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NEW DELHI: Even though the all-India percentage of women in the police force has improved steadily over the past 10 years, rising from 5.87% in 2013 to 11.75% in 2022, it is still way short of the 33% target set by the Union home ministry for the improved representation of women in their police forces, as per information shared by the home ministry with Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Junior home minister Nityanand Rai, in written reply to a question, shared that women police personnel across all states and Union territories as on 01.01.2022 totalled just over 2.4 lakh, of which 1.8 lakh were posted at constable level and 20,196 at head constable level. Women officers in the various state/UT police were few and included 8 in the rank of DGP, 37 in the rank of Additional DGP, 31 IGPs, 368 at SSP level, 269 at Additional SP level, 908 at SP level, 3,680 Inspectors, 13,146 Sub-Inspectors and 6,052 Assistant Sub Inspectors.
Rai said that UP accounted for the highest number of women police personnel, though experts said this is not unusual since it is the most populous state in the country. Other states with a high number of women police personnel are Maharashtra (30,432), Tamil Nadu (22,547), Assam (19,299), Gujarat (14,681), Delhi (10,228) and Rajasthan (9,996). In contrast, Jammu and Kashmir has only 2,598 women in its police force, Kerala 4,142 and Jharkhand 3,880.
The home ministry said it has issued five advisories to the states and Union territories between 2014 and 2022, requesting them to increase the representation of women police to 33% of their total strength. All the state governments and UT administrations have been requested to create additional posts of women constables or Sub-Inspectors by converting the vacant posts at these levels. “The aim is that each police station should have at least three women Sub-Inspectors and 10 women constables, so that a women’s help desk is manned around the clock,” said Rai.
Incidentally, women police stations — comprising an all-women staff — rose to 745 on 01.01.2022 from 518 on 01.01.2014. Of the 745 such police stations, 202 are located in Tamil Nadu, 77 in UP, 52 in Madhya Pradesh and 48 in West Bengal.
Junior home minister Nityanand Rai, in written reply to a question, shared that women police personnel across all states and Union territories as on 01.01.2022 totalled just over 2.4 lakh, of which 1.8 lakh were posted at constable level and 20,196 at head constable level. Women officers in the various state/UT police were few and included 8 in the rank of DGP, 37 in the rank of Additional DGP, 31 IGPs, 368 at SSP level, 269 at Additional SP level, 908 at SP level, 3,680 Inspectors, 13,146 Sub-Inspectors and 6,052 Assistant Sub Inspectors.
Rai said that UP accounted for the highest number of women police personnel, though experts said this is not unusual since it is the most populous state in the country. Other states with a high number of women police personnel are Maharashtra (30,432), Tamil Nadu (22,547), Assam (19,299), Gujarat (14,681), Delhi (10,228) and Rajasthan (9,996). In contrast, Jammu and Kashmir has only 2,598 women in its police force, Kerala 4,142 and Jharkhand 3,880.
The home ministry said it has issued five advisories to the states and Union territories between 2014 and 2022, requesting them to increase the representation of women police to 33% of their total strength. All the state governments and UT administrations have been requested to create additional posts of women constables or Sub-Inspectors by converting the vacant posts at these levels. “The aim is that each police station should have at least three women Sub-Inspectors and 10 women constables, so that a women’s help desk is manned around the clock,” said Rai.
Incidentally, women police stations — comprising an all-women staff — rose to 745 on 01.01.2022 from 518 on 01.01.2014. Of the 745 such police stations, 202 are located in Tamil Nadu, 77 in UP, 52 in Madhya Pradesh and 48 in West Bengal.
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