Indian Police Service

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Indian Police Service(IPS)
Agency overview
Formed 1905 (As the Imperial Police)
1948[1]
Preceding
Type All India Service
Jurisdiction India Republic of India
Employees 4730[2]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
Parent agency Ministry of Home Affairs
Website http://mha1.nic.in/ips/ips_home.htm
Training Academy Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad
Service colour Red and Dark blue
        
Uniform colour Khaki[3]
    

The Indian Police Service (Bhāratīya Pulis Sevā) or IPS, is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India.[4] It has replaced the Indian (Imperial) Police in 1948, a year after India gained independence from Britain.

Objective

The First Police Commission, appointed on 17 August 1865, contained detailed guidelines for the desired system of police in India and defined the police as a governmental department to maintain order, enforce the law, and to prevent and detect crime. The Indian Police Service is not a force itself but a service providing leaders and commanders to staff the state police and all-India Central Armed Police Forces. Its members are the senior officers of the police. With the passage of time Indian Police Service's objectives were updated and redefined, the current rules and functions of an Indian Police Service Officer are as follows:[5]

History

Prior to Independence, senior police officers belonging to the Imperial Police (IP) were appointed by the Secretary of State on the basis of a competitive examination. The first open civil service examination for admission to the service was held in England in June 1893 and the ten top candidates were appointed as probationers in the Indian (Imperial) Police. It is not possible to pinpoint an exact date on which the Indian Police came formally into being. Around 1907, the Secretary of State's officers were directed to wear the letters "IP" on their epaulettes in order to distinguish them from the other officers not recruited by the Secretary of State through examination. In this sense, 1907 could be regarded as the starting point.[1] In 1948, a year after India gained independence; the Imperial Police was replaced by IPS.

In 1972, Kiran Bedi joined the IPS, becoming the first woman IPS officer.[6]

Details

The training of IPS officer recruits is conducted at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad. The authorised cadre strength of Indian Police Service is 4920. (3270 Direct Recruitment Posts and 1650 Promotional Posts).[7] The Civil List of IPS officers is an updated (annual) list maintained by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India that lists the posting details of all IPS officers in India. This Civil List can be accessed from this MHA site. It allows searching for an IPS officer on the basis of his name, Batch or Cadre.

Selection

IPS officers are recruited from the state police cadres and from the rigorous Civil Services Examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission every year.[8] Due to an ongoing shortage of police officers in India, the Ministry of Home Affairs proposed the creation of an Indian Police Service Limited Competitive Examination to be conducted by UPSC.[9]

The Civil Services Examination has a three-stage competitive selection process. At stage one, there is an objective type examination called the preliminary exam. This is a qualifying examination. It consists of a General Studies paper and an aptitude test. Only the candidates who pass this can appear for the "Main Examination" which consists of nine papers. Each candidate has to qualify a 2 languages paper and four general studies papers select an optional subject (two paper). This is followed by an interview.

After selection for the IPS, candidates are allocated to a cadre. There is one cadre in each Indian state, with the exception of three joint cadres: Assam-Meghalaya, Manipur-Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT). Two-thirds of the strength of every cadre is filled directly by IPS officers and the remaining are promoted from the respective states cadre officers.

Pay structure (gazetted officers) IPS

Grade Position in the State Government(s) Salary (monthly) Equivalent Position or Designation in the State Government(s) or Government of India (GOI)
Above Super Time Scale (Apex Scale)(After 30 years of service in IPS Cadre)[10] Director of Intelligence Bureau Grade or Director CBI in GOI,DGP/Commissioner of Police (State). 80,000 (fixed) plus grade pay-Nil Director General of Police – Only one cadre post, all other DGPs/CPs are in HAG + scale of Rs75,500–80,000; Director General or Special Director General in CAPFs, Secretary or Special Secretary (GOI) Chief Secretary of State.
Above Super Time Scale (HAG)(Pay-Band-4)(After 25 years of service in IPS Cadre)[11] ADGP/Special Commissioner of Police. 67,000-79,000 plus grade pay of 12000 Additional Director General of Police, Commissioner of Police (City), Special or Additional Director (GOI), Additional Director General in CAPFs, Additional Secretary (GOI) Principal Secretary of State.
Super Time Scale (Senior Administrative Grade)(Pay-Band-4)(After 18 years of service in IPS Cadre) Joint Commissioner of Police 37,400-67,000 plus grade pay of 10,000 Inspector General of Police, Commissioner of Police (City), Inspector General of CAPFs, Joint Secretary (GOI) Secretary of State.
Super Time Scale (DIG/Conservator Grade)(Pay-Band-4)(After 14 years of service in IPS Cadre) Additional Commissioner of Police 37,400-67,000 plus grade pay of 8900 Deputy Inspector General of Police, Commissioner of Police (City), Deputy Inspector General in CAPFs, Director (GOI)/ Principal Staff Officer (GOI).
Selection Grade(Pay-Band-4)(After 13 years of service in IPS Cadre) Deputy Commissioner of Police (Selection Grade) 37,400-INR67,000 plus grade Pay of 8700+ Senior Superintendent of Police, Commandants of CAPFs, Director (GOI)/Sr.Principal Private Secretary (GOI) Special Secretary of State.
Junior Administrative Grade(Pay-Band-3)(After 9 years of service in IPS Cadre) Deputy Commissioner of Police 15,600-39,100 plus grade pay of 7600 Superintendent of Police, Second-in-Command of CAPFs, Deputy Secretary (GOI)/Principal Private Secretary (GOI) District Collector/District Magistrate/Deputy Commissioner of a District, Joint Secretary of State.
Senior Time Scale (Pay-Band-3)(After 4 years of service in IPS Cadre) Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police 15,600-39,100 plus grade pay of 6600 Additional Superintendent of Police, Deputy Commandants of CAPFs, Under Secretary (GOI) Addl. Collector/Addl. Magistrate/Addl. Deputy Commissioner of District, Deputy secretary of State.
Junior Time Scale(Pay-Band-3)(Initial Pay IPS Cadre) Assistant Commissioner of Police 15,600-39,100 plus grade pay of 5400 Deputy Superintendent of Police, Circle Officer, Assistant Commandants of CAPFs, Senior Field Officer (R) Cabinet Secretariat, Assistant Collector (Training)|Sub Collector/Sub-Divisional Magistrate after training.

Ranks and insignia

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Ranks of the IPS

All State Police Services officers of and above the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) or Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in State Police and Metropolitan Police forces respectively.[12]

Indian Police Service Officer Rank Insignia
Insignia 60px Director General of Police.png 60px 60px 60px Superintendent of Police.png 60px 60px Assistant SP IPS 2.png 60px
Rank Director of Intelligence Bureau (GOI)¹ Commissioner of Police (State) or Director General of Police² Additional Commissioner of Police or Inspector General of Police Joint Commissioner of Police or Deputy Inspector General of Police Deputy Commissioner of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police Deputy Commissioner of Police or Superintendent of Police Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police or Additional Superintendent of Police Assistant Commissioner of Police or Deputy Superintendent of Police Assistant Superintendent of Police (Probationary Rank: 2 years of service) Assistant Superintendent of Police (Probationary Rank: 1 year of service)
Abbreviation DIB CP or DGP ADL.CP or IGP JCP or DIG DCP or SSP DCP or SP ADL.DCP or ASP ACP or DSP ASST.SP ASST.SP
  • ¹ Although DIB is a 4 star post and not a rank, it's given to the senior most IPS officer in Intelligence Bureau.
  • ² Rank insignia of CP/DGP is similar to Spl.CP/ADGP (not shown above).
  • Note: Commissioner of Police designation can only be used by ADL.CP/DIG, JCP/IGP and CP/DGP, where the latter is called Commissioner of Police (State) and the former ones Commissioner of Police (City).
  • National Emblem above two stars
  • Deputy Commissioner of Police (Selection grade) or Senior Superintendent of Police in selection grade with 13+ years of service (IPS officers posted in insurgency infested states such as J&K also wear this rank before 13 years of service to facilitate coordination and interaction with Commanding Officers of paramilitary and the Indian Army.[14]
  • Deputy Secretary(ies) (R), Cabinet Secretariat, (Government of India)
  • Other officers above selection grade
  • Commandants in Central Armed Police Forces (Government of India)
  • Under Secretary(ies) (R), Cabinet Secretariat, (Government of India)
  • Commandant of State Armed Police Battalion
  • Other officer on Junior Administrative Grade with between 9 and 13 years service
  • Second-in-Command in Central Armed Police Forces (Government of India)
  • Other officers on senior time scale with 9 years service or less
  • Deputy Commandants of Central Armed Police Forces (Government of India)
  • Two stars
  • One-star

Reforms

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This car has a triangular flag as well as one star (on the blue box). Both these features indicate that the car belongs to a DIG rank IPS officer.
Flags (top photo) & Stars (bottom photo) on official cars of senior IPS officers, as per their rank.

India's police continue to be governed by an archaic and colonial police law passed in 1861. The Indian Constitution makes policing a state subject and therefore the state governments have the responsibility to provide their communities with a police service. However, after independence, most have adopted the 1861 Act without change, while others have passed laws heavily based on the 1861 Act.

Repeated major incidents, (latest of them being 2012 Delhi gang rape) revealed failure of police to uphold the rule of law.[15][16]

The need for reform of police in India has been long recognised. There has been almost 30 years of debate and discussion by government created committees and commissions on the way forward for police reform, but India remains saddled with an outdated and old-fashioned law, while report after report gathers dust on government bookshelves without implementation. Many committees on police reforms have recommended major reforms in the police system coupled with systematic accountability.[17][18]

National Police Commission (1977-81)

National Police Commission was the first committee set up by the Indian government to report on policing. The National Police Commission began sitting in 1979, in the context of a post-Emergency India, and produced eight reports, including a Model Police Act, between 1979 and 1981.[19]

Ribeiro Committee (1998-99)

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In 1996, two former senior police officers filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court, asking for the Court to direct governments to implement the recommendations of the National Police Commission. The Supreme Court directed the government to set up a committee to review the Commission's recommendations, and thus the Ribeiro Committee was formed. The Committee, under the leadership of J. F. Ribeiro, a former chief of police, sat over 1998 and 1999, and produced two reports.[19][20]

Padmanabhaiah Committee (2000)

In 2000, the government set up a third committee on police reform, this time under the stewardship of a former union Home Secretary, K. Padmanabhaiah. This Committee released its report in the same year.[19][21]

Malimath Committee Report (2003)

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The Malimath Committee Report submitted in March, 2003 has very articulately laid down the foundation of a restructured and reoriented police system.[22] The Committee in its report observed that the success of the whole process of Criminal Justice Administration depended completely on the proper functioning of the police organisation especially in the investigation stage. Apart from the investigation of offences, the police also have the duty of maintaining law and order.

Soli Sorabjee Committee (2005)

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In 2005, the government put together a group to draft a new police Act for India. It was headed by Soli Sorabjee (former Attorney General). The committee submitted a Model Police Act to the union government in late 2006.[19]

Supreme Court intervention (2006)

In 1996, Prakash Singh (a former Directors General of Police of the states of Assam and subsequently Uttar Pradesh and finally Director General of the Border Security Force) initiated a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India, asking the court to investigate measures to reform the police forces across India to ensure the proper rule of law and improve security across India. The Supreme Court studied various reports on police reforms. Finally, in 2006, a bench of Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, Justice C.K. Thakker and Justice P.K. Balasubramanyan[23] ordered the state governments to implement several reforms in police force.[24]

Several measures were identified as necessary to professionalise the police in India:

  • A mid or high ranking police officer must not be transferred more frequently than every two years.
  • The state government cannot ask the police force to hire someone, nor can they choose the Chief Commissioner.
  • There must be separate departments and staff for investigation and patrolling.

ss,[25] which will include the creation of:

  • A State Security Commission, for policies and direction
  • A Police Establishment Board, which will decide the selection, promotions and transfers of police officers and other staff
  • A Police Complaints Authority, to inquire into allegations of police misconduct.

Follow-up from Supreme Court

In 2006, due to a lack of action by all the state governments,[26] the Supreme Court ordered the state governments to report to it why the reform measures outlined were not implemented.[27] After being questioned in front of the judges of the Supreme Court, the state governments are finally starting to reform the police forces and give them the operational independence they need for fearless and proper law enforcement. Tamil Nadu Police has been in the forefront of application of the new referendum.[28]

Again, in October 2012, a Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justices SS Nijjar and Jasti Chelameswar asked all state governments and Union territories to inform about compliance of its September 2006 judgement. The order was passed when Prakash Singh through his lawyer Prashant Bhushan said that many of the reforms (ordered by the Supreme Court) have yet not been implemented by many state governments.[29]

Notable IPS Officers

Any assessment of a bureaucrat should be the change he/she has brought in the country. Below is the list of few officers who are one of them.[30][31][32][33]

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See also

References

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