Lakhs of Posts lying vacant in State police and CAPF

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According to the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) in a report given on 29th December, 2020, over 5.31 lakh posts in police forces of different states and 1.27 lakh posts in Central Armed Police Forces like CRPF and BSF have been lying vacant.

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• A total of 1, 19,069 police personnel were recruited in 2019 in various police forces across India.
• The total sanctioned police forces in states and union territories is 26,23,225 but only 20,91,488 police personnel actually in service. Hence, 5,31,737 posts in police forces are lying vacant as on January 1, 2020.
• The strength of women in police forces is 2,15,504, which is 10.30 per cent of the total police force in India. There has been an increase of 16.05% of women in police force in the course of time.
• The total authorized strength of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) is 11,09,511 but its actual strength as on 1st January , 2020 is 9,82,391 that indicates a gap of 1,27,120 personnel whose seats are lying vacant.
• Women police personnel in CAPF are 29,249, that is 2.98 per cent of the total strength.
• Approved Population per Police Person (PPP) is 511.81 and the approved Police Population Ratio (PPR), police personnel per lakh of population, is 195.39. The approved Police Area Ratio (PAR) per 100 sq km is 79.80.
• The data also reveals that there are 800 police districts in the country.
• The number of approved police stations in the country is 16,955.
• The total State Armed Police Battalions is 318 and the total police commissionerates in the country is 63.
• A total of 2,02,925 police vehicles and 4,60,220 CCTV cameras are available with the states and UTs police.
• Rs 1,566.85 crore was spent by the government in the year 2019-2020 in police expenditure and its training.
• The data of BPR&D includes civil police, district armed police, special armed police and India Reserve Battalions.
• BPR&D has been publishing the data on police organizations since 1986.

Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)

Central Armed Police Forces is a federal agency for the purpose of federal law enforcement in India. It is the unified name of the various security forces authorized under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The role and responsibility of these security forces is to defend the national security primarily against the internal threats. There are in total seven security forces under the CAPF. These seven child agencies under the CAPF are:

1. Border Security Forces (BSF)
2. Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF)
3. Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF)
4. National Security Guards (NSG)
5. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
6. Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB)
7. Assam Rifles (AR)

Role

Central Armed Police Forces has a primary role of:

• border guarding for BSF, ITBP, SSB;
• Security of sensitive establishments by CISF,
• Assisting Police to tackle Law & Order,
• Counter-Terrorist Operations,
• Counter Naxal Operations by CRPF, NSG.

Secondary role included assisting Police in Law & Order situations and also Army in Counter-Terrorist Operations.

Central Armed Police Forces personnel also serve in various important organizations such as:

• Research and Analysis Wing (RAW),
• Special Protection Group (SPG),
• National Investigation Agency (NIA),
• Intelligence Bureau (IB),
• Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),
• National Disaster Response Force (NDRF),
• Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
• STATE ARMED POLICE FORCE

STRUCTURE

Recruitment of candidates to the CAPFs may be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission, the Staff Selection Commission, or the respective service HQs depending on the post to be filled.

Director General is the top rank in CAPF that is equivalent to Director General of State Police Force and Lieutenant General of Army.

Director General

Additional Director General (ADG)

Inspector General (IG)

Deputy Inspector General (DIG)

Commandant

Second-in-Command

Deputy Commandant

Assistant Commandant