Shortage of more than 500,000 Police officers in India 16 December 2014on India, Police As per the latest records compiled by the government, there is a 24.8% vacancy in India’s police force, including both centre and state. Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibai Chaudhary, in a written reply to Lok Sabha said, As per data compiled by the Bureau of Police Research and Development, as on January 1, 2013, against thetotal sanctioned strength of 22,09,027posts of police personnel in all the states and Union Territories,16,60,666 personnel were in positionleading to ashortfall of 5,48,361 personnel, which is about 24.8 per cent of the sanctioned posts. Sanctioned and actual strength of police personnel at all India level per one lakh population in India is181.47 and 136.42respectively. The police-population ratio has shown wide variations across the country.Sparsely populated states such as Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram among others, have the maximum police-population ratioas compared to the national average of 181 police personnel per lakh of population,” he added.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:48:21 +0000
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