Lok Sabha Question No. 3845 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-22
Subject: Shortage of IPS Officers
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE, BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3845

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  DECEMBER, 2015/PAUSHA 1, 1937 (SAKA)

## SHORTAGE OF IPS OFFICERS

†3845. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Regular Recruits (RR) in the Indian Police Services (IPS) cadre in the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether  there  is  shortage  of  IPS  officers  in  the  country,  if  so,  the details thereof and the total number of vacancies in the IPS, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any steps to fill up all the vacancies of IPS officers and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the total number of State Police Service officers inducted into the IPS during the said period, State/UT-wise;
- (e) whether there is any legal hurdle in recruitment of police officers from the Armed Forces, Central Armed Police Forces and State Police officers for  addressing  the  said  shortage  and  if  so,  the  action  taken  by  the Government to overcome the legal hurdle; and
- (f)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  strength  of  IPS officers in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

The details of cadre wise vacancies against which recruitments were done through  Civil  Services  Examinations  (CSE  in  short)  2011,  2012  and  2013 are  appended  at  Annexure-'A'.    DOP&T  has  allocated  Indian  Police Service  to  150  candidates  on  the  basis  of  Civil  Services  Examinations 2014.

Yes Madam. Vacancy position in Indian Police Service as on 01.01.2015 is annexed at Annexure-'B'

(c) to (f): To  fill  up  the  vacancies  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.  The  Government  has  also introduced a third mode of recruitment to the IPS i.e. 'Limited Competitive Examination'  to  recruit  80  candidates  annually.    Besides  the  above,  the process  of  appointments  to  the  Indian  Police  Service  by  promotion  from State Police Service has been accelerated

During  the  last  three  years  i.e.  2012,  2013  &  2014  a  total  of  441  State Police Service officers were inducted into the Indian Police Service. During the  current  year  i.e.  2015,  86  SPS  officers  have  been  inducted  into  the Indian Police Service by promotion. Details are appended as Annexure-'C'.

In  order  to  mitigate  the  shortage  of  IPS  officers,  the  Government  has introduced 'Limited Competitive Examination'  as the third  mode  of recruitment to IPS officers. Officers of the rank of Dy. SPs 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  aforesaid  examination.  However,  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.  At present, the matter is sub-judice.

As replied in part-'c' above.

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| Name of the Cadre   | No. of Vacancies   | No. of Vacancies   | No. of Vacancies   |
|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Name of the Cadre   | *CSE-2011          | CSE-2012           | CSE-2013           |
| AGMUT (UT)          | 13                 | 11                 | 11                 |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 7                  | 6                  | 7                  |
| Assam - Meghalaya   | 6                  | 7                  | 7                  |
| Bihar.              | 6                  | 8                  | 7                  |
| Chhattisgarh        | 2                  | 4                  | 4                  |
| Gujarat             | 6                  | 6                  | 7                  |
| Haryana             | 3                  | 5                  | 4                  |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 3                  | 3                  | 3                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir     | 3                  | 4                  | 4                  |
| Jharkhand           | 4                  | 5                  | 5                  |
| Karnataka           | 7                  | 7                  | 6                  |
| Kerala              | 4                  | 4                  | 4                  |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 7                  | 9                  | 10                 |
| Maharashtra         | 11                 | 9                  | 9                  |
| Manipur- Tripura    | 6                  | 5                  | 6                  |
| Nagaland            | 6                  | 4                  | 4                  |
| Orissa              | 4                  | 6                  | 5                  |
| Punjab              | 5                  | 5                  | 5                  |
| Rajasthan           | 4                  | 5                  | 5                  |
| Sikkim              | 1                  | 1                  | 0                  |
| Tamil Nadu          | 8                  | 8                  | 8                  |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 18                 | 17                 | 17                 |
| Uttarakhand         | 1                  | 2                  | 2                  |
| West Bengal         | 15                 | 9                  | 10                 |

* Civil Services Examinations

STATEWISE STRENGTH OF IPS OFFICERS AS ON 01.01.2015 Annexure-'B'

| 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 |

STATEWISE APPOINTMENT BY PROMOTION OF STATE POLICE SERVICE OFFICERS TO INDIAN POLICE SERVICE OF IPS OFFICERS

Annexure-'C'

| Sl. No.   | State            | 2012   | 2013   | 2014   | 2015   |
|-----------|------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 01.       | Andhra Pradesh   | -      | -      | -      | 9      |
| 02.       | AGMUT            | -      | 13     | 6      | 1      |
| 03.       | Assam-Meghalaya  | 6      | 7      | 11     | -      |
| 04.       | Bihar            | 21     | 12     | -      | 3      |
| 05.       | Chhattisgarh     | -      | 10     | 4      | -      |
| 06.       | Gujarat          | 17     | -      | 4      | -      |
| 07.       | Haryana          | 11     | 7      | -      | 2      |
| 08.       | Himachal Pradesh | 1      | 4      | 3      | 2      |
| 09.       | Jammu & Kashmir  | -      | -      | -      | -      |
| 10.       | Jharkhand        | 11     | 13     | 1      | 4      |
| 11.       | Karnataka        | -      | -      | -      | -      |
| 12.       | Kerala           | -      | 18     | 5      | 4      |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh   | 6      | 13     | 6      | 8      |
| 14.       | Maharashtra      | 7      | 28     | 17     | -      |
| 15.       | Manipur          | -      | 13     | 2      | 1      |
| 16.       | Nagaland         | 4      | 6      | -      | 1      |
| 17.       | Odisha           | -      | -      | -      | -      |
| 18.       | Punjab           | -      | 14     | -      | 5      |
| 19.       | Rajasthan        | 1      | 27     | 6      | 11     |
| 20.       | Sikkim           | -      | -      | 1      | -      |
| 21.       | Tamil Nadu       | 12     | 4      | 3      | 6      |
| 22.       | Telangana        | -      | -      | -      | -      |
| 23.       | Tripura          | 10     | -      | 2      | 1      |
| 24.       | Uttar Pradesh    | -      | 15     | 14     | 23     |
| 25.       | Uttarakhand      | 6      | 1      | 1      | -      |
| 26.       | West Bengal      | 25     | 8      | 4      | 5      |
|           | Total            | 138    | 213    | 90     | 86     |
|           | G. Total         |        |        | 441    |        |

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