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RECRUITMENT OF WOMEN IN POLICE

  “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. The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued advisories dated 22.04.2013, 21.05.2014, 12.05.2015, 21.06.2019, 22.06.2021, 13.04.2022, 27.04.2023 and 05.12.2023 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 a conducive work environment such as provision of housing, medical and rest room facilities for women police personnel in Police Stations to attract women to join the Police Force.

      Further, under the scheme of “Assistance to States & UTs for Modernization of Police” [erstwhile scheme of Modernisation of State Police Forces(MPF)], central assistance is also provided to all the State Governments for construction of separate toilet facilities for male and female, crèche etc.

          “Police” being a State subject, the details of recruitment of women police personnel in the States/UTs is not maintained centrally. As per data on Police Organisations compiled by Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), the details of actual strength of women police personnel in the police forces of each State/UT during the last three years is at Annexure.

States/UTs wise details of actual strength of women police personnel in the police forces (Civil + District Armed Reserve + Armed + IRB) during the last three years

Sl.No.States/UTsAs on 01.01.2021As on 01.01.2022As on 01.01.2023
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
1.Andhra Pradesh38121929918913
2.Arunachal Pradesh103812901345
3.Assam507041914894
4.Bihar144471979024295
5.Chhattisgarh422545764903
6.Goa861835842
7.Gujarat147181468114775
8.Haryana471348295506
9.Himachal Pradesh236124042593
10.Jharkhand420038804611
11.Karnataka775082409081
12.Kerala401341424472
13.Madhya Pradesh592776567452
14.Maharashtra288023043232172
15.Manipur263619621957
16.Meghalaya849826818
17.Mizoram557540602
18.Nagaland295325992588
19.Odisha584759096108
20.Punjab700571178167
21.Rajasthan8834999610361
22.Sikkim462531470
23.Tamil Nadu230062254725334
24.Telangana474253495351
25.Tripura116511641306
26.Uttar Pradesh294353342533319
27.Uttarakhand258626022609
28.West Bengal962795589603
29.Andaman and Nicobar Islands539548543
30.Chandigarh131912751327
31.Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu104104104
32.Delhi101381022811930
33.Jammu and Kashmir269125984370
34.Ladakh308695777
35.Lakshadweep282726
36.Puducherry258258268
 All India2,17,0262,46,1032,63,762

      Source:BPR&D

 This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai

in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

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