Lok Sabha Question No. 3589 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-11
Subject: IPS Officers
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAJ KUMAR SAINI

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.** 3589

**TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11** **TH** **AUGUST, 2015/** SHRAVANA 20, **1937 (SAKA)**

**IPS OFFICERS**

†3589. 	SHRI RAJKUMAR SAINI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers at present in the

country; and

(b) the number of the above officers belonging to SC/ST and OBC category,

State-wise?

ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

(HARI BHAI PARATHI BHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a):	Madam, as on 01.01.2015, a total of 3848 IPS officers are in position in the country.

(b):	As far as Regular Recruits (Direct Entry) IPS officers are concerned, the category-wise data of these officers as on 01.01.2014 is annexed as **Annexure-“A”.**

Category wise data in respect of promotee IPS officers is not  available in this Ministry as there is no provision of reservation at the time of appointment of State Police Service Officers to the Indian Police Service.

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**Details of State-wise SC/ST/OBC Categories in the Indian Police Service (Regular Recruits) as on 01.01.2014**

**Annexure-“A”**

| **Sl No.**   | **Name of State**   | **Category**   |         |         |
|--------------|---------------------|----------------|---------|---------|
|              |                     | **SC**         | **ST**  | **OBC** |
|              | AGMUT               | 19             | 6       | 22      |
|              | Assam Meghalaya     | 15             | 11      | 8       |
|              | Andhra Pradesh      | 20             | 7       | 17      |
|              | Bihar               | 15             | 11      | 27      |
|              | Chhattisgarh        | 5              | 6       | 9       |
|              | Gujarat             | 18             | 8       | 10      |
|              | Himachal Pradesh    | 2              | 5       | 6       |
|              | Haryana             | 10             | 2       | 11      |
|              | Jharkhand           | 12             | 6       | 14      |
|              | Jammu & Kashmir     | 8              | 4       | 8       |
|              | Kerala              | 7              | 5       | 15      |
|              | Karnataka           | 18             | 6       | 17      |
|              | Maharashtra         | 26             | 7       | 30      |
|              | Madhya Pradesh      | 22             | 11      | 17      |
|              | Manipur-Tripura     | 6              | 15      | 1       |
|              | Nagaland            | 4              | 5       | 10      |
|              | Odisha              | 18             | 2       | 16      |
|              | Punjab              | 17             | 5       | 14      |
|              | Rajasthan           | 18             | 7       | 24      |
|              | Sikkim              | 3              | 2       | 3       |
|              | Tamil Nadu          | 25             | 9       | 28      |
|              | Uttarakhand         | 3              | 4       | 5       |
|              | Uttar Pradesh       | 42             | 15      | 45      |
|              | West Bengal         | 22             | 9       | 23      |
| **TOTAL**    |                     | **355**        | **168** | **380** |