RECRUITMENT OF WOMEN IN POLICE
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/UTs
As on 01.01.2021
As on 01.01.2022
As on 01.01.2023
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
1.
Andhra Pradesh
3812
19299
18913
2.
Arunachal Pradesh
1038
1290
1345
3.
Assam
5070
4191
4894
4.
Bihar
14447
19790
24295
5.
Chhattisgarh
4225
4576
4903
6.
Goa
861
835
842
7.
Gujarat
14718
14681
14775
8.
Haryana
4713
4829
5506
9.
Himachal Pradesh
2361
2404
2593
10.
Jharkhand
4200
3880
4611
11.
Karnataka
7750
8240
9081
12.
Kerala
4013
4142
4472
13.
Madhya Pradesh
5927
7656
7452
14.
Maharashtra
28802
30432
32172
15.
Manipur
2636
1962
1957
16.
Meghalaya
849
826
818
17.
Mizoram
557
540
602
18.
Nagaland
2953
2599
2588
19.
Odisha
5847
5909
6108
20.
Punjab
7005
7117
8167
21.
Rajasthan
8834
9996
10361
22.
Sikkim
462
531
470
23.
Tamil Nadu
23006
22547
25334
24.
Telangana
4742
5349
5351
25.
Tripura
1165
1164
1306
26.
Uttar Pradesh
29435
33425
33319
27.
Uttarakhand
2586
2602
2609
28.
West Bengal
9627
9558
9603
29.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
539
548
543
30.
Chandigarh
1319
1275
1327
31.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
104
104
104
32.
Delhi
10138
10228
11930
33.
Jammu and Kashmir
2691
2598
4370
34.
Ladakh
308
695
777
35.
Lakshadweep
28
27
26
36.
Puducherry
258
258
268
All India
2,17,026
2,46,103
2,63,762
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.