GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Ministry of Home Affairs
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 234
ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2015/PHALGUNA 6, 1936 (SAKA)
QUESTION
Steps to Induct More Women Police Officers
234. SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government is aware of studies that point that womenare more likely to report sex crimes if female police officers areavailable;
(b) why has Government not taken steps to address the criticalshortage of women police officers;
(c) the State-wise details of the number of women police officers inthe country; and
(d) what steps Government propose to take to ensure that StateGovernments train and induct more female police officers?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI HARIBHAI PARTHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)
(a): It is expected that reporting of crimes against women is likelyto increase with greater representation of women in Police force.
(b): 'Police' is State subject; hence the primary responsibility ofincreasing women representation in police vests with the State Governments / UT Administrations. The Ministry of Home Affairs hasissued several advisories to States/UTs pursuing them to increasewomen representation in Police to atleast 33% of the total police.The Ministry of Home Affairs also augments the efforts of the States / UTs through various schemes and projects.
(c): As per information available with Bureau of Police Researchand Development (BPR&D), the State-wise, rank-wise number ofwomen police as on 01.01.2014 is given in Annexure.
(d): The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued several advisories toStates/UTs pursuing them to increase women representation inPolice. A recent advisory was issued on 22ndApril 2013 whereby the States / UTs were requested to raise the women representation inPolice to 33%. The advisory is available in the website of Ministry ofHome Affairs. Moreover, in order to augment the capacity of Statesin the domain of investigation of heinous crimes against women viz.rape, acid attack, dowry death and human trafficking, the Ministry ofHome Affairs has decided to assist the States/UTs to set up 150Investigative Units for Crime against Women (IUCAW) in most crimeprone districts of each State/UT on a 50:50 cost sharing basis.
ANNEXURE
STATES/UTs WISE ACTUAL STRENGTH OF WOMEN POLICE (RANK WISE)-AS ON 1.1.2014
SI. No. |
States/UTs |
DGP/ Spl/DG/ADGP |
IGP |
DIG |
AIGP/ SSP/SP/COM |
ADDL SP/Dy COM |
ASP/Dy SP/Asst COM |
INSP |
S.I |
A.S.I |
Head Const |
Const |
Total |
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
23 |
68 |
275 |
290 |
612 |
3339 |
4622 |
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
16 |
5 |
13 |
540 |
582 |
3 |
Assam |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
17 |
4 |
83 |
17 |
42 |
334 |
510 |
4 |
Bihar |
0 |
4 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
137 |
50 |
135 |
1991 |
2341 |
5 |
Chhattisgarh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
11 |
18 |
57 |
41 |
48 |
152 |
2018 |
2348 |
6 |
Goa |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
15 |
10 |
137 |
193 |
366 |
7 |
Gujarat |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
24 |
6 |
99 |
3289 |
595 |
1665 |
2691 |
8 |
Haryana |
0 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
18 |
26 |
93 |
193 |
385 |
2009 |
2734 |
9 |
Himachal Pradesh |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
16 |
96 |
1416 |
1552 |
10 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
24 |
35 |
85 |
27 |
219 |
1853 |
2252 |
11 |
Jharkhand |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
9 |
79 |
65 |
236 |
2502 |
2906 |
12 |
Karnataka |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
15 |
29 |
112 |
257 |
399 |
2857 |
3682 |
13 |
Kerala |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
23 |
59 |
0 |
167 |
2812 |
3067 |
14 |
Madhya Pradesh |
1 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
28 |
58 |
141 |
628 |
536 |
370 |
2415 |
4190 |
15 |
Maharashtra |
2 |
3 |
1 |
16 |
14 |
47 |
114 |
796 |
213 |
771 |
15980 |
17957 |
16 |
Manipur |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
13 |
1 |
84 |
80 |
157 |
1698 |
2040 |
17 |
Meghalaya |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
87 |
11 |
21 |
190 |
329 |
18 |
Mizoram |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
20 |
119 |
98 |
147 |
172 |
568 |
19 |
Nagaland |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
8 |
13 |
9 |
24 |
35 |
11 |
148 |
253 |
20 |
Odisha |
0 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
13 |
156 |
321 |
81 |
34 |
3760 |
4381 |
21 |
Punjab |
0 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
28 |
24 |
106 |
74 |
269 |
4249 |
4761 |
22 |
Rajasthan |
1 |
4 |
2 |
12 |
17 |
28 |
8 |
131 |
42 |
87 |
6236 |
6568 |
23 |
Sikkim |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
13 |
13 |
20 |
4 |
8 |
272 |
333 |
24 |
Tamil Nadu |
2 |
2 |
2 |
39 |
22 |
13 |
246 |
1243 |
272 |
2128 |
9873 |
13842 |
25 |
Tripura |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
43 |
51 |
58 |
612 |
777 |
26 |
Uttar Pradesh |
1 |
4 |
3 |
11 |
12 |
62 |
48 |
334 |
0 |
171 |
6592 |
7238 |
27 |
Uttarakhand |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
80 |
0 |
60 |
1370 |
1528 |
28 |
West Bengal |
1 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
13 |
29 |
91 |
136 |
0 |
3507 |
3791 |
29 |
A & N Islands |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
3 |
40 |
382 |
445 |
30 |
Chandigarh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
16 |
18 |
6 |
46 |
929 |
1017 |
31 |
D & N Haveli |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
11 |
13 |
26 |
32 |
Daman & Diu |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
27 |
34 |
33 |
Delhi |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
16 |
90 |
417 |
638 |
654 |
3592 |
5413 |
34 |
Lakshadweep |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
16 |
35 |
Puducherry |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
12 |
3 |
3 |
143 |
165 |
|
All India |
16 |
44 |
20 |
190 |
162 |
496 |
1234 |
5668 |
3553 |
8246 |
85696 |
105325 |