               | 2                                                 | 2                                                 |
| 29.       | West Bengal                              | 10                                                | 48                                                |
| 30.       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | --                                                | 0                                                 |
| 31.       | Chandigarh                               | --                                                | 1                                                 |
| 32.       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 1                                                 | 0                                                 |
| 33.       | Delhi                                    | --                                                | 0                                                 |
| 34.       | Ladakh                                   | --                                                | 1                                                 |
| 35.       | Lakshadweep                              | --                                                | 0                                                 |
| 36.       | Puducherry                               | 3                                                 | 3                                                 |
| Total     | Total                                    | 518                                               | 745                                               |

Source:BPR&D

|   Sl. No. |   Year (As on 01 st January) | Number of Women Police personnel   |   Percentage of Women Police personnel to total Police |
|-----------|------------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 |                         2013 | 97,518                             |                                                   5.87 |
|         2 |                         2014 | 1,05,325                           |                                                   6.11 |
|         3 |                         2015 | 1,10,872                           |                                                   6.44 |
|         4 |                         2016 | 1,22,912                           |                                                   7.1  |
|         5 |                         2017 | 1,40,184                           |                                                   7.28 |
|         6 |                         2018 | 1,69,550                           |                                                   8.73 |
|         7 |                         2019 | 1,85,696                           |                                                   8.98 |
|         8 |                         2020 | 2,15,504                           |                                                  10.3  |
|         9 |                         2021 | 2,17,026                           |                                                  10.49 |
|        10 |                         2022 | 2,46,103                           |                                                  11.75 |

Source:BPR&D

## Annexure-III to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 363 for 05.12.2023

## 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 personnel   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|-------|-------|------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|--------------|-----------|-------------|---------------|----------|-----------------|---------------------------------------|
| (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                                  |

## Annexure-III to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 363 for 05.12.2023

| 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 personnel   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|-----------------|-------------|-------|-------|------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|--------------|-----------|-------------|---------------|----------|-----------------|---------------------------------------|
| 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

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