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Chidambaram asks states to recruit double the number of cops - India - The Times of India
NEW DELHI: With the Centre exploring options of expanding the role of armed forces in the fight against Maoists amid failure of paramilitary and state police forces to contain violence, home minister P Chidambaram asked states to enhance their police training capacities and recruit "at least double the number of policemen and women that are being recruited, at present, every year".
Addressing senior cops from across the country on the occasion of the 40th All India Police Science Congress in Raipur, Chidambaram pointed out how the existing police vacancy of over 3.35 lakh personnel and dismal police-population ratio (160 per one lakh of population) made the task of securing 1.1 billion people quite difficult.
These issues will be the highlights of the home minister's remarks on Thursday when MPs of 34 worst Naxal-affected districts assemble here for a meeting. It will be the second such meeting when the home ministry will apprise the people's representatives of the existing problem in Red Zones and hear their suggestions to overcome the current crisis. Currently, as against the sanctioned strength of 21 lakh police personnel, about 335,000 lakh posts are vacant.
NEW DELHI: With the Centre exploring options of expanding the role of armed forces in the fight against Maoists amid failure of paramilitary and state police forces to contain violence, home minister P Chidambaram asked states to enhance their police training capacities and recruit "at least double the number of policemen and women that are being recruited, at present, every year".
Addressing senior cops from across the country on the occasion of the 40th All India Police Science Congress in Raipur, Chidambaram pointed out how the existing police vacancy of over 3.35 lakh personnel and dismal police-population ratio (160 per one lakh of population) made the task of securing 1.1 billion people quite difficult.
These issues will be the highlights of the home minister's remarks on Thursday when MPs of 34 worst Naxal-affected districts assemble here for a meeting. It will be the second such meeting when the home ministry will apprise the people's representatives of the existing problem in Red Zones and hear their suggestions to overcome the current crisis. Currently, as against the sanctioned strength of 21 lakh police personnel, about 335,000 lakh posts are vacant.
