Lok Sabha Question No. 186 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-21
Subject: Shortage of IPS Officers
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: LAXMAN GILUWA, PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, JYOTI DHURVE, C.S. PUTTARAJU

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†186

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST JULY, 2015/ ASHADHA 30, 1937(SAKA)

**SHORTAGE OF IPS OFFICERS**

†186.	SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRIMATI JYOTI DHURVE:

SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether there is shortage of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers to deal with the security challenges across the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the sanctioned/existing strength and the requirement of IPS officers in various States, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether the Government has any proposal to recruit IPS Officers through competitive examination among Deputy Superintendents of Police/Assistant Commandants, Captains/Majors, CAPF and State Police officers; and

(d) if so, the details and the present status thereof along with the other measures taken to meet the shortage of IPS officers?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY  OF HOME AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

1. & (b) Yes **Madam.** The State-wise sanctioned strength, officers in position and vacant posts in Indian Police Service as on 01.01.2015 are indicated in **“Annexure-A”.**

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**LS.UN.Q. NO. 186 DATED FOR 21.07.2015**

(c)    To mitigate the shortage of IPS officers, the Government has introduced ‘Limited Competitive Examination’ as the third mode of recruitment to the IPS. Officers of the rank of Deputy Superintendents of Police of State Police Services, Assistant Commandants of Central Para-military Forces and Captains and Majors of Defence Forces fulfilling certain eligibility criteria are eligible for appearing in the said examination. By this mode of recruitment, 80 candidates are to be recruited annually.

(d)    A large number of Court Cases have been received in this Ministry, UPSC, DoP&T and MoD challenging various aspects of the scheme of this mode of recruitment and at present the matter is sub-judice. However, to mitigate the shortage of IPS officers, the batch-size of IPS (direct recruit) has been increased from 88 to 103 from CSE 2005, to 130 from CSE 2008 and to 150 from CSE 2009. Besides the above, the process of appointment to the Indian Police Service by promotion from State Police Service has been accelerated.

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**LS.UN.Q. NO. 186 DATED FOR 21.07.2015**

**STATEWISE STRENGTH OF IPS OFFICERS AS ON 01.01.2015**

**Annexure-“A”**

| Sl. No.   | State                          | Sanctioned strength    | In position   | Posts vacant   |
|-----------|--------------------------------|------------------------|---------------|----------------|
| 01.       | Andhra Pradesh                 | 144                    | 118           | 26             |
| 02.       | AGMUT                          | 295                    | 242           | 53             |
| 03.       | Assam-Meghalaya                | 188                    | 155           | 33             |
| 04.       | Bihar                          | 231                    | 190           | 41             |
| 05.       | Chhattisgarh                   | 103                    | 88            | 15             |
| 06.       | Gujarat                        | 195                    | 158           | 37             |
| 07.       | Haryana                        | 137                    | 106           | 31             |
| 08.       | Himachal Pradesh               | 89                     | 69            | 20             |
| 09.       | Jammu & Kashmir                | 147                    | 98            | 49             |
| 10.       | Jharkhand                      | 135                    | 106           | 29             |
| 11.       | Karnataka                      | 205                    | 146           | 59             |
| 12.       | Kerala                         | 163                    | 124           | 39             |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh                 | 291                    | 245           | 46             |
| 14.       | Maharashtra                    | 302                    | 240           | 62             |
| 15.       | Manipur                        | 89                     | 61            | 28             |
| 16.       | Nagaland                       | 70                     | 44            | 26             |
| 17.       | Odisha                         | 188                    | 109           | 79             |
| 18.       | Punjab                         | 172                    | 141           | 31             |
| 19.       | Rajasthan                      | 205                    | 179           | 26             |
| 20.       | Sikkim                         | 32                     | 28            | 4              |
| 21.       | Tamil Nadu                     | 263                    | 216           | 47             |
| 22.       | Telangana                      | 112                    | 91            | 21             |
| 23.       | Tripura                        | 65                     | 53            | 12             |
| 24.       | Uttar Pradesh                  | 517                    | 388           | 129            |
| 25.       | Uttarakhand                    | 69                     | 59            | 10             |
| 26.       | West Bengal                    | 347                    | 249           | 98             |
|           | 2014 batch of IPS probationers |                        | **145**       | **-145**       |
|           |                                | 4754                   | 3848          | 906            |

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